DFF discusses applications for transparent & rugged displays

20 participants from companies and research institutes in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands visited i-sft. In addition to presentations of member companies and talks on technical issues, the programme also included a discussion of the future objectives, organisational structure and modus operandi of DFF.

With the recently founded association, the DFF aims at increasing its flexibility concerning services for its members. At the working group meeting in Gundersheim, it was decided that in the future the DFF should publicise the research findings and skills of its customers more strongly. Its goal is to become the first point of call concerning display issues (one-stop shop) for companies from around the world.

By providing manufacturer-independent education on the subject of displays, the DFF is to function as a catalyst for the business of individual members. The DFF expressly welcomes the involvement of new members, not only from Germany, which may include manufacturers, service providers or academic research institutes.

The meeting featured presentations of DFF member companies i-sft, BENEQ, ORAFOL, as well as a guest company, PiOptix. The technology-oriented working session was opened by host i-sft with a lecture on the topic of Thermal optimisation of displays in system integration.

Topics covered included system integration strategies for dealing with the continuous increase of power density and how to make the best use of measuring technology in thermal optimisation. The participants also discussed ways in which the DFF, as a group of experts, might support all industry stakeholders with useful, if not IEC-compliant, practice-based standards.