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accession: "0001104659-24-122369"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTK"
cik: "0001817760"
company_name: "SmartKem, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T19:04:50.573227+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# SmartKem partners with AUO to develop rollable transparent microLED display using OTFTs

## Summary
- Collaboration begins Jan 1, 2025 on ITRI's Gen 2.5 pilot line; each party bears own costs.
- SmartKem's low-temp OTFTs eliminate mass transfer and laser welding, enabling direct processing on microLEDs.
- Project awarded a grant from the 2024 Taiwan-UK R&D Collaboration initiative.
- CEO Ian Jenks says technology could cut microLED TV prices from $100,000 to mass-market levels.
- First microLED product in development using SmartKem's technology; IP allocated between parties.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-122369
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTK
- cik: 0001817760
- company_name: SmartKem, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465924122369/0001104659-24-122369-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465924122369/tm2429032d1_8k.htm

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