Applications & Markets

IDTechEx is seeking several exceptional sales candidates.

Plextronics, Inc. has hired two new professionals to focus on manufacturing operations and quality management.

This year has already seen a huge increase in the choice of electronic components that can be printed or are compatible with printing in that they are thin, flexible and can support further printed circuitry on top.

Companies will share their latest results with the broader semiconductor and display manufacturing supply chain at SEMICON West, July 14-16 in San Francisco.

In the last year, the burgeoning printed and thin film electronics industry has greatly enhanced its repertoire and changed its priorities, encompassing such things as rapid commercialisation of disposable and invisible electronics.

The updated and expanded third edition of the OE-A Roadmap for organic and printed electronics offers an overview of future product generations as well as requirements for materials and technologies.

Join industry experts at SMi's leading conference Contactless Cards and Payments - The Impact of Regulation and Risk

Some of the new electric cars generate at least some of their electric power from solar cells on the vehicle - In future, they may generate electricity in part from shock absorbers, transparent solar cells over windows and thermoelectrically from the engine and exhaust in hybrid.

NPL, offers Printed Electronics World readers to participate in a short on-line survey, where you will be able to give your opinions on the priority areas for organic and plastic electronics.

In recent studies IDTechEx found that about 2,250 organisations are involved in developing printed electronics, double the number from two years ago.

For its success in helping investors set up offices and manufacturing facilities in Germany, Germany Trade & Invest has been recognized for its contribution to the printed electronics industry with the "Printed Electronics Champion" award.

A lightweight, flexible loudspeaker that looks like a thick sheet of foil could signal the beginning of the end for conventional speakers in some applications.

"In a collaborative effort, Clemson University will conduct a holistic approach to packaging sciences, combining many academic disciplines, to learn how to best create packaging, hot to print, fill, seal, ship and recycle, responsibly".

The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2009 event opened this morning in Dresden, Germany. Over 760 attendees had pre-registered with many more registering on the morning of the event.

ICI Imagedata demonstriert auf der Konferenz und Ausstellung „Printed Electronics Europe 2009" in Dresden (7.-8. April) seine in San Jose erfolgreich lancierten Stabilex Ultra-Folien.

Aistrup Consulting launches new strategic marketing service at Printed Electronics Europe '09 to help printed electronics companies exceed revenue goals and drive better business decisions

Printed electronics is an emerging USD 300 billion market that offers a wide range of potential beyond the traditional organic electronics industry. Printed electronics includes thin film transistor circuits (TFTCs), displays, connectors, power sensors, and actuators.

In the current recession, there are few sectors which are growing rapidly, but one of those is printed electronics. Pre-registered attendance at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference, which will be held in Dresden, Germany, on April 7-8, is 20% higher than at the same time before the event last year.

Thin Film Electronics, an Oslo, Norway-based Company with R&D facilities in Linkoping, Sweden, known as Thinfilm, and InkTec Co. Ltd , known as InkTec, have together made a breakthrough in producing printed memory on flexible substrates.

The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is the UK's major new design, development, and prototyping centre for the commercialisation of printed electronics. With 180 present, the launch included keynote lectures from international experts in the field of printable electronics.

Recently, the commercialization of printed electronics has progressed from conductive patterns to batteries, displays, sensors, resistors, solar cells, lighting and transistor circuits, increasingly in combination.

imaging Technology international (iTi) Corporation, has appointed technology innovator and entrepreneur, John Spiers to its Board of Directors.

IDTechEx spoke at iPak workshop where it was agreed how important it is to understand end users and interact with them, so as to be able to better comprehend their needs and requirements for Printed Electronics.

IDTechEx's Printed Electronics Europe event in Dresden, on April 7-8, attendance has achieved record levels, and is on track to bring together over 800 attendees, by far the World's largest and most comprehensive event on the topic

IDTechEx finds that the market for printed and potentially printed electronics, including organics, inorganics and composites, will rise from $1.92 billion in 2009 to $57.16 billion in 2019.

IDTechEx is delighted to announce that Unilever, the €40bn plus consumer goods giant, has joined its multiclient study of e-labels.

US university researchers have created a portable "sixth sense" device powered by commercial products that can seamlessly channel Internet information into daily routines.

What makes investors invest? What leads to profit sooner rather than later? What are the hot applications and technologies? What are the market forecasts? What comes next? Attend Printed Electronics Europe 2009 to find out,

Henkel has announced the appointment of Mr. Luc Godefroid as the company's Global Sales Director for its Semiconductor Group.

At the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2009 conference and exhibition, IDTechEx will uniquely feature a range of end user companies discussing their needs from printed electronics.

Printed Electronics World was launched by IDTechEx in May 2007 to act as a portal covering global progress in printed electronics in it's many forms - organic, printed inorganics etc.

Upper Deck International has acquired a worldwide exclusive technology license from Menippos for interactive trading cards and trading card games.

An analysis of the UK's and Germany's competence in printed and plastic electronics was completed last year, funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council. Now Dr Zella King of the University of Reading has drawn conclusions comparing the two countries

The news media are full of the details of the global financial meltdown. Is this affecting finance for the small companies and start-ups involved in printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics? We think not.

Companies showcase wireless power products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated.

An analysis of Germany's competence in printed and plastic electronics was completed at the end of October 2008. The project is funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council and is one of a series of projects considering options for public policy to increase levels of innovation in the UK.

Register by Friday 19th December to receive the early bird 40% discount to the event and a complimentary copy of the IDTechEx report Organic and Printed Electronics in Europe, profiling over 280 organisations in Europe and worth €2000.

The competition is currently heating up with the development of Gen II (flexible) e-book readers.

Raghu Das covers the highlights at Printed Electronics USA 2008 where attendance reached almost 700 people and 55 exhibitors - making this event the largest in the World on the topic.

The IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2008 event hosted the Printed Electronics Awards to recognize outstanding achievement.

Zephyr™ Technology Ltd and ADInstruments have announced the signing of a supply agreement, whereby Zephyr™ will provide ADInstruments with the Zephyr™ BioHarness™ wireless physiological monitoring device.

At a time of financial uncertainty, companies know they must accelerate their move into the future. That is why there is a huge interest in printed electronics, a subject that pushes all the right buttons - environmental, affordable and leading to a new market of $300 billion that is just there for the taking. That is why the giant corporations are attending Printed Electronics USA, December 3-4 in San Jose, California.

Synopsys, Inc, a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, has announced the launch of its IP OEM partner program with leading fabless ASIC companies and supply channel partners. Arrow Electronics, Inc and Global Unichip Corp.

Synopsys, Inc, a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, has announced that Creative Chips has adopted Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer(TM) custom implementation solution.

G24 Innovations (G24i), a solar energy pioneer, has announced the appointment of John Hartnett as chief executive officer.

Nextreme reports that solid-state thermoelectric devices have long been sought after as a solution for challenging thermal management and energy harvesting problems.

The ISRA VISION Smash PCB™ inspection system can be used in printed electronics applications to detect defects to include: mis-registration, shorts, opens, cracks, "mouse bites", and substrate defects.

Researchers discover method for mass production of nanomaterial graphene.

Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated in a flexible plastic substrate with two ends bonded.