Previous Exhibitors & Sponsors

Agfa Materials has a leading position in producing film and related products for the graphical and healthcare industry. Agfa Materials commercializes with ORGACON™ a portfolio of PEDOT/PSS based formulations and printing inks. Fields of application range from antistatic or ESD protection to the use as transparent conductive flexible electrode for ITO replacement. More information can be found on

We are a leading global supplier of synthetic and formulated polymer systems for customers requiring high-performance materials which outperform the properties, functionality and durability of traditional materials. Over 2,300 associates at 13 locations worldwide work to fulfill this promise day by day. More than 9,000 companies around the world use Huntsman Advanced Materials technologies in key markets such as adhesives and inks, aerospace, automotive, coatings, construction, electronics, medical, marine, power transmission and distribution, sports equipment and wind power generation.

 

Huntsman provides innovative solutions for adhesives, composites and encapsulation along the entire value chain of the energy industry. From generation and transmission to consumption and storage, our products and applications guarantee optimized performance and competitivity for your future success. Anticipate tomorrow's challenges and let us be your powerful partner towards a sustainable world full of energy.

NovaCentrix is focused on technologies and products to enable products and manufacturing in Printed Electronics. The PulseForge® line of tools dries, sinters, and anneals metallic, non-metallic, and semiconductor inks, without damaging fragile substrates such as foils and plastics. With processing times of only milliseconds, surface depositions can be heated to melting or crystallization temperatures without damaging low temperature substrates. The very short processing times also allow high-speed processing rates, and the PulseForge tools are capable of roll-to-roll production at speeds approaching 300 meters per minute.

NovaCentrix also offers Metalon® conductive inks, specially suited for maximum performance with PulseForge tools. Use with the PulseForge tools allows the Metalon inks to be formulated for maximum printability while still attaining maximum conductivity. Silver inks and breakthrough true-copper inks are available. Metalon inks can be applied to substrates such as plastic films, paper, transparent conductive oxides, and glass. With PulseForge tools and Metalon inks, Now You Can.

PixDro is an innovative company, specialized in the research & development of industrial inkjet applications and the manufacturing of advanced inkjet printing systems for research and industry. Our experience in the inkjet printing market has resulted in various innovative technologies and products.

 

Our products consist of printing modules embedded in an open system architecture allowing PixDro to customize our systems (LP 50 and LP 150) for client specific processes and applications. These building blocks enable easy integration and migration from entry-level single layer printing for R&D purposes to volume printing in an industrial system.

 

With these products and modules PixDro facilitates the development of applications and offers a migration path to a complete industrial production system.

 

As part of the OTB-Group, PixDro offers complete printing solutions including pre and post processing; thereby, providing a complete solution for your requirements.

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Optomec® is the world-leading provider of additive manufacturing systems for high-performance applications in the Electronics, Photovoltaic, and Aerospace & Defense markets. Optomec's Aerosol Jet ® Deposition System (formerly known as M3D) is a breakthrough additive technology enabling finer feature sizes than traditional ink-jetting and screen printing processes. The Aerosol Jet system utilizes an innovative aerodynamic focusing technology that produces electronic and physical structures with feature sizes down to 10 microns. The Aerosol Jet system supports a wide variety of materials including nanoparticle inks and screen-printing pastes, conductive polymers, insulators, adhesives, and even biological matter that can be accurately deposited onto non-planar substrates.

 

Aerosol Jet is a registered trademark of Optomec, Inc.

Soligie is the leading company to utilize high speed manufacturing to produce printed electronics with a variety of conductive, resistive and proprietary materials on flexible substrates such as PET, paper and foil. State of-the-art design and development capabilities enable customers to realize products that push traditional boundaries. Soligie engages in development projects from the product concept phase through high volume manufacturing. The Company is on the cutting edge of the production of electronic components using high speed, fully additive roll-to-roll processes. Soligie offers a full range of services from concept design, circuit design, design for manufacturability and final volume production. Soligie currently serves the medical device, smart packaging, RFID and flexible interconnect markets. Through the combined use of emergent materials and proprietary manufacturing processes, electronics components such as memory, sensors, displays and batteries will soon be integrated into applications on thin flexible substrates.

AIXTRON is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company's technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials, functional polymers, as well as Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) and other nanomaterials. Such components are used in flat panel display applications, solid state lighting, energy harvesting and storage, fiber optic communication systems, wireless and mobile telephony applications, optical and electronic storage devices, computing, signalling and lighting, as well as a range of other leading-edge technologies.

 

AIXTRON's product portfolio for compound semiconductors includes:

 

ARDEJE has a strong knowledge and background in DOD inkjet printing. We design and manufacture custom-built print engines based on our customers' specifications by integrating piezoelectric printheads for industrial applications based on DOD inkjet technology. Several printers and print engines have been manufactured for graphic art applications and printing industry. We are now taking advantage of our 10-year inkjet printing expertise by developing opportunities and new markets in printed electronics. ARDEJE has been pioneering this field since 2001 with successful partners and recently increased our R&D activities to provide technological innovative solutions for printed electronics applications. These developments are supported by involvement in European and French scientific and technology development projects in microelectronics, smart textiles, solar cells, etc. Furthermore, ARDEJE supplies technological and experimental products and services for fluid formulation and print quality optimization. Based on our vision expertise, ARDEJE has developed laboratory equipments for both drop formation and impact analysis.

Applied Laser Engineering is the world-leading manufacturer of High Definition Laser Engraving Systems available in a range of sizes and formats.

We specialise in machines which produce engravings into a typically cylindrical form where high resolution and high accuracy over the work-piece are required. Engravings can be of a graphical nature, a simple texture or really almost any pattern that you can think of. Flat sheet engravings can also be produced either wrapped onto a drum or in the flat using our new X/Y systems. Systems can utilise a drum scanning technique, galvo scanning or acousto-optic scanning or a combination there-of. A wide range of substrate materials can also be engraved including polymers, metals, and ceramics to date.

Our systems offer a great deal to the Printed Electronics arena, either directly or modified via an R&D collaboration for a specific end purpose.

Beneq - Equipment, Technology and Applications

 

Beneq is a supplier of production and research equipment for thin film coatings. We serve the cleantech and renewable energy fields and are at the forefront of applications development in solar power technology, energy conservation and flexible electronics. Our equipment is based on two technologies, atomic layer deposition (ALD) and aerosol coating. Beneq also offers complete coating services to its customers.

 

Industries served include:

 

Equipment range includes:

Ceradrop is an innovative company who design, manufacture and sell inkjet equipment for the digital manufacturing of components (printed electronics and new energies). Ceradrop's tools enable multi-materials printing (both 2D and 3D) with high accuracy. The Ceradrop team has the specificity of not coming from graphical art but from materials science and components engineering. This background allows Ceradrop to provide an exclusive approach of inkjet processes, fully dedicated to materials problems solving. Following our experience and users feedback, Ceradrop provides to industries and laboratories a wide range of specific tools and dedicated services.

Company organization is focused on customer service and support for providing a complete work environment covering the entire needs of an inkjet process. With dedicated facilities and highly specialized teams, Ceradrop supplies to the customers of its machines, support on ink formulation and optimization, process development, custom printer design, and dedicated software modules.

Ceradrop exclusive approach of inkjet processes, based on using standard CAD files for the generation of printing scripts, is one of the keys of our current success and excellent user feedback in many different fields: OPV, OLED, organic electronic, passive components, ceramic and metallic thick films, 3D micro fabrication.

To learn more, please visit us at booth #F121.

The Precision Coated Films Division of CPFilms is the only supplier capable of providing full-service film enhancement "under one roof". Key available segments within the Printed Electronics industry include: flexible displays, touch screens, energy (flexible photovoltaics and batteries), lighting, and medical sensors. Coated film products include: clear transparent conductive (ITO and others) and low resistance sputtered, thermally evaporated aluminum, protective masking, barrier, anti-reflection, optically clear pressure sensitive adhesive and release films, and UV and IR absorbing polyester (available in colors), all coated roll-to-roll in clean rooms. Custom coating of customer supplied materials and pilot coating services are offered for development of new materials intended for full scale production. CPFilms provides highly experienced technical support in addition to high end manufacturing capabilities.

The Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre (CIKC) is a centre of excellence for low temperature processing of macromolecular materials, such as polymers, liquid crystals and nanostructures, for applications in computer, displays and communications.

 

CIKC technologies include printed organic TFTs and solar cells, transparent inorganic microelectronics, LCOS device for holographic projection, low cost polymer photonic components and large area liquid crystal displays on plastic.

 

CIKC brings together world-class research in Cambridge University with business skills and industry partners to accelerate the commercialisation of emerging technology.

Ceimig Ltd delivers chemistries and their related application technologies to enable novel approaches to printed electronics and sensor device fabrication. These include printing of nanoscale features of platinum and other pgms via a particle free, three-step deposition process. Applications include sensors, electrodes, fuel cell electrodes, bio and chemical sensors.

The Centre for Plastic Electronics at Imperial College London performs high-impact and cutting edge research and development in the broad area of plastic electronics, covering a wide range of applications including solar energy, solid state lighting, photonics, displays, imaging and sensing arrays.

The Centre's mission is to integrate and coordinate the research activities within Imperial College, bringing together an interdisciplinary team from across faculties and departments and to actively stimulate new plastic electronics activities through developing links with various research institutions and industrial partners.

Chisso Corporation, a $3B global chemical supplier, develops a variety of ink-jet printing inks. Chisso UV curable ink-jet ink is suitable for a variety of applications including fabrication of microlenses with high transparency. Chisso thermal cure polyimide ink-jet ink can be used as an insulating layer in Electroluminescense (EL) devices and can be applied to printed circuit boards, semiconductors and many other applications. The use of Chisso ink is expected to simplify manufacturing processes, lower facility costs and reduce effects on the environment.

 

Chisso Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan, manufactures and sells liquid crystal materials, alignment films, overcoats for color filters and many other performance chemical products. Please visit http://www.chisso.co.jp/english/index.asp for more information.　

Dresden - your favorite place

The Dresden region is the largest and most important European location for microelectronics and information technology - with more than 40.000 employees in about 1.200 companies, represented by the network "Silicon Saxony". The business areas of the local companies cover the entire value chain, however, development and production of electronic components and integrated circuits is the most significant sector of the Dresden microelectronic cluster. Large semiconductor fabs and almost all leading equipment manufacturers have settled here, delivering their products worldwide. To the technological strengths of Saxony belongs a high competence in the field of organic and printed electronics. The highly motivated and qualified experts as well as the dense network of business, science and government authorities are decisive factors for future investors.

Welcome to Dresden!

Coatema Coating manufactures coating and laminating plants and has been delivering for more than 30 years solutions for the most different markets like textile, foil, paper and renewable energies and printed electronics. These solutions may consist of small lab coating plants, of pilot plants as well as of turn-key production plants for the coating and laminating of roll-to-roll substrates. One of Coatema´s areas, the R&D solutions, deals with the service for coating and laminating like the Coatema´s R&D Centre with more than 10 pilot plants and one production plant. This large range of services is completed by an annual coating symposium.

Coveme spa, founded in 1965 and today leader in engineering polyester film, offers a wide range of films for all types of printing systems, such as Silk Screen, Flexo, UV, UV Digital, Ink Jet and Laser, both for roll and sheet - fed applications, homologated by major ink producers.

Coveme high grade polyester films are available with surface treatments for enhanced adhesion, heat stabilized for dimensional stability, in laminated version for high humidity barrier (low WVTR) and with hydrophilic coatings.

Our films are available in a very wide range of thicknesses (23µ to 350µ) and employed in all fields where high quality and innovative technology is an absolute priority, as for example biomedical, automotive and R.F.I.D applications.

cyberTECHNOLOGIES is dedicated to providing our clients with industry leading high-resolution, non-contact 3D measurement systems. Our advanced systems are widely utilized for industrial and scientific applications. The high resolution optical sensor, either laser-based or with a white and infrared light source, together with the specifically designed highly precise x/y scanning stage and sophisticated software, are the core of the system and produce reliable/dependable results.

Our non-contact 3D measurement systems are widely used in microelectronics and other precision industries for a vast array of applications, including waviness measurement, contour measurement, roughness measurement, step height measurement, solar cell measurement, thickness measurement and much more. Our solutions are trusted by major international companies, as well as many small and medium sized companies in R&D and production. We have a worldwide network of qualified distributors and representatives, which makes our company a dependable global player.

 

DELO Industrial Adhesives is a leading expert in the field of customized industrial adhesives with its headquarters close to Munich in Germany. A team of 230 experts works on fast and reliable bonding solutions for individual customer needs.

 

Innovative developments such as edge and area sealants for e-paper displays or flexible solar cells belong to the company's portfolio. A wide range of different flexibilities together with lowest water vapor transmission rates offers optimum solutions for rigid glass based as well as flexible displays. Moreover, we developed optically clear adhesives for window cover or touch panel bonding on LCD displays.

DuPont Microcircuit Materials has 40 years of experience in the development, manufacture and sale of specialised ink compositions for a wide variety of electronic applications in the display, photovoltaic, automotive, biomedical, industrial and telecommunications markets. The company holds a lead position in these markets with success based on close customer relationships and a comprehensive worldwide support infrastructure.

Utilising core expertise such as materials science, chemistry and fine particle technology, the inks are used on a wide variety of substrates suitable for many new Printed Electronics applications, for example DuPont™ Solamet® Ag inks for thin film photovoltaics.

DuPont Teijin Films is the world's premier producer of PET and PEN polyester films, specialising in film products and related services for the speciality, industrial, packaging and advanced magnetic media and photo systems, electrical and electronics markets. For Flexible Electronics our newest range of products include:

 

 

Brand names include Mylar®, Melinex®, and Teijin® and Tetoron® PET polyester film, and Teonex® PEN polyester film.

E2M Technology are printed-plastic electronic experts whom specialize in printable OLED and quantum-tunneling-composite research, plus developing commercial products.

 

E2M Technology's OLED technology is focused on proof-of-principle applications for inkjet printing and education requirements. The company also develops electronic controllers to obtain the optimum performance from OLED materials.

 

E2M Technology's intelligent tactile sensing uses the latest printable pressure sensitive electronic materials. E2M Technology provides the complete solution for intelligent pressure sensing applications.

 

E2M Technology's also develops ultraviolet curing systems for the electronics industry. These systems offer an unparalleled level of ultraviolet light control, that is targeted for research and fast, high-volume production.

EKRA is a leading manufacturer of screen and stencil-printing systems and for more than 50 years have been consistently adhering to their business philosophy of offering only the highest quality products together with the best possible customer service. The products on offer range from manual laboratory machines through semiautomatic machines all the way to fully automatic inline machines. With systems on offer such as high-speed printers, flexible dual-lane solutions, customer-specific special machines or even complete production lines, EKRA is the ideal partner for any number of applications within the SMT, hybrid and thick film technology as well as advanced packaging fields.

 

Up until now, EKRA have installed more than 6000 systems worldwide and with the integration into the ASYS group in July 2005, EKRA have been able to extend their range of products in the field of screen and stencil printing which has consequently optimized their position in the market.

Energy Harvesting Journal provides you with a free daily update of the latest industry developments. Launched in late 2008, this free portal covers progress of energy harvesting and energy storage in all its forms.

 

Hosted and written by IDTechEx, the leading analyst and event organiser on energy harvesting and related technologies, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the subject. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Thursday listing the new articles posted in the previous week. We aim to make this service your most valuable tool for keeping up to date with the energy harvesting industry.

 

We seek your input - company progress, press releases, case studies and developments, which in turn we will feature as future articles. Please forward these to us - email Tessa Henderson at .

 

You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Thursday listing the new articles posted in the week. For more details, see

With main focus on printed electronics, Enfucell is a Finnish technology company with roots in the Helsinki University of Technology (today the Aalto University School of Science and Technology). Enfucell has developed SoftBattery®, a thin, flexible environmentally friendly and printable 1.5 - 6 V power source to be utilized in disposable and short lifetime products like RFID, micro sensors, displays, OLEDs, functional packaging and media, cosmetic and pharmaceutical transdermal delivery systems. Enfucell's customers and partners include many of world's largest corporations in their fields. Enfucell has wan many international recognitions, incl. Technology Pioneer 2007 by World Economic Forum, and 100Cleantech Europe 2008 by the Guardian.

FHR Anlagenbau GmbH, a subsidiary of centrotherm photovoltaics AG, supplies thin-film technologies and key equipment for the production of solar cells.

 

 

FHR equips customers around the world with customized plants for the thin film coating, and is also a supplier of high-quality, bonded sputtering targets.

FUJIFILM Dimatix's MEMS-based technology lets inkjet printing create products like displays and electronics, RFID antennas, smart tags, DNA arrays, smart packaging and wearable electronics. The Dimatix Materials Printer DMP-2831 is a low-cost, cartridge-based piezo inkjet printing system that enables direct deposition of functional fluids - including nanoparticle-based metallic and organic materials. Similarly, the DMP-3000 is capable of printing a wide range of functional fluids from both experimental cartridge-based printheads with small volumes and high performance printheads appropriate for industrial and high throughput applications. Expanding upon the DMP-2831 and the DMP-3000, the new DMP-5000 and DMP-5005 are large format, non-contact, fluid deposition systems capable of jetting a wide range of functional fluids using multiple FUJIFILM Dimatix fluid deposition printheads interchangeably.

 

FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. is the world's premier provider of piezoelectric inkjet printheads and systems. As of July 2006, FUJIFILM Dimatix is a wholly owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation. FUJIFILM Dimatix has more than 28 years experience in advancing the performance of drop-on-demand dispensing devices and applications, and its state-of-the-art technology provides solutions for the printed electronics industry.

Flexible Electronics Concepts FEC is a new company set up to create innovative working samples of printed electronics. Many consumer packaged goods companies and other potential end users are frustrated that they cannot obtain innovative product concepts or even simple devices such as smart labels based on the new printed electronics. They do not want components. FEC will endeavour to help by being a product integrator and concept generator for small quantities of printed electronic products. Any successes will be produced in volume by the industry leaders. Meanwhile, buy your samples and sample books here.

The Functional Materials Department at Fraunhofer IAP sets its main focus on the development and processing of polymer based organic electronics for OLEDs, OPV and electroactive systems. Printing technologies for the processing of flexible devices for future low-cost applications are evaluated. In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Alliance POLO, ultra-barrier films are evaluated for the encapsulation of active devices. POLO offers the joint expertise of seven Fraunhofer Institutes for the development, manufacture and characterization of transparent ultra-barrier films with water vapor transmission rates down to 10-5 g/m²/d. These films are suitable for the encapsulation of flexible LCDs, OLEDs and solar cells.

Fraunhofer IZM is one of the leading institutes in the fields of system integration technologies, reliability, wafer level integration and heterogeneous integration technology. Fraunhofer IZM has a strong background in electronics packaging technologies and micro energy systems.

System integration and the packaging of electronic products are developed for suppliers and users from the consumer electronics, telecommunications, mechanical engineering and automotive and medical sectors. Our main objective is to support firms in the broad application of microelectronic and micro system technologies.

Fraunhofer IZM represents an efficient research, development and service potential, in most of the electronic packaging sectors. Since 1999 the institute engages in micro energy technologies like integrated micro batteries, micro fuel cells and energy harvesting.

Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with over 155 years of tradition. Our businesses include precious metals, sensors, biomaterials and medical products, dental products, quartz glass, and specialty light sources. With product revenues of 2.6 billion and precious metal trading revenues of 13.6 billion, as well as more than 12,300 employees in over 110 subsidiaries worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.

 

Heraeus PM, Conductive Polymers Division manufactures a range of conductive transparent and flexible polymers based on Clevios™ PEDOT:PSS - chemistry for electronic applications. From conductive polymers for antistatic, OLED, organic solar cell and capacitor applications to new printable electronic and touch screen applications, versatile Clevios meets the requirements of emerging flexible electronic materials. High conductive materials, such as Clevios™ PEDOT:PSS with 1000S/cm or 100Ohm and new HIL materials for OLEDs and Solar Cells will be spotlighted by the company.

Avidity IP is a firm of European Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys and has extensive experience in the diverse fields of printed electronics and materials.

 

Our team includes a number of attorneys with expertise in the area, some having worked in-house at major industrial companies. Familiar technologies include formulation chemistry, driving electronics, device architecture, microprinting, polymer and small molecule chemistry, medical devices, PVs, display systems and inkjet.

 

We provide a full spectrum of patent services, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications, advising on freedom to use and advising on litigation and European Patent Office oppositions and appeals.

High Force Research are a contract Chemistry R & D company specialising in Organic Chemical Process Development and Synthesis.

 

Main interests are Pharmaceutical Research Compounds and Advanced Materials for Organic Semiconductor applications. We manufacture new novel organic compounds from milligrams to multikilogram scale and can operate to cGMP standards.

 

We can offer R & D services to synthesise new novel molecules for use in Printed Electronics applications and would like to collaborate with electronic companies interested in plastic electronic applications.

IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of energy harvesting, printed electronics, RFID, electric vehicles and allied technologies.

 

You can trust IDTechEx to help you build your business. We provide consultancy, market research and executive-level events across the US, Europe and Asia.

IN-CORE Systemes designs and manufactures high speed quality control equipments for printed and plain surfaces. After very quick master patch learning of all repetitive patterns, the printed surfaces are inspected continuously whatever registration organization, with automatic and dynamic elasticity adjustment. During the inspection the system detects flaws and monitors the registration period or geometrical position of printings / hot stampings. Major fields of application are printed electronics like RFID antennas and flexible circuits, coated laminated and metallized films for a range of industrial and security applications. IN-CORE Systemes team has been active in computer vision since the late 80s.

 

Automatic inspection is going beyond the aspect defect detection and provides accurate classification for root cause analysis, trend data for process improvement, roll data to optimize slitting, and rewind control for increased throughput.

ImageXpert Inc. is a leader in part inspection systems and tools for printed electronics. Developers and manufacturers rely on ImageXpert systems in R&D and in production. We offer expertise in analyzing printed materials from a variety of traditional and digital printing technologies and a long history of providing machine-vision based image quality measurement and part inspection systems to imaging companies worldwide. Our hardware configurations include 2-D camera-based systems, 3-D laser height profiling systems, and line scan camera-based systems. Specialized systems include JetXpert, an innovative system for analysis of drops in flight for any inkjet print head or jetting technology, and ImageXpert Solar, a solar cell inspection system that uses machine vision with both visible and NIR cameras to measure finger widths, spacing and other features.

 

All of our systems use the same flexible, analytical software to produce objective, repeatable data.

Ink World is the most widely read ink magazine in the world covering the US$14+ billion global printing ink industry, reaching over 6,000 subscribers worldwide. Ink World's editors and correspondents provide extensive and accurate reporting with incisive articles on the companies, the people and the trends in the global printing ink industry. Rodman also publishes Label and Narrow Web and Coatings World magazines in addition to web sites that provide coverage of the global printed electronics market.

InnovationLab GmbH (iL) is an application-oriented research and transfer platform of business and science in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan region. It was jointly founded by the six globally active companies BASF SE, Freudenberg & Co. KG, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Merck KGaA, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, SAP AG, and the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim. All partners are involved in one shared enterprise and have the common goal of driving innovation.

iL focuses on Organic Electronics. It collaborates with its partners across disciplines along the entire value chain in order to create novel solutions. The company is a crucial part of the strategy of the cluster Forum Organic Electronics which concentrates on joint research, the transfer of ideas into marketable products, and the development and implementation of educational programs. In addition to the founders mentioned above, the cluster consists of a wider set of 26 companies and universities and was awarded as a Cluster of Excellence (Spitzencluster) with € 40 million by the German Ministry of Education and Research.

Support developers, manufacturers and end users of polymers and polymer formulations for OLEDs, Charge Transport Materials, Surface Coatings and Ink-Jet (and other printing techniques) applications. Services include polymer analysis (NMR, SEC, Pyrolysis GC and more), polymer degradation studies, contamination identification and surface chemistry (Microscopy, TOF-SIMS, spectroscopy).

Johnson Matthey Silver & Coating Technologies supplies silver based conductive coatings globally, for use in the electronics industry.

 

We offer a full range of materials for various applications, such as flexible circuitry, display technologies, membrane switches and RFID to name a few.

 

Our full product range is supported by a highly qualified technical team, which provides complete support in material selection, application and development.

 

 

We would be pleased to discuss your requirements and ways in which we can support your business.

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PPE KTN is a UK Technology Strategy Board funded network which has been given responsibility for supporting the printed and plastic electronics community in the UK. It carries out these duties through industry events and co-ordination with key stakeholders. PPE organizes over 80 events per year including strategy workshops, training courses, seminars and company tutorials. These cover the wide breadth of industry from basic science through to end user interaction with brand stakeholders. The network is free to join and has 1500 profiled members which are drawn from photonics, display and lighting communities. For more information, see

As a member of the German LPKF Group, the company's objective is to develop and construct innovative drive and control technology for extremely fast and high-precision positioning tasks with a wide range of motion. LPKF can offer both: standard ranges from 100mm x100mm up to systems with ranges of motion to 1.800mm x1.200mm; along with offering a customised solution of ranges.

 

The main emphasis is placed upon combining precision with dynamic performance, as required for production and measuring systems in microelectronics. The staff is exclusively formed by highly trained engineers and technicians. The ongoing miniaturization of industrial products and consumer goods means that new applications are continually being found for LPKF products. Leading companies in the microelectronics and automotive industries making use of the advantages of our products, include Intel, Bosch, Philips, DaimlerChrysler etc.

 

LPKF's know how is especially concentrated on the development and manufacture of applications with:

 

LPKF's organizational structure allows the possibility to work together with the customer to identify the optimal drive and control solutions for the application on existing standard products. This includes manufacturer-independent consultancy, joint preparation of the final specification, and developing and constructing the drive units. We also offer customer-specific, complete solutions. These include the control system and software, as well as installation, commissioning, service and training.

 

Come and meet us on Booth 33B.

METRC The N8 Molecular Engineering Translational Research Centre

The science of everyday things

METRC is a virtual lab pooling expertise from leading research centres at Universities across the North of England. Our focus is on soft nanotechnology and its applications in industry. Our target markets include home and personal care, medicine and healthcare, and energy.

NanoMas Technologies, Inc. engages in the research, development, engineering, and commercialization of nanotechnology and nanomaterials. We offer various inks such as silver and gold nanoparticle inks, conjugated polymer inks, and polymer dielectric inks, as well as conductor and semiconductor nanocrystal inks for printable electronics. We also develop functional nanoparticulates, including silver and gold nanoparticles and decorated carbon nanotubes. In addition inks and nanoparticulates, NanoMas provides carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers incorporating various physical, mechanical, electrical and optical properties for applications in multifunctional polymer nanocomposites, biosensors and medical diagnostics, and novel drug delivery. These inks are designed for applications in various technologies including:

 

 

Our innovative technologies allow production of printable conductor, semiconductor, and dielectric inks for printed electronics.

Neuber's is a sales and marketing enterprise for bags and backpacks. It was founded in 2006 by Jürgen Neuber (managing director). It has been the exclusive global outlet for innovative Sun-Bags since 1.9.2009. Since the launch of the bags, the company has recorded monthly turnover increases in the order of three-figure percentages.

 

Neuber's has a worldwide trade fair appearances. The Energy Sun-Bags feature integrated KONARKA power plastic solar panels and therefore have their own decentralised and fully independent power sources. Neuber´s is leading innovator, thanks to KONARKA power plastic solar panels. Power is generated under artificial light without any need for sunshine. This means that devices like mobile phones, iPods and MP3 player can be recharged anywhere. The bags have a use of cutting-edge innovative technologies.

 

One solar panel has 1.5 watt. It has a rechargeable Li-Ion battery, approx. 2200 mAh in a trendy aluminium holder and it has an USB interface.

 

The bags are made of various different materials: tarpaulin, lorry plane, polyester, nylon and felt. They have an outstanding product quality and fashionable design. The bags are available in a choice of 37 different colours. They are manufactured in accordance with the BSCI social compliance initiative (based on international UNO and OECD guidelines). All in all: excellent value for money.

The Displays Research Group at Nottingham Trent University is actively involved in the technology of electronic materials for displays, laser processing for plastic and printed electronics, thin film device fabrication and characterisation. Collaborative research projects are concerned with application of novel developments from thin film electroluminescent display work to the emerging field of flexible and printed electronics. This includes the use of excimer laser processing of inkjet printed nanoparticulate materials to realise functional electronic layers on plastics, deposition and processing of light emitting devices on plastics, and the use of luminescent materials in printed security product for packaging applications.

Novalia puts interactivity into print. Touch sensitive input and light/sound output is coupled with transistor based intelligence.

 

We offer design, product development/creation services and work with our partners to co-ordinate manufacture.

 

We believe there is an opportunity for our customers to add significant value to their products in the form of creative new product concepts manufactured with existing and proven production capability.

OMIC is a University Innovation Centre for the speciality organic materials and polymer industries, and is facilitating knowledge transfer in organic materials from Universities in the northwest of the UK to businesses in the UK and Europe to help those businesses to innovate and grow. OMIC is part of the Knowledge Centre for Materials Chemistry (www.materialschemistry.org)

 

There is considerable expertise within OMIC in organic / printable electronics and in particular in:

• The discovery, development and characterisation of new organic materials for application in electronic devices such as:

• The processing (e.g. direct write including inkjet and nanolithography) of semi-conducting and conducting organic materials, including nanoparticulate metals and precursors, into a wide range of devices on a diverse range of substrates including plastic, glasses and textiles.

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The OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is a working group within the German Engineering Federation (VDMA). It was founded in December 2004. OE-A is the key international industry association for organic and printed electronics and represents the whole value chain of this emerging industry. Our members are leading international companies and institutions, ranging from component and material suppliers, equipment and tool suppliers, producers/system integrators and end-users to R&D institutes. More than 160 companies from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia are working together to promote the establishment of a competitive production infrastructure for organic and printed electronics. The vision of the OE-A is to build a bridge between science, technology and application. The activities of the OE-A include education, networking opportunities, strategic market understanding, roadmap for organic and printed electronics, quality control and measurement, applications and the exchange of ideas to unite the entire industry. The OE-A headquarter is in Frankfurt/Germany and our local North American office is in Pittsburgh/USA.

Further information on OE-A, member companies, member benefits, becoming a member, etc., please visit the OE-A Website. www.oe-a.org

Oxford Lasers is a leading supplier of advanced laser micromachining solutions. The company supplies turn-key laser machines and sub-contract services to industry and academia capable of processing a wide range of materials (organics, metals, ceramics and glass) to sub-micron tolerances. Example applications that benefit from our products include thin-film patterning, edge isolation, high-speed via drilling.

Metal Nanoparticles for Printed Electronics

 

PChem nanoparticle inks deliver superior conductivity and processing capability. These inks are being used in the development of next generation flexible and cost effective devices for the expanding Printed Electronics market. In particular, PChem has the capability to flexographically print conductive lines as narrow as 20 microns wide. Using this capability, PChem is developing products that include a lower cost, higher conductivity alternative to ITO. The optical clarity is comparable to or better than ITO over a wide range of sheet resistances up to 100 ohms/sq. PChem is also offering for the first time highly conductive nanoparticle screen inks that allow reduced metal usage and fine line printing (75 micron line/space).

The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is a development and prototyping facility. It supports companies in accelerating the commercialisation of new printable electronics products by offering a unique combination of expertise and pilot scale facilities thus reducing the need for costly capital investment.

Pall Corporation is the largest and most diverse filtration, separations and purifications company in the world. We apply a vast technology portfolio to many industries including semiconductor fabrication, ink jet printing and display manufacturing. Printable electronics is evolving from these key industries and Pall can leverage significant filtration expertise for these new applications.

 

Pall offers filtration options for conductive ink dispersion classification, defect reduction in all coating applications, gel removal in UV curable fluids and for many other applications. Pall filtration technology will enable faster production, fewer defects and lower overall costs in all the markets that we serve.

 

In addition, Pall also offers the tools to support your filtration and purification needs from the laboratory to full production. Our products and services will allow you to select the correct filtration technology for your need and optimize for maximum performance and economy.

 

We look forward to your filtration challenge!

Peakdale Molecular offers a class-leading range of products and services to accelerate discovery initiatives for organic semi conductor materials. At its very core, Peakdale's approach is based upon its long & successful track record of chemistry problem-solving, offering flexible, creative and confidential support for new materials discovery projects.

 

Peakdale has significant experience in the synthesis and characterization of OSC candidate compounds and the purification of such materials to high specifications. These projects have also demonstrated our process development skills for small-scale production of ultra high purity materials. Put our experience to the test.

Prelonic is developing and producing printed electronic products around the base elements printed battery and printed display. Further elements will be adopted as necessary for applications.

The PriMeBits project is being coordinated by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. In the PriMeBits project, a printable electric low-voltage nonvolatile memory is developed for printed sensor, media and wireless-ID applications. The main strategy is to utilize printed technology where it has a competitive advantage compared to silicon technology. The project builds on basic research of new materials and components and takes the results into prototyping of new applications. To reduce the research risk, two different technologies for the memory functionality are considered with partially overlapping application areas. Project focuses on inorganic metaloxide nanoparticle-based ferroelectric FRAM memory and a resistive metallic-based write-once-read-many (WORM) memory.

(Stefan Gabriel, president of 3M New Venture)

 

Our vision is breathing digital life into all printed products.

 

Printechnologics is the leading technology developer in field of printed electronics.

 

We are able to offer a dramatically new technology enabling print products to communicate with the online world by only one touch. Printed during a regular offset printing machine process, our invisible identification tag - which we named AirCode - interacts with online world just by one touch. Holding on smartphone - being online - as easy as it sounds.

 

Using known materials and processes, the AirCode is thin, flexible, recyclable, invisible and robust. But furthermore, the additional production costs are just a fraction of a cent.

 

Including all these advantages, the AirCode comes down to everyday end user applications like marketing, brand protection, ticketing, publishing or gaming - just to name a few.

 

Since 2010, we are a 3M Company.

Printed Electronics Now is an online publication devoted to the fast growing field of electronic products created through the printing process, an emerging industry that promises to revolutionize the methods in which electronic components and systems are manufactured.

 

Printed electronics covers solar cells, batteries, displays, sensors, medical devices, military equipment, and much more. In the near future, the world will be treated to displays on packages, on pharmaceuticals that remind users when to take the drugs, more advanced electronic readers, flexible dashboard displays in vehicles, printed solar panels, and disposable devices that promise to revolutionize medical testing.

Printed Electronics World provides you with a daily update of the latest industry developments. Launched in May 2007, this free portal covers the progress to printed electronics in all its forms - from transistor circuits to power, sensors, displays, materials and manufacturing.

 

Hosted and written by IDTechEx, the leading printed electronics analyst and event organiser, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the issue. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Wednesday listing the new articles posted in the previous week. We aim to make this service your most valuable tool for keeping up to date with the printed electronics industry.

ProSynth is an independent specialist chemical manufacturer, offering a practical approach to custom synthesis, high-purity intermediates and process development. Producing materials on a scale of 10g to hundreds of kilos and working with partner companies to produce large quantities when required.

Working closely with our customers we are equally comfortable using information supplied by them or developing routs to target molecules ourselves. To date in excess of 8,000 projects have been completed and materials supplied worldwide.

ProSynth are the synthesis partner to help progress your project from an idea in a notebook, through small-scale trails, development, improvement and beyond.

Robinson Brothers Ltd (RBL) is one of the UK's largest independent manufacturers of organic chemicals servicing a broad range of chemistry using industries globally. While maintaining our strong presence in "traditional" markets such as pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediates, flavour & fragrance, imaging, polymer additives etc we are always looking for opportunities to expand into new and emerging markets.

It is clear that printed electronics is one such area and we see this conference and exhibition as an ideal platform to further explore this opportunity.

Schober GmbH located in Eberdingen, Germany was founded more than 60 years ago and is known worldwide as an industry leader in development and production of rotary converting tools, for the paper, film and foil converting industry. Schober offers processing solutions for the business forms, label, packaging, hygienic, electronical and pharmaceutical products.

 

Major Products: Punching tools and collators for the business forms. Rotary punching, die cutting, perforating, sealing, creasing modules and machines for the label and folding carton converting industry,Technical solutions and concepts for RFID products,Multilayer product processor for the production of High precision self-adhesive elements;

Saxony is the German federal state with the most remarkable developments and achievements in organic and printed electronics as well as in photovoltaics. Interested in the business location Saxony? Then the Saxony Economic Development Corporation (WFS - Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH) is the right partner. Companies from all over the world benefit from our profound network competence and in-depth knowledge of Saxony's core industries.

www.invest-in-saxony.com/peeurope

The Smart Systems Campus in Chemnitz represents a dynamic network of microsystems technology expertise. The Technology Park, with its generous dimensions on a site measuring almost 4.5 hectares, provides renowned scientific and technical centres with an entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen together with an economic boost at a location where everything is on the spot.

 

The city of Chemnitz meets all the conditions for developing a microsystems technology specialist centre of expertise. The region is one of the most important sector clusters in Germany due to the number of companies already established in this sector. The cooperation and intensive exchange of knowledge with the Silicon Saxony e.V. organisation permits interdisciplinary approaches to joint projects.

 

Solvay Solexis is a member of the Solvay Group with a distinguished history of promoting scientific exploration for the betterment of the world community; with more than 4,200 registered patents, it ranks second worldwide in fluorochemicals.

It is structured in 4 Business Units with more than 23 product lines covering the market demand for high value: Melt processable fluoropolymers, fluorinated fluids, fluoroelastomers, PTFE & Fluoropolymer coatings.

Thanks to its specialization, Solexis answers to the most demanding needs of high technology markets such as: printed electronic, semicon, surface treatment, pharmaceutical, building & architecture, wire & cable, automotive, aerospace, batteries, membranes, etc.

Manufacturer of LASER SYSTEMS, UV STEPPERS, UV SCANNERS and MASK ALIGNERS. Tamarack supplies photolithography and laser micromachining systems. We specialize in applications including: Displays, RFID, Solar Cells, Organic Electronics, MEMS, Medical Devices and HDI. Our Excimer and Solid State ablation systems are ideal for direct pattern etching thin metals from various organic substrates to form transistors or other electronic circuits. In addition, these systems are used to via drill most types of organic and inorganic materials with selective material removal, down to 1um. Systems designed for Roll-to-Roll, Reel-to-Reel and Sheet handling. Resolution capabilities to 1um. Machines designed for 24/7 production environments.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Our Thermo Scientific brand includes spectroscopic instrumentation that plays a vital role in the development of materials for solar energy and flexible electronics, including the characterization of solar cells and organic materials. The Thermo Scientific DXR Raman spectrometer and Nicolet iN10 infrared microscope on display in Booth 40 demonstrate the determination of crystalline states in silicon wafers, the analysis of encapsulant film formulations, conjugated polymer chains and co-polymer morphology, and several other molecular spectroscopic techniques for this rapidly developing market.

Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") is a publicly-listed Norwegian technology company with its head office in Oslo and product development in Linköping, Sweden. Thinfilm is a pioneer in the field of Printed Electronics, and provides fully-printed non-volatile, rewritable memory for applications in toys & games, logistics, sensor, and ID systems.

UNITEX (Part of the Trelleborg Group) has been manufacturing high performance SCREEN PRINTING SQUEEGEES for over 50 years. Our class leading products with tight dimensional tolerance and Shore A hardness accuracy are the preferred squeegees in a wide range of industries. The printing edge is consistently sharp and is capable of depositing the printed layer accurately between 70µm and 10 µm, while resisting glass frits and abrasive particles often found in conductive inks and pastes. Our Blue Chip customers recognise the advantages of the precision and repeatability of the Unitex product. Customers refuse to make relatively small savings on the cost of a squeegee and potentially jeopardise an expensive print run. UNITEX squeegees are specified in many OEM printing processes around the world and are out there helping the customer make money in the world of screen printed electronics.

PrintoCent is a VTT Research Centre of Finland lead program to create business in Printed Intelligence applications in cooperation with companies. Program budget is in excess of 10MEUR.

 

PrintoCent offers companies product development and manufacturing environment to make prototype products and product demonstrators. By using PrintoCent services companies can reduce commercial and technical risk before fully commercial operation. PrintoCent has world class competencies for example in R2R manufacturing, OLED and OPV development, hot embossing, microfluidics, printed diagnostics indicators, large area sensors and hybrid manufacturing processes.

 

Companies have an option to access PrintoCent facilities as Strategic Advisory Board Members or as project partners.

 

WCPC is a world renowned research centre dedicated to advancing the understanding and productivity of printing and coating as a manufacturing process. WCPC develops novel manufacturing techniques using printing and applies its scientific findings to the benefit of its global industrial partners. WCPC has en extensive development programme in printed electronics and is recognised as a one of the 5 centres of excellence for plastic electronics in the UK.

Saxony is the German federal state with the most remarkable developments and achievements in organic and printed electronics as well as in photovoltaics. Interested in the business location Saxony? Then the Saxony Economic Development Corporation (WFS - Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH) is the right partner. Companies from all over the world benefit from our profound network competence and in-depth knowledge of Saxony's core industries.

 

www.invest-in-saxony.com/peeurope

Xennia has a broad range of capability in inkjet technology applicable to printed electronics. Xennia is a leading developer and supplier of inks and processes including conductive, resistive, semiconductor, electrochromic, etch resist, colour filter and OLED inks. Xennia is also able to supply robust industrial inkjet modules and systems for production applications, and can support inkjet development programmes by supplying development tools and printing systems.

Heliatek is engaged in the development and production of organic photovoltaic solar cells. The company was founded in 2006 and is leveraging organic materials to improve the cost-efficiency characteristics of solar cells for large area applications.

By utilizing vacuum technology, Heliatek is developing a new proprietary material that displays unprecedented power efficiency, transport and contact properties as well as extended life-time characteristics.

In 2010 the company is preparing its production line.

 

Heliatek's proprietary technology relies on the vacuum deposition of so-called small molecules, a technology proven successful in OLEDs. In contrast, so-called plastic solar cells pursued by other companies are prepared by solution processing (e.g., printing) of polymers.

 

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Intrinsiq Materials is a UK-based advanced materials company providing nanoparticle copper ink formulations for printed electronics applications. Our copper nanoparticle ink, 'Intrinsiq CI', is an innovative ink formulation designed for photonic curing at room temperature in air. It is ready to print using industry standard commercial inkjet systems on a variety of substrates including paper, polyimide and FR4, producing conductivities comparable to commercial silver inks.

Researchers at NUI Galway and Trinity College Dublin have developed a tunable, high aspect ratio, triangular-plate-shaped silver nanoparticle conductive ink, production-ready and already in pilot production in batch quantities on a pilot manufacturing line. A company promotion team is in the process of commercialising this technology. ArgentInkTM is a general purpose high electrical conductivity, low silver loading conductive ink suitable for all applications in printed electronics. The uniquely strong local surface plasmon resonance associated with its triangular nanoplates offers additional potential for third generation photovoltaics. Related products based on this technology have proven superior antimicrobial properties for wound care.

Nano ePrint was formed in 2006 following pioneering research at the University of Manchester in the UK. Nano ePrint's technology enables planar nanoelectronic circuits that can uniquely be fabricated in a single layer of semiconductor via single-step patterning. Nano ePrint's devices achieve very high speeds while dramatically reducing circuit size and simplifying manufacture. Nano ePrint has also developed a configurable circuit architecture to deliver the world's first printed programmable logic circuits, allowing one circuit to simultaneously address multiple applications. The Nano ePrint approach opens up prospects for low-cost, high-performance printed electronics across a wide range of market opportunities.

NANOGAP manufactures a broad range of fully dispersed metal and metal oxide nanomaterials, including sub-nanometre atomic quantum clusters with unique properties, nanoparticles from 1 to 100 nanometres in size, and high aspect ratio nanofibers. All materials can be custom tailored to exact requirements including particle size, morphology, surface functionalisation and carrier fluid. In preliminary trials, NANOGAP's latest conductive ink, printed with a Xaar print head onto paper and cured at 120oC for two minutes gave a resistivity of 6x10-5 ohm.cm. Silver nanofibers can be used to prepare transparent conductive films suitable for use in displays, photovoltaics and OLED lighting.

Introducing Sequ-EL™; a slim line modular lighting system used to sequence, drive and design with electroluminescent panel (EL), without the requirement for any specialist technical knowledge.

 

A windows compatible PC software can be used to create and edit different light sequences, and lighting effects can be triggered by a range of interactive switches (sound, motion, pressure etc). This unique software package enables designers to incorporate EL into their products without any specialist technical knowledge. As the module is smaller and more compact than existing alternatives for driving EL, this will broaden the scope and versatility of using EL in product design and facilitate novel and innovative lighting displays for advertising and branding.

 

Sequ-EL and other associated products have been developed as part of a spin-off from London Southbank University.

Agfa Materials has a leading position in producing film and related products for the graphical and healthcare industry. Agfa Materials commercializes with ORGACON™ a portfolio of PEDOT/PSS based formulations and printing inks. Fields of application range from antistatic or ESD protection to the use as transparent conductive flexible electrode for ITO replacement. More information can be found on

Germany Trade & Invest is the foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. The organization advises foreign companies looking to expand their business activities in the German market. It provides information on foreign trade to German companies that seek to enter into foreign markets. All inquiries relating to Germany as a business and investment location are treated confidentially. All investment services are available at no charge.

imaging Technology international Corporation (iTi) is a leading digital fabrication systems supplier. Established in 1992, headquartered in Boulder, CO with its European office in Cambridge UK, iTi designs, develops and manufactures high precision digital material deposition systems that incorporate inkjet technology. iTi's strategy is to support customers from Lab2Fab with a comprehensive range of flexible, printhead independent R&D tools, which include the Drop Watcher and MDS 300 materials deposition system, through to high volume fabrication systems such as the VJet and Digital Web Press.

 

In 2009, iTi established the iTi Solar division to advance the economies of clean, renewable energy through the use of industrial inkjet technologies. iTi Solar develops precision industrial inkjet systems for use in the manufacturing of efficient, low-cost solar cells. iTi Solar's material deposition systems are used by a number of labs worldwide, including the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).

 

iTi is widely acknowledged for its technical expertise in incorporating inkjet technology as a digital manufacturing process. Our in-depth understanding of the capabilities of inkjet technologies, combined with expertise in industrial design, electrical, mechanical and software engineering assist our customers in a wide variety of deposition applications.

 

iTi can shape a world-class solution that makes sense for your inkjet challenge - work with us from Lab2Fab.

NovaCentrix is focused on technologies and products to enable products and manufacturing in Printed Electronics. The PulseForge® line of tools dries, sinters, and anneals metallic, non-metallic, and semiconductor inks, without damaging fragile substrates such as foils and plastics. With processing times of only milliseconds, surface depositions can be heated to melting or crystallization temperatures without damaging low temperature substrates. The very short processing times also allow high-speed processing rates, and the PulseForge tools are capable of roll-to-roll production at speeds approaching 300 meters per minute.

NovaCentrix also offers Metalon® conductive inks, specially suited for maximum performance with PulseForge tools. Use with the PulseForge tools allows the Metalon inks to be formulated for maximum printability while still attaining maximum conductivity. Silver inks and breakthrough true-copper inks are available. Metalon inks can be applied to substrates such as plastic films, paper, transparent conductive oxides, and glass. With PulseForge tools and Metalon inks, Now You Can.

PixDro is an innovative company, specialized in the research & development of industrial inkjet applications and the manufacturing of advanced inkjet printing systems for research and industry. Our experience in the inkjet printing market has resulted in various innovative technologies and products.

 

Our products consist of printing modules embedded in an open system architecture allowing PixDro to customize our systems (LP 50 and LP 150) for client specific processes and applications. These building blocks enable easy integration and migration from entry-level single layer printing for R&D purposes to volume printing in an industrial system.

 

With these products and modules PixDro facilitates the development of applications and offers a migration path to a complete industrial production system.

 

As part of the OTB-Group, PixDro offers complete printing solutions including pre and post processing; thereby, providing a complete solution for your requirements.

www.pixdro.com www.otb.nl

PixDro is an innovative company, specialized in the research & development of industrial inkjet applications and the manufacturing of advanced inkjet printing systems for research and industry. Our experience in the inkjet printing market has resulted in various innovative technologies and products.

 

Our products consist of printing modules embedded in an open system architecture allowing PixDro to customize our systems (LP 50 and LP 150) for client specific processes and applications. These building blocks enable easy integration and migration from entry-level single layer printing for R&D purposes to volume printing in an industrial system.

 

With these products and modules PixDro facilitates the development of applications and offers a migration path to a complete industrial production system.

 

As part of the OTB-Group, PixDro offers complete printing solutions including pre and post processing; thereby, providing a complete solution for your requirements.

www.pixdro.com www.otb.nl

As part of Royal Philips Electronics, Philips Applied Technologies is a contract R&D organization that supports the development of products, applications and technical solutions. Its customers are market leaders, fast growing companies and start-ups. For every phase of the innovation process, it offers integral solutions, consultancy and specialist services. With over 1000 in-house experts, it can draw on a wide range of competences. For further information, visit

Plastic Logic's mission is to lead a revolution in the way people acquire, organize and consume information. We are using our proprietary technology leadership in plastic electronics to create a range of innovative products. Our first product, the QUE™ proReader, will enter the marketplace in April 2010. Founded in 2000 by researchers out of the Cambridge University Cavendish Laboratory, Plastic Logic has research and development in Cambridge, England; high-volume, state-of-the-art manufacturing in Dresden, Germany; and executive management, product engineering, sales and marketing headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information about Plastic Logic, please go to http://www.plasticlogic.com

Soligie is the leading company to utilize high speed manufacturing to produce printed electronics with a variety of conductive, resistive and proprietary materials on flexible substrates such as PET, paper and foil. State of-the-art design and development capabilities enable customers to realize products that push traditional boundaries. Soligie engages in development projects from the product concept phase through high volume manufacturing. The Company is on the cutting edge of the production of electronic components using high speed, fully additive roll-to-roll processes. Soligie offers a full range of services from concept design, circuit design, design for manufacturability and final volume production. Soligie currently serves the medical device, smart packaging, RFID and flexible interconnect markets. Through the combined use of emergent materials and proprietary manufacturing processes, electronics components such as memory, sensors, displays and batteries will soon be integrated into applications on thin flexible substrates.

Trident is a leader in the development and manufacture of both industrial piezoelectric ink jet printheads and ink jet inks. Trident was one of the pioneers of ink jet in the early 1980's jetting both liquid inks and hot melt inks. Today, Trident products are used in a variety of applications that require rugged, inert, stainless steel printheads for printing or accurately dispensing fluids reliably and frequently. Applications include digital patterned printing with etchants, dopants, metallic conductive inks and conductive fluids. Trident's inert printheads are unique in their ability to be disassembled, cleaned and reassembled enabling long life and high degree of return on investment.

 

Trident printheads are marketed worldwide through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the flat panel display manufacturing, printable electronics, wide format printing, precision coating markets. OEMs integrate Trident printheads into computer-controlled, application-specific products or systems which are then sold to end users.

 

Trident's development, manufacturing and administrative headquarters is located in Brookfield, Connecticut, USA (100 km from New York City). The company also has regional offices in Tokyo and Dublin, Ireland.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a globally networked multitechnological contract research organization. VTT has taken a wide R&D approach to RFID and wireless sensing, which is supported by extensive interdisciplinary know-how and in-house technology platforms. Our activities cover RFID and wireless systems from low frequency to mm-waves. VTT develops novel solutions to improve the performance level of RFID systems. Modern equipment and excellent facilities, like micro- and nanofabrication services and anechoic chambers, provide exceptional opportunities for the fabrication and characterization of components. VTT is collaborating with many of the key European players in the field of RFID.

ARDEJE has a strong knowledge and background in DOD inkjet printing. We design and manufacture custom-built print engines based on our customers' specifications by integrating piezoelectric printheads for industrial applications based on DOD inkjet technology. Several printers and print engines have been manufactured for graphic art applications and printing industry. We are now taking advantage of our 10-year inkjet printing expertise by developing opportunities and new markets in printed electronics. ARDEJE has been pioneering this field since 2001 with successful partners and recently increased our R&D activities to provide technological innovative solutions for printed electronics applications. These developments are supported by involvement in European and French scientific and technology development projects in microelectronics, smart textiles, solar cells, etc. Furthermore, ARDEJE supplies technological and experimental products and services for fluid formulation and print quality optimization. Based on our vision expertise, ARDEJE has developed laboratory equipments for both drop formation and impact analysis.

Blue Spark Technologies, Inc. is the leader in developing flexible, printed, "green," proprietary power source solutions for battery-powered printed electronic systems. The company was founded as Thin Battery Technologies in 2002 with patented technology and technical leadership from Energizer (Eveready Battery Company). Blue Spark customers include manufacturers, product designers, and integrators across multiple industries including: interactive packaging, RFID, pharmaceutical, powered smart cards, and novelty items. Users of products powered by Blue Spark batteries enjoy increased efficiency, greater convenience and portability, improved safety, lower manufacturing and assembly costs, higher profit margins, and greater environmental responsibility. For more information, visit www.bluesparktechnologies.com or call +1 440 249 5400.

Dresden - your favorite place

The Dresden region is the largest and most important European location for microelectronics and information technology - with more than 40.000 employees in about 1.200 companies, represented by the network "Silicon Saxony". The business areas of the local companies cover the entire value chain, however, development and production of electronic components and integrated circuits is the most significant sector of the Dresden microelectronic cluster. Large semiconductor fabs and almost all leading equipment manufacturers have settled here, delivering their products worldwide. To the technological strengths of Saxony belongs a high competence in the field of organic and printed electronics. The highly motivated and qualified experts as well as the dense network of business, science and government authorities are decisive factors for future investors.

Welcome to Dresden!

Coatema Coating manufactures coating and laminating plants and has been delivering for more than 30 years solutions for the most different markets like textile, foil, paper and renewable energies and printed electronics. These solutions may consist of small lab coating plants, of pilot plants as well as of turn-key production plants for the coating and laminating of roll-to-roll substrates. One of Coatema´s areas, the R&D solutions, deals with the service for coating and laminating like the Coatema´s R&D Centre with more than 10 pilot plants and one production plant. This large range of services is completed by an annual coating symposium.

cyberTECHNOLOGIES is dedicated to providing our clients with industry leading high-resolution, non-contact 3D measurement systems. Our advanced systems are widely utilized for industrial and scientific applications. The high resolution optical sensor, either laser-based or with a white and infrared light source, together with the specifically designed highly precise x/y scanning stage and sophisticated software, are the core of the system and produce reliable/dependable results.

Our non-contact 3D measurement systems are widely used in microelectronics and other precision industries for a vast array of applications, including waviness measurement, contour measurement, roughness measurement, step height measurement, solar cell measurement, thickness measurement and much more. Our solutions are trusted by major international companies, as well as many small and medium sized companies in R&D and production. We have a worldwide network of qualified distributors and representatives, which makes our company a dependable global player.

 

DuPont Microcircuit Materials has 40 years of experience in the development, manufacture and sale of specialised ink compositions for a wide variety of electronic applications in the display, photovoltaic, automotive, biomedical, industrial and telecommunications markets. The company holds a lead position in these markets with success based on close customer relationships and a comprehensive worldwide support infrastructure.

Utilising core expertise such as materials science, chemistry and fine particle technology, the inks are used on a wide variety of substrates suitable for many new Printed Electronics applications, for example DuPont™ Solamet® Ag inks for thin film photovoltaics.

DuPont Teijin Films is the world's premier producer of PET and PEN polyester films, specialising in film products and related services for the speciality, industrial, packaging and advanced magnetic media and photo systems, electrical and electronics markets. For Flexible Electronics our newest range of products include:

 

 

Brand names include Mylar®, Melinex®, and Teijin® and Tetoron® PET polyester film, and Teonex® PEN polyester film.

EKRA is a leading manufacturer of screen and stencil-printing systems and for more than 50 years have been consistently adhering to their business philosophy of offering only the highest quality products together with the best possible customer service. The products on offer range from manual laboratory machines through semiautomatic machines all the way to fully automatic inline machines. With systems on offer such as high-speed printers, flexible dual-lane solutions, customer-specific special machines or even complete production lines, EKRA is the ideal partner for any number of applications within the SMT, hybrid and thick film technology as well as advanced packaging fields.

 

Up until now, EKRA have installed more than 6000 systems worldwide and with the integration into the ASYS group in July 2005, EKRA have been able to extend their range of products in the field of screen and stencil printing which has consequently optimized their position in the market.

Energy Harvesting Journal provides you with a free daily update of the latest industry developments. Launched in late 2008, this free portal covers progress of energy harvesting and energy storage in all its forms.

 

Hosted and written by IDTechEx, the leading analyst and event organiser on energy harvesting and related technologies, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the subject. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Thursday listing the new articles posted in the previous week. We aim to make this service your most valuable tool for keeping up to date with the energy harvesting industry.

 

We seek your input - company progress, press releases, case studies and developments, which in turn we will feature as future articles. Please forward these to us - email Tessa Henderson at .

 

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With main focus on printed electronics, Enfucell is a Finnish technology company with roots in the Helsinki University of Technology (today the Aalto University School of Science and Technology). Enfucell has developed SoftBattery®, a thin, flexible environmentally friendly and printable 1.5 - 6 V power source to be utilized in disposable and short lifetime products like RFID, micro sensors, displays, OLEDs, functional packaging and media, cosmetic and pharmaceutical transdermal delivery systems. Enfucell's customers and partners include many of world's largest corporations in their fields. Enfucell has wan many international recognitions, incl. Technology Pioneer 2007 by World Economic Forum, and 100Cleantech Europe 2008 by the Guardian.

Epurex Films, based in Bomlitz up north in Germany is a Bayer Material Science company. We have specialised in high-performance technical films for more than 25 years. Our focus lies on development, production and sale of high-quality polyurethane films, breathable membrane- and hot-melt adhesive films. Our product portfolio offers customized products, e. g. special films for the use in modern electronic applications. We provide our customers with expert advice and technical support. We fill innovative ideas with life - films for ideas.

The Fraunhofer Research Institution for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS in Chemnitz focuses on Smart Systems Integration using micro and nano technologies. Smart Systems are defined as miniaturized devices that incorporate functions of sensing, actuating and control. The integration of nano materials as well as printed functionalities causes new challenges and requires new approaches in terms of reliability, testability, design and security. Fraunhofer ENAS meets these demands. The development of printed functionalities (like conductivity, semiconductivity, insulator, energy storage, catalysis, light energy transformation), MEMS/NEMS, advanced technologies as well as reliability of systems and components belong to the core competences of Fraunhofer ENAS.

Fraunhofer IZM is one of the leading institutes in the fields of system integration technologies, reliability, wafer level integration and heterogeneous integration technology. Fraunhofer IZM has a strong background in electronics packaging technologies and micro energy systems.

System integration and the packaging of electronic products are developed for suppliers and users from the consumer electronics, telecommunications, mechanical engineering and automotive and medical sectors. Our main objective is to support firms in the broad application of microelectronic and micro system technologies.

Fraunhofer IZM represents an efficient research, development and service potential, in most of the electronic packaging sectors. Since 1999 the institute engages in micro energy technologies like integrated micro batteries, micro fuel cells and energy harvesting.

FHR Anlagenbau GmbH, a subsidiary of centrotherm photovoltaics AG, supplies thin-film technologies and key equipment for the production of solar cells.

 

 

FHR equips customers around the world with customized plants for the thin film coating, and is also a supplier of high-quality, bonded sputtering targets.

FUJIFILM Dimatix's MEMS-based technology lets inkjet printing create products like displays and electronics, RFID antennas, smart tags, DNA arrays, smart packaging and wearable electronics. The Dimatix Materials Printer DMP-2831 is a low-cost, cartridge-based piezo inkjet printing system that enables direct deposition of functional fluids - including nanoparticle-based metallic and organic materials. Similarly, the DMP-3000 is capable of printing a wide range of functional fluids from both experimental cartridge-based printheads with small volumes and high performance printheads appropriate for industrial and high throughput applications. Expanding upon the DMP-2831 and the DMP-3000, the new DMP-5000 and DMP-5005 are large format, non-contact, fluid deposition systems capable of jetting a wide range of functional fluids using multiple FUJIFILM Dimatix fluid deposition printheads interchangeably.

 

FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. is the world's premier provider of piezoelectric inkjet printheads and systems. As of July 2006, FUJIFILM Dimatix is a wholly owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation. FUJIFILM Dimatix has more than 28 years experience in advancing the performance of drop-on-demand dispensing devices and applications, and its state-of-the-art technology provides solutions for the printed electronics industry.

H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH is a 100% daughter of H.C. Starck GmbH, Germany.

H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH manufactures a range of patented conductive polymers based on PEDOT:PSS (Clevios P) - chemistry for electronic applications. From conductive polymers for antistatic, OLED, organic solar cell and capacitor applications to new printable applications, versatile Clevios meets the requirements of emerging flexible electronic materials. High conductive materials, such as PEDOT:PSS with 750 S/cm and new HIL materials will be spotlighted by the company.

HTT is a representative and distribution organization representing about 30 key Semiconductor Equipment manufacturer in the Central Europe region.

Beside of Semiconductor Industry HTT is also involved in other industries like Solar, Photo Voltaic, Printed and Organic Electronics, Bio and MEMS.

HTT offers local sales, application and service support.

Also HTT runs their own Probe Card

manufacturing plant in Dresden.

With over 20 years of experiance we are

specialized in customer requirements for

fully automated processes.

ICI Imagedata is one of the world's leading manufacturers of speciality coated polyester films, including the Stabilex Ultra range of thermally stabilised films.

 

Produced by a unique purpose-built thermal stabilisation system which minimises thermal instability and skew and provides excellent lay flat properties, Stabilex Ultra Films offer excellent product quality, consistency and performance.

 

Ideal for the most demanding electronics, display and photovoltaic applications, the Stabilex Ultra range comprises Clear, White, Translucent and Optically Pure Films. All are available plain or pre-treated in different thicknesses and with a choice of master roll, slit reel or sheet formats.

IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of energy harvesting, printed electronics, RFID, electric vehicles and allied technologies.

 

You can trust IDTechEx to help you build your business. We provide consultancy, market research and executive-level events across the US, Europe and Asia.

ImageXpert Inc. is a leader in part inspection systems and tools for printed electronics. Developers and manufacturers rely on ImageXpert systems in R&D and in production. We offer expertise in analyzing printed materials from a variety of traditional and digital printing technologies and a long history of providing machine-vision based image quality measurement and part inspection systems to imaging companies worldwide. Our hardware configurations include 2-D camera-based systems, 3-D laser height profiling systems, and line scan camera-based systems. Specialized systems include JetXpert, an innovative system for analysis of drops in flight for any inkjet print head or jetting technology, and ImageXpert Solar, a solar cell inspection system that uses machine vision with both visible and NIR cameras to measure finger widths, spacing and other features.

 

All of our systems use the same flexible, analytical software to produce objective, repeatable data.

Transparent Silver Inks, developed by InkTec with patented technology, are Ag-based conducting inks suitable to RFID Tag, PCB, reflective film, display, and EMI shielding, etc. Differently from other prior conductive inks based on nano-technology, InkTec inks are purely transparent silver inks which are not formulated by particle structure. The inks are stable even in long-term storage and applicable to various substrates because they enable ink sintering in low temperature for conductive trace. According to our business plan for electronic materials, it was completed the 2nd plant in March 2007 and this plant will be occupied by electromagnetic manufacturing facilities.

IN-CORE Systemes designs and manufactures high speed quality control equipments for printed and plain surfaces. After very quick master patch learning of all repetitive patterns, the printed surfaces are inspected continuously whatever registration organization, with automatic and dynamic elasticity adjustment. During the inspection the system detects flaws and monitors the registration period or geometrical position of printings / hot stampings. Major fields of application are printed electronics like RFID antennas and flexible circuits, coated laminated and metallized films for a range of industrial and security applications. IN-CORE Systemes team has been active in computer vision since the late 80s.

 

Automatic inspection is going beyond the aspect defect detection and provides accurate classification for root cause analysis, trend data for process improvement, roll data to optimize slitting, and rewind control for increased throughput.

InnovationLab (iL) is an application oriented research and transfer platform of business and science in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan region. It was jointly founded in June 2008 by three DAX companies (BASF SE, Merck KGaA and SAP AG), three other global leaders (Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Freudenberg & Co. KG, and Roche Diagnostics GmbH) and the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim.

iL focuses on Organic Electronics and collaborates with its partners along the entire value chain. The company is a crucial part of the success strategy of the Forum Organic Electronics that was awarded as a Cluster of Excellence (Spitzencluster) with € 40 million by the German Ministry of Education and Research in September 2008.

After more than 25 years, ISRA VISION continues to be one of the global leading suppliers of machine vision systems with strategic focus on high-speed surface quality inspection. The systems provide 100% inspection of printed, patterned, and un-printed materials, either on continuous web (reel-to-reel) or sheets. For printed electronics applications, the systems inspect 100% of each repeat and detect defects such as mis-registration, shorts, opens, cracks, "mouse-bites", and substrate defects. Defects are classified by type and the location of each defect is mapped. Our goal: to provide the entire production chain with standard solutions to optimize production and to maximize yield.

Johnson Matthey Silver & Coating Technologies supplies silver based conductive coatings globally, for use in the electronics industry.

 

We offer a full range of materials for various applications, such as flexible circuitry, display technologies, membrane switches and RFID to name a few.

 

Our full product range is supported by a highly qualified technical team, which provides complete support in material selection, application and development.

 

 

We would be pleased to discuss your requirements and ways in which we can support your business.

visit our website

Konarka Technologies develops and manufactures solar plastic films that convert light to energy - anywhere. As the leading developer of polymer-based, organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology that provides a source of renewable power in a variety of form factors, Konarka has a broad portfolio of patents, technology licenses and an accomplished technical, scientific and manufacturing team. Manufactured at low cost and low energy consumption, the company's Konarka Power Plastic® technology is lightweight, flexible, scalable and adaptable for use in a variety of commercial, industrial, government and consumer applications. Konarka Technologies is headquartered in Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. and has a full scale production manufacturing facility in New Bedford, Mass. U.S.A., with European headquarters in Nurnberg, Germany, business development offices in Asia and a research and development facility in Austria. For additional information, visit http://www.konarka.com.

We will be demonstrating the Kurabo "Mazerustar" planetary mixer which is ideal for mixing of ingredients in inks, pastes and gels for a wide range of applications. Advantages are very fast mixing/deaeration, even for difficult to mix materials, without waste or contamination. A range of different sized machines is offered - from laboratory scale to large production.

 

Mozaik is the European representative and stockist for Kurabo "Mazerustar" mixers.

Director of Mozaik is Steve Muckett - who is an expert on fine line thick film materials and processes and also the European representative of Technic (USA) for promotion of precious metal powders and flakes.

PolyPhotonix is a new company that is manufacturing POLED devices for and lighting and design applications. He says, "The principal reason for setting up PolyPhotonix in the North East is because of the Printable Electronic Technology Centre PETEC. It would have been very difficult to do without the PETEC infrastructure. We've been able to pull in resources, use some of the PETEC materials, and gain access the right kind of people - all of which would have been prohibitively expensive under any other system. In addition ONE NorthEast have been very helpful. I firmly believe that we are in a position to lead the field with this new generation of materials - which is very exciting." PETEC is a UK national flagship centre backed by the UK Government and industry, newly opened at NETPark in Sedgefield, County Durham UK for the development of printable electronics technologies.

We will be demonstrating the Kurabo "Mazerustar" planetary mixer which is ideal for mixing of ingredients in inks, pastes and gels for a wide range of applications. Advantages are very fast mixing/deaeration, even for difficult to mix materials, without waste or contamination. A range of different sized machines is offered - from laboratory scale to large production.

 

Mozaik is the European representative and stockist for Kurabo "Mazerustar" mixers.

Director of Mozaik is Steve Muckett - who is an expert on fine line thick film materials and processes and also the European representative of Technic (USA) for promotion of precious metal powders and flakes.

Mühlbauer is a global, independent consultant and manufacturer of turnkey automation solutions for the smart card, smart label, semiconductor backend and vision industries. In addition, the company is active in the areas of data enrollment and verification, precision parts and OEM production. With about 1,800 employees in 29 locations on five continents, Mühlbauer is a leading supplier of production equipment for the smart card industry.

 

Mühlbauer solutions enable to manufacture any type of chip card, including ID cards, contact and contactless cards, dual interface as well as multimedia cards and smart labels for access control, supply chain management, tracking of textiles and applications for the retail industry.

NexTechFAS offers its Advantage Series Extrusion Deposition (ED) systems as standalone units or fully automated, integrated process lines designed to meet the unique requirements of the flexible and OLED markets. The integrated coating process line uses the patented FASCoat technology, a high-performance deposition method which maximizes material use to over 95% and offers extremely high throughput compared to competing deposition technologies. The Advantage Series ED technology offers a cost effective solution capable of depositing a wide variety of process chemistries, including tough-to-coat OLED and PV materials which are often deposited at submicron thicknesses with stringent uniformity requirements.

NexTech Solutions, Inc. and FAS Holdings Group, LLC, doing business jointly as "NexTechFAS", are pleased to announce that the company has signed an exclusive sales and marketing representative agreement with J. P. Kummer, a specialist distributor of instruments used in the manufacturing of semiconductors.

Novaled AG is a world-class technology provider in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technologies. Together with its proprietary materials, Novaled markets its advanced Novaled PIN OLEDTM technology to display and lighting makers preparing their entry into this promising new field.

 

In operation since March 2003, the company has developed into a leading technology provider with a strong intellectual property position. In this short time Novaled has attained the world record in power efficiency.

Novalia puts interactivity into print. Touch sensitive input and light/sound output is coupled with transistor based intelligence.

 

We offer design, product development/creation services and work with our partners to co-ordinate manufacture.

 

We believe there is an opportunity for our customers to add significant value to their products in the form of creative new product concepts manufactured with existing and proven production capability.

OMIC is a University Innovation Centre for the speciality organic materials and polymer industries, and is facilitating knowledge transfer in organic materials from Universities in the northwest of the UK to businesses in the UK and Europe to help those businesses to innovate and grow. OMIC is part of the Knowledge Centre for Materials Chemistry (www.materialschemistry.org)

 

There is considerable expertise within OMIC in organic / printable electronics and in particular in:

• The discovery, development and characterisation of new organic materials for application in electronic devices such as:

• The processing (e.g. direct write including inkjet and nanolithography) of semi-conducting and conducting organic materials, including nanoparticulate metals and precursors, into a wide range of devices on a diverse range of substrates including plastic, glasses and textiles.

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Optomec® is the world-leading provider of additive manufacturing systems for high-performance applications in the Electronics, Photovoltaic, and Aerospace & Defense markets. Optomec's Aerosol Jet ® Deposition System (formerly known as M3D) is a breakthrough additive technology enabling finer feature sizes than traditional ink-jetting and screen printing processes. The Aerosol Jet system utilizes an innovative aerodynamic focusing technology that produces electronic and physical structures with feature sizes down to 10 microns. The Aerosol Jet system supports a wide variety of materials including nanoparticle inks and screen-printing pastes, conductive polymers, insulators, adhesives, and even biological matter that can be accurately deposited onto non-planar substrates.

 

Aerosol Jet is a registered trademark of Optomec, Inc.

Osmotronic is a London based design company that creates interactive products, services and experiences across print, digital media and physical spaces. It works with companies who want to benefit from innovative products and services that connect technology and content in a direct and tangible way.

 

Osmotronic combines expertise in interaction design and communication to create intuitive and engaging products that drive revenue and increase brand value.The company offers a range of consultancy services from concept generation through to software design and content production, as well as working with exciting companies across the sectors of technology, media and manufacturing to develop proprietary products and technologies.

Pall Corporation is the largest and most diverse filtration, separations and purifications company in the world. We apply a vast technology portfolio to many industries including semiconductor fabrication, ink jet printing and display manufacturing. Printable electronics is evolving from these key industries and Pall can leverage significant filtration expertise for these new applications.

 

Pall offers filtration options for conductive ink dispersion classification, defect reduction in all coating applications, gel removal in UV curable fluids and for many other applications. Pall filtration technology will enable faster production, fewer defects and lower overall costs in all the markets that we serve.

 

In addition, Pall also offers the tools to support your filtration and purification needs from the laboratory to full production. Our products and services will allow you to select the correct filtration technology for your need and optimize for maximum performance and economy.

 

We look forward to your filtration challenge!

PolyIC produces printed electronics in a high-speed printing process. Printed electronics means that in a printing process electrical conducting and semi conducting plastics, so called polymers, are applied in several layers on a polyester film. The printing process is conducted in an exactly defined design so that electronic devices can be created. These devices are integrated, for example, into a RFID (radio frequency identification) tag. PolyIC's product line for RFID is called PolyID. Printed electronics makes low-cost RFID tags possible that can be used for mass applications. Furthermore, this new technology is also used in displays and complex systems, called smart objects. PolyIC sells smart objects under the name of PolyLogo.

 

PolyIC is a joint venture between Siemens AG and Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG and is located in Fuerth, Germany. PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2003.

Printed Electronics World provides you with a daily update of the latest industry developments. Launched in May 2007, this free portal covers the progress to printed electronics in all its forms - from transistor circuits to power, sensors, displays, materials and manufacturing.

 

Hosted and written by IDTechEx, the leading printed electronics analyst and event organiser, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the issue. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Wednesday listing the new articles posted in the previous week. We aim to make this service your most valuable tool for keeping up to date with the printed electronics industry.

Rodman Publishing, based in Ramsey, New Jersey, has been a leading publisher of trade publications for more than four decades. Established in 1964, Rodman Publishing has been the leading source of information for global industries such as household and personal products, nonwovens, coatings and inks, label converting, nutritional supplements, and contract pharmaceutical and medical device outsourcing.

 

Ink World is the most widely read ink magazine in the world covering the US$14+ billion global printing ink industry, reaching over 6,000 subscribers worldwide. Ink World's editors and correspondents provide extensive and accurate reporting with incisive articles on the companies, the people and the trends in the global printing ink industry. Rodman also publishes Label and Narrow Web and Coatings World magazines in addition to web sites that provide coverage of the global printed electronics market.

The Durel Division of Rogers Corporation will present their Printed Electronics and Lighting Solutions. Durel has over twenty years of design and high volume manufacturing experience in printed electronics. Our screen printing capabilities include product design, electrical, mechanical and optical testing, precision registration along with finished product converting and assembly operations.

 

Products and applications include medical electrodes and sensors, capacitive sensors, conductive adhesives, antenna, electroluminescent lamps, light guide film backlights and polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC).

 

Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) is a global technology leader in the development of high performance specialty-materials-based products for a variety of applications in diverse markets. The company operates sales and manufacture facilities in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Samsung SDS was established in 1985, by consolidating Information and Communication Technology(ICT) systems of all Samsung subsidiaries.

Since its foundation, Samsung SDS has provided comprehensive ICT services and contributed to the growth of Samsung Group as a global company.

Samsung SDS has established 17 overseas offices in ten countries starting with SDS America in 1997, and has set up eight data centers in six countries since its first data center in Gwacheon, Korea in 1992.

Samsung SDS's business is organized according to the clients' business environments and needs.

It provides various ICT services such as business consulting,

network system integration (NSI), smart infrastructure engineering (SIE),

ICT outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO), ICT infra, and ICT solution.

 

In case of the composition of researchers at S.A.I.T, close to 40% hold Ph.D degree and in terms of the majors, 37% of researchers here hold electronics major and others spread across the board.

 

SAIT has 3 research centers, 1 technology center and 1 frontier lab .

 

Those are Future IT Research Center , Materials & Devices Research Center , Emerging Technology Research Center, Material Technology Center and Frontier Research Lab.

 

Last year we spent 300 million US dollars for research budget of 1300 employees.

Saxony is the German federal state with the most remarkable developments and achievements in organic and printed electronics as well as in photovoltaics. Interested in the business location Saxony? Then the Saxony Economic Development Corporation (WFS - Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH) is the right partner. Companies from all over the world benefit from our profound network competence and in-depth knowledge of Saxony's core industries.

www.invest-in-saxony.com/peeurope

Saxony is the German federal state with the most remarkable developments and achievements in organic and printed electronics as well as in photovoltaics. Interested in the business location Saxony? Then the Saxony Economic Development Corporation (WFS - Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH) is the right partner. Companies from all over the world benefit from our profound network competence and in-depth knowledge of Saxony's core industries.

www.invest-in-saxony.com/peeurope

The Smart Systems Campus in Chemnitz represents a dynamic network of microsystems technology expertise. The Technology Park, with its generous dimensions on a site measuring almost 4.5 hectares, provides renowned scientific and technical centres with an entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen together with an economic boost at a location where everything is on the spot.

 

The city of Chemnitz meets all the conditions for developing a microsystems technology specialist centre of expertise. The region is one of the most important sector clusters in Germany due to the number of companies already established in this sector. The cooperation and intensive exchange of knowledge with the Silicon Saxony e.V. organisation permits interdisciplinary approaches to joint projects.

 

Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. With annual sales over $3 billion and 11,000 employees, Sun Chemical operates in 110 countries worldwide. Leveraging 50 years of experience as a supplier to the printed circuits industry, Sun Chemical has recently commercialized a range of new products for membrane switch, RFID and photovoltaics markets. Through an ongoing commitment to developing innovative products that provide value to our customers, Sun Chemical is investing in facilities and technologies targeted at the evolving printed electronics market.

Manufacturer of LASER SYSTEMS, UV STEPPERS, UV SCANNERS and MASK ALIGNERS. Tamarack supplies photolithography and laser micromachining systems. We specialize in applications including: Displays, RFID, Solar Cells, Organic Electronics, MEMS, Medical Devices and HDI. Our Excimer and Solid State ablation systems are ideal for direct pattern etching thin metals from various organic substrates to form transistors or other electronic circuits. In addition, these systems are used to via drill most types of organic and inorganic materials with selective material removal, down to 1um. Systems designed for Roll-to-Roll, Reel-to-Reel and Sheet handling. Resolution capabilities to 1um. Machines designed for 24/7 production environments.

Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") is a publicly-listed Norwegian technology company with its head office in Oslo and product development in Linköping, Sweden. Thinfilm is a pioneer in the field of Printed Electronics, and provides fully-printed non-volatile, rewritable memory for applications in toys & games, logistics, sensor, and ID systems.

The Toyo Ink Group develops a broad array of high-functional, high-value-added materials for printed electronics and industrial applications. Our Rexalpha series of conductive silver pastes used for forming RFIDs and FPCs, leads the field in ultra-thin and low resistance properties. Other cutting-edge products on display are insulators for touch screen panels and FPCs as well as various adhesive films and conductive tapes for EMI shielding applications.

 

Toyo Ink leverages our advanced manufacturing expertise based on our core colorants and resins technology, continuously pushing for improvements. Come see why we have been the leader in print innovation for over a century now.

UNITEX (Part of the Trelleborg Group) has been manufacturing high performance SCREEN PRINTING SQUEEGEES for over 50 years. Our class leading products with tight dimensional tolerance and Shore A hardness accuracy are the preferred squeegees in a wide range of industries. The printing edge is consistently sharp and is capable of depositing the printed layer accurately between 70µm and 10 µm, while resisting glass frits and abrasive particles often found in conductive inks and pastes. Our Blue Chip customers recognise the advantages of the precision and repeatability of the Unitex product. Customers refuse to make relatively small savings on the cost of a squeegee and potentially jeopardise an expensive print run. UNITEX squeegees are specified in many OEM printing processes around the world and are out there helping the customer make money in the world of screen printed electronics.

UK Displays and Lighting Network was launched in April 2006 as part of the DTI - "Knowledge Transfer Networks' programme. UKDL is a vibrant central hub of activity for the displays and lighting community. Designed to stimulate innovation in the key technology sectors by promoting collaboration, best practice and knowledge sharing between industry and academia. By encouraging partnerships and teamwork, UKDL aims to support science base through to end-users. Positioning the UK as the innovation engine for Europe.

 

UKDL supports and strengthens the UK Displays and Lighting Sector through tutorials, workshops and seminars with training and education embracing all levels of industry, commerce and academia. We encourage commercial and industrial collaborations between members that result in creation of wealth for UK plc through the profitable activities of members.

Umicore is a materials technology group. Its activities are centred on four business areas: Advanced Materials, Precious Metals Products and Catalysts, Precious Metals Services and Zinc Specialties. Each business area is divided into market-focused business units, be it in products that are essential to everyday life or those at the cutting edge of new technological developments.

 

Umicore focuses on application areas where it knows its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy can make a real difference. Umicore generates approximately 50% of its revenues and spends approximately 80% of its R&D budget in the area of clean technology, such as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics, fuel cells, and precious metals recycling. Umicore's overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on this ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life.

UniJet Co. Ltd is a total solution provider of inkjet printing systems and technology, especially for electronic material deposition. UniJet supplies printing systems ranging from R&D systems to mass production systems for LCD, PDP, OLED, PLED, solar cell, PCB, RFID, semiconductor packaging, and various coating applications. Mass production systems are customized to meet the application requirements and specifications with R2R printing systems. UniJet also offers process know how for various application developments as well as for application specific inks.

Vorbeck Materials Corp. develops products based on Vor-xTM graphene to meet real-world industrial challenges. Vorbeck's Vor-inkTM line of conductive inks and coatings for the printed electronics industry are the world's first graphene-based commercial products. Vor-ink formulations harness the exceptional conductivity of graphene and provide ultra-flexible and robust inks and coatings at a fraction of the cost of silver inks. Vor-ink formulations are available for screen, flexographic, and gravure printing techniques and can be used with standard commercial graphic printing presses. Vorbeck also offers on-site application support and custom formulation capabilities to compliment the attractive price and performance of its inks.

BASF is the world's leading chemical company - The Chemical Company. With over 95,000 employees we serve customers and partners in almost all countries of the world.

DuPont Microcircuit Materials has 40 years of experience in the development, manufacture and sale of specialised ink compositions for a wide variety of electronic applications in the display, photovoltaic, automotive, biomedical, industrial and telecommunications markets. The company holds a lead position in these markets with success based on close customer relationships and a comprehensive worldwide support infrastructure.

Utilising core expertise such as materials science, chemistry and fine particle technology, the inks are used on a wide variety of substrates suitable for many new Printed Electronics applications, for example DuPont™ Solamet® Ag inks for thin film photovoltaics.

Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with over 155 years of tradition. Our businesses include precious metals, sensors, biomaterials and medical products, dental products, quartz glass, and specialty light sources. With product revenues of 2.6 billion and precious metal trading revenues of 13.6 billion, as well as more than 12,300 employees in over 110 subsidiaries worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.

 

Heraeus PM, Conductive Polymers Division manufactures a range of conductive transparent and flexible polymers based on Clevios™ PEDOT:PSS - chemistry for electronic applications. From conductive polymers for antistatic, OLED, organic solar cell and capacitor applications to new printable electronic and touch screen applications, versatile Clevios meets the requirements of emerging flexible electronic materials. High conductive materials, such as Clevios™ PEDOT:PSS with 1000S/cm or 100Ohm and new HIL materials for OLEDs and Solar Cells will be spotlighted by the company.

Optomec® is the world-leading provider of additive manufacturing systems for high-performance applications in the Electronics, Photovoltaic, and Aerospace & Defense markets. Optomec's Aerosol Jet ® Deposition System (formerly known as M3D) is a breakthrough additive technology enabling finer feature sizes than traditional ink-jetting and screen printing processes. The Aerosol Jet system utilizes an innovative aerodynamic focusing technology that produces electronic and physical structures with feature sizes down to 10 microns. The Aerosol Jet system supports a wide variety of materials including nanoparticle inks and screen-printing pastes, conductive polymers, insulators, adhesives, and even biological matter that can be accurately deposited onto non-planar substrates.

 

Aerosol Jet is a registered trademark of Optomec, Inc.

PixDro is an innovative company, specialized in the research & development of industrial inkjet applications and the manufacturing of advanced inkjet printing systems for research and industry. Our experience in the inkjet printing market has resulted in various innovative technologies and products.

 

Our products consist of printing modules embedded in an open system architecture allowing PixDro to customize our systems (LP 50 and LP 150) for client specific processes and applications. These building blocks enable easy integration and migration from entry-level single layer printing for R&D purposes to volume printing in an industrial system.

 

With these products and modules PixDro facilitates the development of applications and offers a migration path to a complete industrial production system.

 

As part of the OTB-Group, PixDro offers complete printing solutions including pre and post processing; thereby, providing a complete solution for your requirements.

www.pixdro.com www.otb.nl

PLEXTRONICS, Inc. an international technology company that specializes in printed lighting, display, solar and other organic electronics. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company's focus is on organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and organic solar technology, specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications. The privately held company was founded in 2002 as a spinout from Carnegie Mellon University, based upon conductive polymer technology developed by Dr. Richard McCullough. Since then, Plextronics scientists have refined and further developed this technology to deliver exceptional performance for printed electronics. The company is ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified. For more information about Plextronics, visit www.plextronics.com

Trident is a leader in the development and manufacture of both industrial piezoelectric ink jet printheads and ink jet inks. Trident was one of the pioneers of ink jet in the early 1980's jetting both liquid inks and hot melt inks. Today, Trident products are used in a variety of applications that require rugged, inert, stainless steel printheads for printing or accurately dispensing fluids reliably and frequently. Applications include digital patterned printing with etchants, dopants, metallic conductive inks and conductive fluids. Trident's inert printheads are unique in their ability to be disassembled, cleaned and reassembled enabling long life and high degree of return on investment.

 

Trident printheads are marketed worldwide through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the flat panel display manufacturing, printable electronics, wide format printing, precision coating markets. OEMs integrate Trident printheads into computer-controlled, application-specific products or systems which are then sold to end users.

 

Trident's development, manufacturing and administrative headquarters is located in Brookfield, Connecticut, USA (100 km from New York City). The company also has regional offices in Tokyo and Dublin, Ireland.

3D-Micromac AG, a leading supplier of customized laser micromachining systems, has gained an established position in the international market over the past several years. As a developer and manufacturer of complex workstations, as a service provider for materials and surface machining or as a solution provider for the development of specific production processes - we are able to find the best solution for every customer's task. Our portfolio is subdivided into the following divisions: High End Laser Systems - High End Laser Applications - High End Laser Tools - High End Laser Services. Our customers appreciate the long lasting experience with all types of lasers used in research and industry.

Agfa Materials has a leading position in producing film and related products for the graphical and healthcare industry. Agfa Materials commercializes with ORGACON™ a portfolio of PEDOT/PSS based formulations and printing inks. Fields of application range from antistatic or ESD protection to the use as transparent conductive flexible electrode for ITO replacement. More information can be found on

ARDEJE has a strong knowledge and background in DOD inkjet printing. We design and manufacture custom-built print engines based on our customers' specifications by integrating piezoelectric printheads for industrial applications based on DOD inkjet technology. Several printers and print engines have been manufactured for graphic art applications and printing industry. We are now taking advantage of our 10-year inkjet printing expertise by developing opportunities and new markets in printed electronics. ARDEJE has been pioneering this field since 2001 with successful partners and recently increased our R&D activities to provide technological innovative solutions for printed electronics applications. These developments are supported by involvement in European and French scientific and technology development projects in microelectronics, smart textiles, solar cells, etc. Furthermore, ARDEJE supplies technological and experimental products and services for fluid formulation and print quality optimization. Based on our vision expertise, ARDEJE has developed laboratory equipments for both drop formation and impact analysis.

The CEA is the French Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique). It is a public body with a budget of over Euros 3.3 billion and over 15,000 employees including 1,017 PhD students and 278 post-docs. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA mission statement has two main objectives : To become the leading technological research organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future. The civilian programs of the CEA receive about 55 % of their funding from the French government, and 35 % from external sources (partner companies and the European Union). The remaining 10 % is provided from a fund dedicated to the decommissioning and clean-up of civilian nuclear plants. The military programs are mainly funded directly by the French Ministry of Defense.

 

CEA/LITEN is composed of 550 employees with 62M Euro budget. CEA-LITEN is a Technical Research Laboratory focusing on:

 

 

New technologies for Energy:

Batteries, fuel cells and photovoltaic energy. Miniaturization of such energy devices is one of the main LITEN goals: miniature batteries, micro fuel cells, miniature thermoelectric generators.... Nanomaterials development and optimization of materials for advanced lithium battery, flexible batteries and other energy sources are also part of the LITEN research activities. Nanosurfaces, high gradient temperature environment, miniature energy recovery technology, silicon nanofibres, multiquantum wells are other technologies develop in LITEN for new energy applications.

 

 

Organic Electronic Devices:

LITEN offers interested customers a set of options to evaluate and develop the next generation of organic electronic: Flexible polymer electronics - polymer optoelectronics, printed electronics for low cost new technology applications - smart fabrics.

CEA-LITEN's mission is to provide innovation and facilitate its transfer to industry. Our device experts have an understanding of the relationship between structure-property and device performance.

Dresden - your favorite place

The Dresden region is the largest and most important European location for microelectronics and information technology - with more than 40.000 employees in about 1.200 companies, represented by the network "Silicon Saxony". The business areas of the local companies cover the entire value chain, however, development and production of electronic components and integrated circuits is the most significant sector of the Dresden microelectronic cluster. Large semiconductor fabs and almost all leading equipment manufacturers have settled here, delivering their products worldwide. To the technological strengths of Saxony belongs a high competence in the field of organic and printed electronics. The highly motivated and qualified experts as well as the dense network of business, science and government authorities are decisive factors for future investors.

Welcome to Dresden!

Ciba is a leading global company dedicated to producing high-value effects for its customers' products. We strive to be the partner of choice for our customers, offering them innovative products and one-stop expert service. We create effects that improve the quality of life - adding performance, protection, color and strength to plastics, paper, automobiles, buildings, home and personal care products and much more. Ciba is active in more than 120 countries around the world and is committed to being a leader in its chosen markets.

With main focus on printed electronics, Enfucell is a Finnish technology company with roots in the Helsinki University of Technology (today the Aalto University School of Science and Technology). Enfucell has developed SoftBattery®, a thin, flexible environmentally friendly and printable 1.5 - 6 V power source to be utilized in disposable and short lifetime products like RFID, micro sensors, displays, OLEDs, functional packaging and media, cosmetic and pharmaceutical transdermal delivery systems. Enfucell's customers and partners include many of world's largest corporations in their fields. Enfucell has wan many international recognitions, incl. Technology Pioneer 2007 by World Economic Forum, and 100Cleantech Europe 2008 by the Guardian.

Epurex Films, based in Bomlitz up north in Germany is a Bayer Material Science company. We have specialised in high-performance technical films for more than 25 years. Our focus lies on development, production and sale of high-quality polyurethane films, breathable membrane- and hot-melt adhesive films. Our product portfolio offers customized products, e. g. special films for the use in modern electronic applications. We provide our customers with expert advice and technical support. We fill innovative ideas with life - films for ideas.

FUJIFILM Dimatix's MEMS-based technology lets inkjet printing create products like displays and electronics, RFID antennas, smart tags, DNA arrays, smart packaging and wearable electronics. The Dimatix Materials Printer DMP-2831 is a low-cost, cartridge-based piezo inkjet printing system that enables direct deposition of functional fluids - including nanoparticle-based metallic and organic materials. Similarly, the DMP-3000 is capable of printing a wide range of functional fluids from both experimental cartridge-based printheads with small volumes and high performance printheads appropriate for industrial and high throughput applications. Expanding upon the DMP-2831 and the DMP-3000, the new DMP-5000 and DMP-5005 are large format, non-contact, fluid deposition systems capable of jetting a wide range of functional fluids using multiple FUJIFILM Dimatix fluid deposition printheads interchangeably.

 

FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. is the world's premier provider of piezoelectric inkjet printheads and systems. As of July 2006, FUJIFILM Dimatix is a wholly owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation. FUJIFILM Dimatix has more than 28 years experience in advancing the performance of drop-on-demand dispensing devices and applications, and its state-of-the-art technology provides solutions for the printed electronics industry.

Holst Centre is an independent centre for open innovation that develops generic technologies and technology platforms for wireless autonomous transducer solutions and systems-in-foil. It is founded in 2005 by the research organizations IMEC and TNO. A key feature is interaction and cooperation with industry and academia. It is this kind of cross-fertilization that enables Holst Centre to tune its scientific strategy to industrial needs.

IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of energy harvesting, printed electronics, RFID, electric vehicles and allied technologies.

 

You can trust IDTechEx to help you build your business. We provide consultancy, market research and executive-level events across the US, Europe and Asia.

ImageXpert Inc. is a leader in part inspection systems and tools for printed electronics. Developers and manufacturers rely on ImageXpert systems in R&D and in production. We offer expertise in analyzing printed materials from a variety of traditional and digital printing technologies and a long history of providing machine-vision based image quality measurement and part inspection systems to imaging companies worldwide. Our hardware configurations include 2-D camera-based systems, 3-D laser height profiling systems, and line scan camera-based systems. Specialized systems include JetXpert, an innovative system for analysis of drops in flight for any inkjet print head or jetting technology, and ImageXpert Solar, a solar cell inspection system that uses machine vision with both visible and NIR cameras to measure finger widths, spacing and other features.

 

All of our systems use the same flexible, analytical software to produce objective, repeatable data.

imaging Technology international Corporation (iTi) is a leading digital fabrication systems supplier. Established in 1992, headquartered in Boulder, CO with its European office in Cambridge UK, iTi designs, develops and manufactures high precision digital material deposition systems that incorporate inkjet technology. iTi's strategy is to support customers from Lab2Fab with a comprehensive range of flexible, printhead independent R&D tools, which include the Drop Watcher and MDS 300 materials deposition system, through to high volume fabrication systems such as the VJet and Digital Web Press.

 

In 2009, iTi established the iTi Solar division to advance the economies of clean, renewable energy through the use of industrial inkjet technologies. iTi Solar develops precision industrial inkjet systems for use in the manufacturing of efficient, low-cost solar cells. iTi Solar's material deposition systems are used by a number of labs worldwide, including the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).

 

iTi is widely acknowledged for its technical expertise in incorporating inkjet technology as a digital manufacturing process. Our in-depth understanding of the capabilities of inkjet technologies, combined with expertise in industrial design, electrical, mechanical and software engineering assist our customers in a wide variety of deposition applications.

 

iTi can shape a world-class solution that makes sense for your inkjet challenge - work with us from Lab2Fab.

IN-CORE Systemes designs and manufactures high speed quality control equipments for printed and plain surfaces. After very quick master patch learning of all repetitive patterns, the printed surfaces are inspected continuously whatever registration organization, with automatic and dynamic elasticity adjustment. During the inspection the system detects flaws and monitors the registration period or geometrical position of printings / hot stampings. Major fields of application are printed electronics like RFID antennas and flexible circuits, coated laminated and metallized films for a range of industrial and security applications. IN-CORE Systemes team has been active in computer vision since the late 80s.

 

Automatic inspection is going beyond the aspect defect detection and provides accurate classification for root cause analysis, trend data for process improvement, roll data to optimize slitting, and rewind control for increased throughput.

Transparent Silver Inks, developed by InkTec with patented technology, are Ag-based conducting inks suitable to RFID Tag, PCB, reflective film, display, and EMI shielding, etc. Differently from other prior conductive inks based on nano-technology, InkTec inks are purely transparent silver inks which are not formulated by particle structure. The inks are stable even in long-term storage and applicable to various substrates because they enable ink sintering in low temperature for conductive trace. According to our business plan for electronic materials, it was completed the 2nd plant in March 2007 and this plant will be occupied by electromagnetic manufacturing facilities.

After more than 25 years, ISRA VISION continues to be one of the global leading suppliers of machine vision systems with strategic focus on high-speed surface quality inspection. The systems provide 100% inspection of printed, patterned, and un-printed materials, either on continuous web (reel-to-reel) or sheets. For printed electronics applications, the systems inspect 100% of each repeat and detect defects such as mis-registration, shorts, opens, cracks, "mouse-bites", and substrate defects. Defects are classified by type and the location of each defect is mapped. Our goal: to provide the entire production chain with standard solutions to optimize production and to maximize yield.

IIMAK and Nanodynamics have teamed up to commercialize functional electronic inks for both analog and digital printing. Conductive inks using traditional printing technologies can be used to mass-produce extremely thin, flexible and inexpensive electronic circuits. Digital conductive inks are applicable in variable on-demand, on-site, or customized printing. For more information visit

www.iimak.com

NanoMas Technologies, Inc. engages in the research, development, engineering, and commercialization of nanotechnology and nanomaterials. We offer various inks such as silver and gold nanoparticle inks, conjugated polymer inks, and polymer dielectric inks, as well as conductor and semiconductor nanocrystal inks for printable electronics. We also develop functional nanoparticulates, including silver and gold nanoparticles and decorated carbon nanotubes. In addition inks and nanoparticulates, NanoMas provides carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers incorporating various physical, mechanical, electrical and optical properties for applications in multifunctional polymer nanocomposites, biosensors and medical diagnostics, and novel drug delivery. These inks are designed for applications in various technologies including:

 

 

Our innovative technologies allow production of printable conductor, semiconductor, and dielectric inks for printed electronics.

Northfield Automation Systems is the global leader in developing process solutions for custom manufacturing needs. With nearly 75 years combined experience in roll-to-roll thin material handling, we will design, develop and deliver precision web handling systems that will support and streamline your manufacturing process.

From lab scale through high-volume production, Northfield Automation Systems is ready to be your process partner.

The OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is a working group within the German Engineering Federation (VDMA). It was founded in December 2004. OE-A is the key international industry association for organic and printed electronics and represents the whole value chain of this emerging industry. Our members are leading international companies and institutions, ranging from component and material suppliers, equipment and tool suppliers, producers/system integrators and end-users to R&D institutes. More than 160 companies from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia are working together to promote the establishment of a competitive production infrastructure for organic and printed electronics. The vision of the OE-A is to build a bridge between science, technology and application. The activities of the OE-A include education, networking opportunities, strategic market understanding, roadmap for organic and printed electronics, quality control and measurement, applications and the exchange of ideas to unite the entire industry. The OE-A headquarter is in Frankfurt/Germany and our local North American office is in Pittsburgh/USA.

Further information on OE-A, member companies, member benefits, becoming a member, etc., please visit the OE-A Website. www.oe-a.org

The OLLA project is a Pan European research project, which is funded by the European Commission. It's acronym stands for high brightness Organic LEDs for Lighting Applications, and targets to further develop OLEDs as lighting technology. Coming close to the project end, we here show our latest results at the Printed Electronics Europe.

 

The aim of the OLLA project is to research and develop high brightness, high efficient white OLEDs and demonstrate its use in general lighting applications.

Pall Corporation is the largest and most diverse filtration, separations and purifications company in the world. We apply a vast technology portfolio to many industries including semiconductor fabrication, ink jet printing and display manufacturing. Printable electronics is evolving from these key industries and Pall can leverage significant filtration expertise for these new applications.

 

Pall offers filtration options for conductive ink dispersion classification, defect reduction in all coating applications, gel removal in UV curable fluids and for many other applications. Pall filtration technology will enable faster production, fewer defects and lower overall costs in all the markets that we serve.

 

In addition, Pall also offers the tools to support your filtration and purification needs from the laboratory to full production. Our products and services will allow you to select the correct filtration technology for your need and optimize for maximum performance and economy.

 

We look forward to your filtration challenge!

PolyIC produces printed electronics in a high-speed printing process. Printed electronics means that in a printing process electrical conducting and semi conducting plastics, so called polymers, are applied in several layers on a polyester film. The printing process is conducted in an exactly defined design so that electronic devices can be created. These devices are integrated, for example, into a RFID (radio frequency identification) tag. PolyIC's product line for RFID is called PolyID. Printed electronics makes low-cost RFID tags possible that can be used for mass applications. Furthermore, this new technology is also used in displays and complex systems, called smart objects. PolyIC sells smart objects under the name of PolyLogo.

 

PolyIC is a joint venture between Siemens AG and Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG and is located in Fuerth, Germany. PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2003.

Polymertronics is a technology enabler for rigid and flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Polymertronics provides a fast route to market for parties developing nanotechnology products. This is achieved by providing the company's OLED chemicals, licenses for high volume OLED production, electronics schematics for OLED drivers and knowhow for inkjet printing.

Polymertronics' OLEDs have the unique selling points that they can be printed using existing UV inkjet printers, then instantly cured by irradiating them with ultra-violet (UV) light. Polymertronics' techniques allow OLED and colour UV-curable inks to be simultaneously printed, with no tooling requirements.

Printed Electronics World provides you with a daily update of the latest industry developments. Launched in May 2007, this free portal covers the progress to printed electronics in all its forms - from transistor circuits to power, sensors, displays, materials and manufacturing.

 

Hosted and written by IDTechEx, the leading printed electronics analyst and event organiser, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the issue. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Wednesday listing the new articles posted in the previous week. We aim to make this service your most valuable tool for keeping up to date with the printed electronics industry.

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printed systems uses specialized mass printing processes to produce paper electronics fast and cost-effective. The new crossmedia-technology CROSSLINK, consisting of environment-friendly electronic paper cards with imprinted data memory and a low cost USB reader, bridges paper to internet for read@home products. Using this cost effective technology, CROSSLINK provides the base for a new category of applications in various fields like marketing, entertainment and medicine. The cards are already in use in dialogue marketing projects and games but can also be used for micro payment or customer loyalty programmes. In the plant in Chemnitz printed systems produces millions of data memories a day by high speed roll to roll printing.

Saxony is the German federal state with the most remarkable developments and achievements in organic and printed electronics as well as in photovoltaics. Interested in the business location Saxony? Then the Saxony Economic Development Corporation (WFS - Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH) is the right partner. Companies from all over the world benefit from our profound network competence and in-depth knowledge of Saxony's core industries.

www.invest-in-saxony.com/peeurope

Soligie is the leading company to utilize high speed manufacturing to produce printed electronics with a variety of conductive, resistive and proprietary materials on flexible substrates such as PET, paper and foil. State of-the-art design and development capabilities enable customers to realize products that push traditional boundaries. Soligie engages in development projects from the product concept phase through high volume manufacturing. The Company is on the cutting edge of the production of electronic components using high speed, fully additive roll-to-roll processes. Soligie offers a full range of services from concept design, circuit design, design for manufacturability and final volume production. Soligie currently serves the medical device, smart packaging, RFID and flexible interconnect markets. Through the combined use of emergent materials and proprietary manufacturing processes, electronics components such as memory, sensors, displays and batteries will soon be integrated into applications on thin flexible substrates.

Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. With annual sales over $3 billion and 11,000 employees, Sun Chemical operates in 110 countries worldwide. Leveraging 50 years of experience as a supplier to the printed circuits industry, Sun Chemical has recently commercialized a range of new products for membrane switch, RFID and photovoltaics markets. Through an ongoing commitment to developing innovative products that provide value to our customers, Sun Chemical is investing in facilities and technologies targeted at the evolving printed electronics market.

Manufacturer of LASER SYSTEMS, UV STEPPERS, UV SCANNERS and MASK ALIGNERS. Tamarack supplies photolithography and laser micromachining systems. We specialize in applications including: Displays, RFID, Solar Cells, Organic Electronics, MEMS, Medical Devices and HDI. Our Excimer and Solid State ablation systems are ideal for direct pattern etching thin metals from various organic substrates to form transistors or other electronic circuits. In addition, these systems are used to via drill most types of organic and inorganic materials with selective material removal, down to 1um. Systems designed for Roll-to-Roll, Reel-to-Reel and Sheet handling. Resolution capabilities to 1um. Machines designed for 24/7 production environments.

Blue Spark Technologies, Inc. is the leader in developing flexible, printed, "green," proprietary power source solutions for battery-powered printed electronic systems. The company was founded as Thin Battery Technologies in 2002 with patented technology and technical leadership from Energizer (Eveready Battery Company). Blue Spark customers include manufacturers, product designers, and integrators across multiple industries including: interactive packaging, RFID, pharmaceutical, powered smart cards, and novelty items. Users of products powered by Blue Spark batteries enjoy increased efficiency, greater convenience and portability, improved safety, lower manufacturing and assembly costs, higher profit margins, and greater environmental responsibility. For more information, visit www.bluesparktechnologies.com or call +1 440 249 5400.

Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") is a publicly-listed Norwegian technology company with its head office in Oslo and product development in Linköping, Sweden. Thinfilm is a pioneer in the field of Printed Electronics, and provides fully-printed non-volatile, rewritable memory for applications in toys & games, logistics, sensor, and ID systems.

UniJet Co. Ltd is a total solution provider of inkjet printing systems and technology, especially for electronic material deposition. UniJet supplies printing systems ranging from R&D systems to mass production systems for LCD, PDP, OLED, PLED, solar cell, PCB, RFID, semiconductor packaging, and various coating applications. Mass production systems are customized to meet the application requirements and specifications with R2R printing systems. UniJet also offers process know how for various application developments as well as for application specific inks.

Xennia has a broad range of capability in inkjet technology applicable to printed electronics. Xennia is a leading developer and supplier of inks and processes including conductive, resistive, semiconductor, electrochromic, etch resist, colour filter and OLED inks. Xennia is also able to supply robust industrial inkjet modules and systems for production applications, and can support inkjet development programmes by supplying development tools and printing systems.

UK Displays and Lighting Network was launched in April 2006 as part of the DTI - "Knowledge Transfer Networks' programme. UKDL is a vibrant central hub of activity for the displays and lighting community. Designed to stimulate innovation in the key technology sectors by promoting collaboration, best practice and knowledge sharing between industry and academia. By encouraging partnerships and teamwork, UKDL aims to support science base through to end-users. Positioning the UK as the innovation engine for Europe.

 

UKDL supports and strengthens the UK Displays and Lighting Sector through tutorials, workshops and seminars with training and education embracing all levels of industry, commerce and academia. We encourage commercial and industrial collaborations between members that result in creation of wealth for UK plc through the profitable activities of members.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a globally networked multitechnological contract research organization. VTT has taken a wide R&D approach to RFID and wireless sensing, which is supported by extensive interdisciplinary know-how and in-house technology platforms. Our activities cover RFID and wireless systems from low frequency to mm-waves. VTT develops novel solutions to improve the performance level of RFID systems. Modern equipment and excellent facilities, like micro- and nanofabrication services and anechoic chambers, provide exceptional opportunities for the fabrication and characterization of components. VTT is collaborating with many of the key European players in the field of RFID.