Plextronics

rdf:langString Plextronics

rdf:langString Andrew W. Hannah, (president and chief executive officer); Richard D. McCullough, Ph.D., (chief scientist); William Snyder, (vice president of core services and chief financial officer); James Dietz, (vice president of business development); Shawn P. Williams, Ph.D., (vice president of technology)

rdf:langString Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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rdf:langString Plextronics, Inc. was an international technology company that specialized in printed solar, lighting and other electronics. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2014. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company's focus was on organic solar cell and organic light-emitting diode lighting, specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications. It was an R&D spin-off from Carnegie Mellon University. based on technologies developed by Richard D. McCullough. Printed electronics comprise next-generation light, power and circuitry products, including flexible displays, plastic solar cells, organic field effect transistors and organic RFID tags. Plextronics' vision is to enable 15 billion printed electronic devices by 2015. On August 21, 2008, Plextronics was honored by the Pittsburgh Business Times as one of the region's 100 fastest-growing companies, and the fastest-growing in the Manufacturing/Transportation category.