Smart labelling maker Thinfilm is receiving €444,000 from the European Commission’s €80bn Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, in order to join an initiative to drive the advancement of printed electronics. The group project, called ATLASS (Advanced high-resolution printing of organic Transistors for Large-Area Smart Surfaces), will involve a number of parties collaborating to address “materials, cost, scale and performance drivers in high-resolution print technologies.” ATLASS was launched by Merck, an €11bn company that specializes in healthcare, life sciences and high performance materials. It comprises 11 companies and 4 research institutes, funded for the next three and a half years by €7.9m in EC funding. The aim of ATLASS is to “bring intelligence and communication to everyday objects, a concept…