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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

Add-Vision ("AVI") is located in Scotts Valley, California and is developing a truly disruptive polymer Organic Light-Emitting Diode (P-OLED) display technology. The flexible display technology offers robust display characteristics and can be fabricated using high-speed printing techniques onto flexible substrates. AVI's technology opens the door to the manufacture of P-OLED displays that is high throughput, large-area, web-compatible, and air-processable. The company's flexible display technology enables the ability to the display of dynamic information and specialty lighting effects in a host of applications that might not otherwise be possible with other display technologies.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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:

 

Applied Nanotech, Inc. offers copper, aluminum, nickel, and silver inks and pastes which can be patterned using a variety of different printing technologies such as inkjet, aerosol jet, screen printing, and flexo/gravure roll-to-roll printers. Our inks are designed for applications such as photovoltaics, flex cables, PCBs, and displays, and have been demonstrated on substrates such as silicon, polyimide, PET, paper, textiles, glass and many others. Our copper ink technology recently received the R&D 100 Award for being one of the top innovations of 2010. Partner with us and leverage our technologies and expertise to achieve your goals.

The Dino distributor was established in USA in 2000. Located in Los Angeles with the major manufacturing sites in Taiwan. Specializing in the sales of both digital microscopes and related hardware products.

Focusing on providing excellent quality and affordable digital microscopes specially designed for individuals, schools, governments and industry both in the United States and International markets.

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.

For 30 years, Brewer Science has consistently developed and delivered innovative materials, processes, and equipment for applications in semiconductors, advanced packaging/3-D ICs, MEMS, displays, LEDs, and printed electronics. Our products include ARC® anti-reflective coatings, ProTEK® protective coatings, WaferBOND® temporary bonding materials, the ZoneBOND™ thin wafer processing system, OptiNDEX™ high refractive index materials, OptiStack® multilayer lithography systems, CNTRENE® carbon nanotube solutions, and Cee® laboratory-scale wafer processing equipment.

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.

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.　

Davis-Standard, LLC Converting Systems Group designs and manufactures precision liquid coating and laminating lines. The company offers an extensive range of custom coating head configurations and has the experience and knowledge for difficult and demanding extrusion processes like fluoropolymers, biopolymers, and barrier resins addressing a range of end markets applications such as photovoltaics, aerospace, high-definition display technology and surface protecting films. A fully equipped R&D and pilot facility provides a full range of support services. The company also provides a comprehensive range of custom cast film and extrusion coating equipment as well as blown film, blow molding, winding and pelletizing equipment.

Dowa is the world's leading manufacturer of advanced materials for semi-conductor, magnetic and electro-conductive applications. We supply a wide range of silver products from nano-sized particles to over-micron spherical and flake powders to meet customers' various requirements including plasma displays and photo-voltaic solar panels.

 

Dowa is launching a unique aqueous nanoparticle silver ink, developed by PChem Associates, that enables printed electronic circuits using high speed roll-roll processes. With this product line-up, numerous emerging application opportunities are anticipated, such as RFID antennas, EMI shielding, and flexible solar panels. We look forward to meeting your demands and answering any questions you have.

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 Microcircuit Materials has over 40 years of experience in the development, manufacture and sale of specialized ink compositions for a wide variety of electronic applications in the display, photovoltaic, automotive, biomedical, industrial and telecommunications markets. This division holds a lead position in these markets with a success based on the close working relationship DuPont maintains with its customers and a comprehensive worldwide support infrastructure.

 

Utilizing core expertise in materials science, chemistry and fine particle technology, DuPont develops inks for a wide variety of substrates suitable for many new Printed Electronics applications, including DuPont™ Solamet® photovoltaic metalization inks for thin film photovoltaics.

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.

LLC (EDI) is an international supplier of flat extrusion and coextrusion die systems for the full range of film, sheet, extrusion coating, fluid coating, and strand pelletizing applications. At its headquarters in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.A., EDI manufactures more than 500 dies and feedblocks a year, nearly half of them exported. Its subsidiaries, EDI Precision Dies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd in China and EDI GmbH in Germany, provide sales and technical services, parts, and die rework, as well as producing new dies. EDI was founded in 1971 and became a new corporate entity as Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC in 2002.

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 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. The new DMP-5000 is a large format, non-contact, fluid deposition system 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. The company's products are designed to accurately dispense a wide range of fluid types in demanding imaging and fabricating applications. FUJIFILM Dimatix has more than 25 years experience in advancing the performance of drop-on-demand dispensing devices and applications. The company's state-of-the-art technology provides solutions for the printed electronics industry.

The FlexTech Alliance is the only organization headquartered in North America exclusively devoted to fostering the growth, profitability and success of the electronic display and flexible, printed electronics supply chain. Leveraging its rich history in promoting the display industry as the U.S. Display Consortium, the FlexTech Alliance offers expanded collaboration between and among industry, academia, and research organizations for advancing displays and flexible, printed electronics from R&D to commercialization.

 

The FlexTech Alliance, which is based in San Jose, Calif. and has regional chapters operating throughout North America, will help foster development of the supply chain required to support a world-class, manufacturing capability for displays and flexible, printed electronics in this key region.

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.

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.

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.

Infiniscale is the unique worldwide expert EDA company in Modeling and Model-Based technologies dedicated to analog systems.

Our exclusive behavioral modeling innovation, based on a 2nd generation of intelligent Design-of-Experiment methods, makes possible today the modeling of very complex and highly non-linear phenomena.

Starting from device measurements and/or simulations, Infiniscale tools are able to modelize any organic device in few hours instead of weeks or months with a pure physical approach, which will fail in most of the cases because there is no standard physical model implemented. Infiniscale offers a unique and efficient way of create the device models needed for circuit simulation.

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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Kovio Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley company, is developing a new category of semiconductor products using printed silicon electronics and thin film technology. This new manufacturing technology combines the low cost of graphics printing with the power and functionality of silicon-based semiconductors. The company was founded in the MIT Media Laboratory by a team of scientists that recognized the significant impact that combining silicon and print technologies could have on the world.

Methode Electronics' water based conductive ink for thermal or piezo inkjet printing systems is the world's only system that requires no post print drying or curing/sintering processes. Methode's product number 9101, is a nano silver ink that can be printed on several types of media including various coated polymer films.

 

Typical printed properties include an electrical sheet resistance of 100 milliohms per square, excellent abrasion resistance, rub resistance and durability. Bulk resistivity is 6 times silver.

 

An inkjet developer's kit is also available which includes a thermal inkjet printer, a cartridge filled with the Methode 9101 conductive ink and sample substrates. The cartridge used in the developer's kit has the same print head used with production scale ink jet systems.

 

Methode is developing a compatible resistor ink that will be available in early 2011. This resistor ink will also be inkjet printable and can be used as a stand alone resistor or in conjunction with the 9101 conductive ink for conductor-resistor networks.

 

Methode has been a technology leader in the manufacturing and application of inks for over forty years. As experts in formulating conductive and resistive inks Methode can customize an ink to meet your physical layout, substrate material, electrical conductivity and durability requirements. Methode inks are utilized in the automotive, medical, energy, aerospace, sensor and security industries.

NTERA is the leading developer of advanced, fully printable electrochromic materials enabling display and color change applications for Smart Cards, Smart Packaging, and Smart Objects. NTERA's NanoChromics™ Ink Systems enable cost effective manufacturing of printed electronic NCD™ displays on a variety of flexible substrate materials using industry standard printing techniques and equipment.

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.

Nicomatic manufactures "Products for the Printed Ink Industry"; CrimpFlex Connectors offer the most cost effective crimp connector available at 2.54mm (0.100") and 1.27mm (0.050") pitch matching industry standards in male and female styles; Switch'Air non-stick metal domes and arrays with custom solder domes and P-Switch technology for security card applications; Ultra-Thin SMD LEDs offering low profile easy to place product; Adhesive Spacer Material for the interior layers of circuitry. Also available Automation equipment supporting Nicomatic products.

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

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).

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!

A premier center for commercial innovation, PARC, a Xerox company, is in the business of breakthroughs. We work closely with global enterprises, entrepreneurs, government agencies and partners, and other clients to invent, co-develop, and bring to market game-changing innovations by combining imagination, investigation, and return on investment for our clients. For 40 years, we have lived at the leading edge of innovation, merging inquiry and strategy to pioneer technological change. PARC was incorporated in 2002 as a wholly owned independent subsidiary of Xerox Corporation - enabling us to continue pioneering technological change but across a broader set of industries and clients today.

Plasma Ruggedized Solutions is the leading provider in custom ruggedized engineering solutions, we offer:

Fast service, technical excellence, and problem solving, "can do" attitude. PRS serves industries in the medical, aerospace, military, solar, high-tech, automotive, consumer, and many more. We lead the way with innovative solutions, expertise, and cost-savings measures for your company. Let us help you protect your electronics against harsh or challenging environments.

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

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.

Solarmer Energy Inc. is a developer of transparent, flexible plastic solar panels, the next wave in generating renewable energy from the sun. These solar panels are opening the door for a wide range of new application areas in renewable energy, which are not currently addressable with conventional silicon solar panel technology. Our company's solar panels have the potential to reduce the cost of renewable energy down to 12-15 cents/kWh and less than $1/Watt, which means plastic solar panels will be the first in solar capable of generating electricity on par with conventional fuel costs. Solarmer was founded in 2006 to commercialize this technology, which was developed by Professor Yang Yang at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. The company has licensed this technology from UCLA and additional technology developed by Professor Luping Yu at the University of Chicago. These plastic solar panels, made from very thin layers of plastics and other materials, convert solar energy into electricity in a very cost-effective way.

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.

SonoPlot designs and sells Microplotter® picoliter fluid dispensing systems for drawing features as small as 5 microns. Our patented ultrasonic dispensing technology enables true contiguous lines for superior conductive traces and enables the deposition of a wide range of fluids, including solutions containing graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, and polymers. This technology allows the Microplotter® to print inks with viscosities up to 450 cP without the hassle of tuning them to the printer. Integrated digital video and precise positioning allow for accurate dispensing on MEMS or other complex surfaces. The Microplotter® systems provide unparalleled price per capability in the market.

 

At this year's conference, SonoPlot will be introducing the GIX Microplotter II, which offers a unique combination of 5 micron positioning resolution, a compact form factor, and an affordable price. This new system is ideally suited for rapid prototyping of printed electronics, high-precision dispensing of biomaterials, and printing using solutions that inkjets struggle with.

T-INK, Inc. is an innovative technology company that utilizes proprietary "thinking inks" to enhance products through the creation of unlimited applications in the rapidly expanding $200 billion dollar printed electronics industry. T-INK is the leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of unique and innovative conductive inks, coatings and breakthrough applications used to significantly enhance the interactive capabilities of

a wide range of products.

 

T-INK's patented technology has been tested in over 2,000 proprietary, non-toxic formulations. The inks can be printed in virtually any color, including clear, using conventional methods, including offset, screen print, flexo and gravure. The systems will adhere to all substrates, including paper, textiles, plastics, glass, metal and concrete. The systems work in environments from -40ºF to +500ºF and can be bent, stretched and washed without losing conductivity.

 

To date, the Company's roster of clients and partners include some of the world's leading consumer product and industrial companies such as Ford, General Motors, US Gypsum, Sylvania, Whirlpool, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Hasbro, Toys R Us, Viacom, Kraft, Nabisco, Mead Westvaco, Hallmark, WestPoint Stevens, Playtex, Elmer's and the US Government.

TDK-Lambda Americas Inc. is a leading producer of high current and high voltage power sources. Ranging in output from 200W to over 100kW, products provide power to many of today's semiconductor, automotive and component burn-in systems. TDK-Lambda Americas power supplies are also used in medical applications (light sources, laser surgery, Magnetic Resonance Imaging), oil well logging, electroplating, particle physics research and other general laboratory and industrial processes.

ALE systems division is the most experienced designer and manufacturer of high voltage capacitor charging power supplies. The wide range of output voltages (1 - 65kV) and power levels (500J/sec to 30kJ/sec) available from a single supplier is unique.

TDK-Lambda Genesys™ Series of Programmable Power Supplies has the highest density, making the Genesys™ Series the most complete set of platforms with identical user interfaces . Platforms include 750W, 1500W, 3.3/5kW and 10/15kW Output. Outputs available range up to 600V and 1,000A. In addition to saving space, GenesysTMpower supplies contain extensive standard features that provide a new level of performance and flexibility.

Also now available, an optional LXI Certified LAN interface provides flexible system integration and functionality.

Standard features for all Genesys™ units include reliable Front Panel encoders, built-in standard RS-232/485, Last Setting Memory, User Selectable Auto/Safe Re-start, optional IEEE or Isolated Analog Control. A wide range of power factor corrected AC Input options assures operation world-wide.

Fast Response models also available - contact Factory.

Warranty is five (5) years. TDK-Lambda Americas is ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certified. Genesys(TM) 750W to 5000W are RoHS compliant.

TAIYO AMERICA (Carson City, NV) is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Japan). TAIYO INK, founded in 1953, is the world's largest supplier of resist inks and conductive inks for printed circuit boards. In the electronics industry, TAIYO products are known for proven performance, extensive end-user acceptance, and outstanding quality over time.

Taiyo has leveraged their conductive ink technology into new products for printed electronics and solar applications. Inks are available for applications including fine line circuitry, membrane and touch panel devices and other printed electronics applications. Products include inks with various metallurgies, tailored curing processes, and designed for different applications methods including screen printing and inkjet.

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.

Tekra stands today as a leading coater and laminator of proprietary and custom functional and adhesives coatings, and as a leading worldwide supplier of engineered plastic films and adhesives.

 

With decades of experience, Tekra offers the capabilities and technical expertise to help our Photovoltaic and Printed Electronics customers. We can assist you in choosing the most suitable, cost effective components for your particular project leveraging our relationships with such suppliers as Dupont, 3M, and SABIC Innovative Plastics to name just a few! Also, we can offer design assistance to ensure that the final construction results in a product that fully meets the requirements of your application.

 

Our R&D and Quality groups provide testing and validation on the performance of your finished product. Whether the need is coating, laminating, slitting, or sheeting, Tekra manufacturing welcomes the challenges of tight tolerances and high quality requirements.

 

For more information, contact Tekra at 1-800-448-0291 or visit

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.

Tollcoating.com, a division of Carestream, offers custom contract coating and converting services to help you bring your products to market. We provide over 100 years of coating leadership and leverage intellectual and manufacturing assets acquired from 3M, Imation and the Eastman Kodak Company. Our world-class manufacturing facilities deliver specialized high speed, multi-layer, precision coated products. Tollcoating.com has both aqueous and solvent coating machines which utilize a wide range of coating technologies including slide, gravure, curtain, roll and slot die coating in a clean room environment. Coatings can be applied on paper, film, cloth, foil and other flexible substrates with optional CDT, UV curing, and lamination. Our operations are ISO 9001, 14001, and 13485 certified. Tollcoating.com also offers in-house formulation development, solution preparation, analytical/quality testing, converting/packaging, as well as a full supply chain to meet customer needs. The state-of-the-art pilot coater is perfect for product development, scale-up and small volume products. Our business is supported by a professional staff of Engineers ready to apply their knowledge and analytical capabilities. Learn about our offerings and see how we can create the optimal solution for your manufacturing needs.

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.

Xenon has over 44 years of experience providing high energy pulsed light lamps and systems to industries as diverse as medical devices, optical storage media, displays and semiconductors. Our engineers have solved low-temperature curing problems for new process technologies, based on the extraordinary range of power and system flexibility of pulsed light. Our high peak energy lamp systems are used in emerging applications such as sintering nanoparticle inks on low-temperature substrates and low-temperature curing thin-film materials such as organic photovoltaics, OLED displays and multi-layer flexible circuits. We invite you to visit our labs or call us to arrange a conference call with our engineering staff. +1 978-661-9033

American Elements is the world leader in engineered & advanced materials including high purity metals & chemicals, nanoparticles, organo-metallics and crystal-grown materials for thin film, lasers, semiconductors, photovoltaics, and electronics. American Elements maintains research and laboratory facilities in the U.S. and manufacturing/warehousing in the U.S., Europe, China & Brazil.

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.

AJJER is a materials development company with over 60 man years of experience with electrochromic (EC) technology. AJJER principals were instrumental in developing EC automotive mirrors for Donnelly Corporation, which has been the most successful commercial application of this technology. Our current focus is on development of EC materials for inexpensive display technologies for printed electronics that can be used for labels and tags. We work with printed electronics manufacturers and end-users by providing EC materials and related knowhow.

The Center for the Advancement of Printed Electronics (CAPE) was formed to meet the multidisciplinary challenges of printed electronics. A current team of 13 researchers from 7 different engineering and science disciplines is working together on research funded through federal agencies and industry partners.

What distinguishes CAPE from other academic institutions in the US, is its unique facilities and focus on printing as a low cost means for manufacturing electronic devices. The emphasis is strictly focused on technologies that can be used on press (sheet or web). The extensive facilities for printing and testing within CAPE provide the means to accelerate the commercialization of relevant technologies.

The iPack Center is a VINNOVA Centre of Excellence established at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm, funded over a ten-year period (2007-2016) by VINNOVA, KTH and partners from industry.

The center is a multi-disciplinary research platform and meeting place that establishes collaborations between Swedish forest products industry, electronic industry, in area of intelligent packaging and hybrid media.

The center develops core technologies for heterogeneous integration of bio-medical sensors, energy supplies, computing and wireless communications on fiber-based packaging and paper-boards, for innovative products such as smart bio-paper, intelligent pharmaceutical packaging and storage, intelligent patient monitoring devices.

The center coordinates around 10 multi-disciplinary research groups within KTH and the reserach institute - Innventia, and over almost 20 Swedish companies including paper and package companies (StoraEnso, Billerud, Korsnas etc), RFID and printed intelligence (e.g. Xaar) and electronic and system companies (NOTE, Imsys and Catena etc). Public actor in this center is VINNOVA. The research explores multi-disciplinary innovations encompassing self-powered ultra-low cost RFID, paper-based bio-medical sensors, printed energy cells and interactive paper functions, low cost manufacturing and integration technologies as well as manufacturability aspects.

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.

NanoIntegris is a supplier of premium nanomaterials. The company was founded in 2007 to commercialize a breakthrough technology—developed by Professor Mark Hersam at Northwestern University—for separating carbon nanotubes by their electronic and optical properties. Today, NanoIntegris sells conductive and semiconducting nanotubes (and nanotube dispersions) to world-class companies and academic institutions developing next-generation electronics, energy, and medical technologies. Owing to their purity and processability, our materials are ideally suited for applications such as thin-film transistors, transparent conductors, wide-area coatings, and sensors.

NanoMicro-Systems Laboratory is a research lab in Konkuk University, Korea, and has developed a novel Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) inkjet print-head and integrated printing system, which allows us to eject fine (micron to sub-micron scale) droplets by drop-on-demand operation and create products of printed electronics or photovoltaic devices such as display(LCD, OLED), RFID, smart tag, organic solar cell, and DNA arrays. The EHD inkjet technology based on the direct manipulation of liquid by an electric field, instead of by indirect pumping, enables ejection of micron to sub-micron scale droplets, direct fabrication of various structures like electrode or dielectric layer, and direct deposition of functional fluids.

Recently, NanoMicro-Systems Lab founded a lab-venture company, named EnJet Inc., Ltd., which provides EHD inkjet printheads and systems. EnJet Inc. develops MEMS-based innovative EHD inkjet head, which enables to pattern multilayer and very fine geometry and create a solution of inkjet printing system and technology. Visit www.enjet.co.kr and

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.

NanoMicro-Systems Laboratory is a research lab in Konkuk University, Korea, and has developed a novel Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) inkjet print-head and integrated printing system, which allows us to eject fine (micron to sub-micron scale) droplets by drop-on-demand operation and create products of printed electronics or photovoltaic devices such as display(LCD, OLED), RFID, smart tag, organic solar cell, and DNA arrays. The EHD inkjet technology based on the direct manipulation of liquid by an electric field, instead of by indirect pumping, enables ejection of micron to sub-micron scale droplets, direct fabrication of various structures like electrode or dielectric layer, and direct deposition of functional fluids.

Recently, NanoMicro-Systems Lab founded a lab-venture company, named EnJet Inc., Ltd., which provides EHD inkjet printheads and systems. EnJet Inc. develops MEMS-based innovative EHD inkjet head, which enables to pattern multilayer and very fine geometry and create a solution of inkjet printing system and technology. Visit www.enjet.co.kr and

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.

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.

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.

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 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. The new DMP-5000 is a large format, non-contact, fluid deposition system 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. The company's products are designed to accurately dispense a wide range of fluid types in demanding imaging and fabricating applications. FUJIFILM Dimatix has more than 25 years experience in advancing the performance of drop-on-demand dispensing devices and applications. The company's state-of-the-art technology provides solutions for the printed electronics industry.

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.