慕尼黑欧洲有机和印刷电子展览会（LOPE-C）是一次展示有机和印刷电子业界最新动向的一次产业大会及展览会，每年一届，2012年转移在慕尼黑国际展览中心举行，有机及印刷电子会议提前一天举行，比展览多一天时间。 LOPE-C是欧洲有机电子协会主办的官方年会。此年会涵盖在有机，无机和印刷电子业中最新的商业和技术成就。 LOPE- C代表整个工业价值链- 从学术研究到研究，到生产，到商品化，从而到最终客户的发掘。主要内容包括： 照明、光伏、显示、电子产品及零件、集成智能系统 。
参加者和参展商的目标群体：企业及策略管理、业务及产品开发、融资和风险资本、企业研究与发展、学术研究与应用科学。游客的目标群体：化工行业、印刷业、电子行业（电子元件制造，传感器，电池，显示器）、包装和物流业、纺织行业、光伏、照明、汽车、出版商、消费类电子产品、制药业和医疗应用、品牌管理。
根据官方统计：2018年153家企业参展，2500名专业观众参加展会；2015年有133家企业参展，有2300专业人士观展；2014年有139家企业参展，有2000专业人士观展；2013年来自19个国家的110家企业参展，来自40个国家的1800名专业观众参加本次会议及展览；2012年，来自全球46个国家的观众达到1560人，比往年增加了36%，参展商104家，比往年增加了14%，展会面积3500平方米，比往年增加了40%。
展品范围(Show Products):
装置：有机薄膜晶体管、发光二极管、电致发光器、传感器、电池、记忆存储器等；
材料：有机和无机、碳和纳米材料、半导体、导体、电介质、基板；
加工：印刷和其它大面积的图案和涂层技术等；
设备：印刷、真空沉积、图案制作、涂层、测试和 测量、组装以及其它；
生产：每卷生产以及联机处理；
应用：灵活及可卷性的展示，照明，光伏，射频识别，消费电子，传感器，智能对象；
服务：研发，样机研究，生产，产业以及产权资产等；
最终用户：与包装和物流行业，客户电子产业，汽车业，航空业，商标管理业，药品和医疗应用产品业。
展会报告(Show Reports):
LOPEC 2023 hosted more exhibitors than ever before: 168 exhibitors from 25 countries and more than 2,300 visitors from 43 countries attended the ICM – International Congress Center Messe München from February 28 to March 2. Here, the industry’s leading exhibition and most important conference highlighted the entire spectrum of flexible, organic and printed electronics, and showed the potential that lies in this key technology. The share of international participants was about 60 percent.
“LOPEC has grown significantly and was able to set an exhibitor record in 2023. once again, it has proved its status as the world’s leading industry platform for flexible and printed electronics, and illustrated the importance of this cutting-edge technology, which is becoming more and more prevalent in our everyday lives,” said Dr. Martin Lechner, Executive Director at Messe München. LOPEC Exhibition Director Armin Wittmann added: “Especially in an important technology location like Munich, we are helping with this event to ensure that the innovative power of printed electronics spreads even faster to many other industries where the technology has the potential to improve products sustainably."
An industry on the rise
“Here at LOPEC flexible and printed electronics comes to life,” said Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director of the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association). “I have seen great new applications for a lot of end-user industries. For example, printed electronics solutions for leak detection in buildings as well as a safe and sustainable way for early disease screening. The bandwidth of products one sees when walking through the buzzing exhibition halls is impressive. The momentum is clearly noticeable, which is not surprising. The results of the latest OE-A Business Climate Survey are very positive with an anticipated sales revenue of plus 18 percent for 2023 and 19 percent for 2024.”
International knowledge exchange at the highest level
Within the LOPEC Conference, experts from 22 countries shared their expertise in around 170 presentations. “As the world’s most important communication platform for the industry, the LOPEC Conference presented the latest state of the technology and provided valuable insights for both new users and industry insiders,” said Wolfgang Mildner, General Chair of LOPEC. In various conference formats, companies such as BMW, Microsoft, Pirelli, Samsung, Sun Chemical and Varta presented trends and new applications in printed electronics. “The LOPEC Conference is a great yearly event for me to bring myself up to date,” stated Dr. Edzer Huitema, Chief Technology Officer at E Ink. Focus topics of the exhibition and conference were Smart Living and Mobility. “At the same time, sustainability has come into even sharper focus, because printed electronics are produced in a resource-efficient manner and enable green solutions,” added Mildner.
Industry giants visit Munich
The exhibitors were very pleased with the trade fair. “As soon as the LOPEC Exhibition opened its doors people were waiting to talk to us. They had previously shown interest in our work and now came back to us with projects,” said Stan Farnsworth, Chief Marketing Officer at PulseForge and Chair of the OE-A-Board. Alexander Görk, Business Development Manager at Hamamatsu Photonics, /confirm/ied: “This is our second time at LOPEC and, like last year, it was a complete success for us. We were very busy at the booth and were very satisfied with the quality of the visitors and the results of our discussions.” Dr. Erika Rebrosova, Global Technology Manager for Electronic Materials at Sun Chemical, said: “LOPEC offers a good mix of key stakeholders and value chain members supporting the growth and development of electronics applications, so I enjoy the many networking opportunities this event offers”. Many key players in the industry showcased their products, including Coatema, Continental, DuPont Teijin Films, Elantas, Fujifilm Dimatix, Henkel, Heraeus, Kroenert and Panasonic.
LOPEC in figures
168 exhibitors traveled from 25 countries and regions (2022: 165 | 23), around 62 percent of them were from abroad (2022: 58 percent). More than 2,300 visitors from 43 countries and regions attended (2022: 1856 | 35). The share of international visitors totaled about 57 percent (2022: 56 percent). Apart from Germany, the other top 5 exhibitor countries were the USA, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Besides Germany, the top 5 visitor countries were France, Austria, the United Kingdom and Finland.
The next LOPEC will take place in Munich from March 5-7, 2024.
