From left: Pekka Soininen, Engineering Manager, and Dr Suntola discussing spatial ALD coating systems
Beneq was proud to invite Dr Tuomo Suntola, the 2018 Millennium Technology winner for his innovative atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology, back to the building where production of his revolutionary ALD electroluminescent displays started.
Beneq’s headquarters was originally built in 1984 by Lohja Corporation (Oy Lohja Ab), and Dr Suntola played a major role not only in the development and production of the first ALD electroluminescent displays, but also in the architecture and design of the factory building itself.
Dr Tuomo Suntola’s innovative atomic layer deposition (ALD) research goes back to 1974 and Instrumentarium Oy, where he and his team were asked to research new elements for medical instruments. Dr Suntola proposed working on electroluminescent flat panel displays.
Dr Suntola’s innovative approach was to develop a sequential build-up of the light-emitting material, zinc sulfide, in electroluminescent displays. This innovation was successfully prototyped and tested in 1974, and the first patent was pended already in November of the same year.
Dr Suntola: “It has been a wonderful opportunity to visit here again, and to see how you have continued to develop ALD and electroluminescent displays. I very much appreciate the invitation. I’m also proud to see that the production of electroluminescent displays has continued to develop, and that the displays are used in special applications where other technologies cannot be used.”
Dr Suntola was taken on a tour of ...
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