The FLAME (Flexible Organic Active Matrix OLED displays for Nomadic Applications) was a EU project funded under the 7th FWP. The aim of this project was to research the materials, processing technology (including encapsulation) and substrate handling procedures to make OLEDs on very thin plastic foils and driven by organic thin-film driving transistors.

Partners include Polymer Vision, Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystem, imec and TNO. The project cost 4.11 million Euro (out of which the EU contributed 3 million Euro) and was completed in June 2011.

 Fast2Light is an integrated (9 companies, 3 research institutes and 2 universities) R&D project that aims to research and develop light emitting foils based on OLED tech. The overall objective of Fast2Light is to develop novel, cost-effective, high-throughput, roll-to-roll, large area deposition processes for fabricating light-emitting polymer-OLED foils for intelligent lighting applications.

Project TOPLESS (Thin Organic Polymeric Light Emitting Semi-conductor Surfaces) is a three year £3.3M project, sponsored by the UK government (50%). It comprises a consortium of Thorn Lighting (UK largest lighting company), Sumation UK and the University of Durham (Department of Physics and Chemistry).

The aim of the project is to product a high quality white light generating single polymer, and efficient large area single pixel device architectures.

Hypoled - High-Performance OLED-Microdisplays for Mobile Multimedia HMD and Projection Applications, is a joint project lead by the Fraunhofer IPMS.

Project NOMAD aims to develop technology for the next generation of low-cost OLED devices by combining advanced manufacturing methods with state-of-the-art polymer OLED materials (P-OLEDs) to enable significant reductions in manufacturing costs for devices such as P-OLED lighting panels.

Companies in NOMAD include CDT and Conductive Inkjet Technology (CIT).

OPAL (Organic Phosphorescent lights for Applications in the Lighting market) 2008 is a project that aims to develop OLED production technology capable of achieving a target cost of a few Euro cent per cm² for a high performance white OLED device, with the ultimate goal of introducing the new lighting technology into the market. 

Modecom (Modelling Electroactive Conjugated Materials at the Multiscale)is a 1.3M Euro three-year project undertaken by an international consortium of researchers covering 3 continents which could help bring to mass market OLED lighting.

This research will also aid the understanding of solar cells. Solar cells, or photovoltaics, convert light to electricity and are used to power many devices, from calculators to satellites.

ROLLED was a european project - working on roll-to-roll printed flexible OLEDs. ROLLED was coordinated by Finland's VTT,and project participants included INM, CSEM, Ciba, Hansaprint, UPM and PolylC.

The OLED element developed under the ROLLED project is made from organic materials and is encapsulated in a moisture barrier film. The element is 200-250 micrometers thick, the equivalent to three or four sheets of paper. The project was finished in 2008.

The OLLA project was a EU project, funded by the EU's 6th framework. OLLA's aim was to research and develop high brightness, high efficient white OLEDs and demonstrate its use in general lighting applications. The OLLA consortium consists of 24 partners from 8 European countries, lead by Philips Lighting.

The European Excilight project aims to explore the use of exciplex emitters and TADF in OLEDs, to give high efficiency, stable emitters that do not use scarce and expensive materials. A second goal of the project is to educate a new generation of talented young scientists at the cutting edge of these OLED technologies.