Ceres Opens New Facility and Strengthens Partnership

At the opening of its new digital mastering and replication facility, Ceres Holographics and Covestro confirmed that the two companies have deepened their collaboration around Ceres’ HoloFlekt® films for automotive display solutions.

Ceres-finished HoloFlekt films are used in breakthrough holographic optical element (HOE)-enabled display solutions across automotive and other markets such as aviation, and public transport. The joint works will focus on the customisation of Covestro's Bayfol® HX photopolymer together with the Ceres mastering and replication technology that enables production of the finished HoloFlekt functional films.

This coincides with the installation and commissioning of Ceres’ roll-to-roll (R2R) replication technology that allows, for the first time, a production demonstration of its manufacturing technology and production process to produce full size HoloFlekt films. The industrialised, full-scale replication technology was installed at a purpose-built 8,000-square foot facility in Livingston, Scotland. At a development cost of £2 million over a three-year period, and with the aid of EU H2020 funding (£1.2 million), the R2R replication technology embodies the expertise of Covestro's Bayfol HX photopolymer, and Ceres accumulated 20+ years expertise in digital hologram mastering and replication.