http://www.idtechex.com/research/topics/manufacturing_000228.asp IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of RFID, smart packaging and printed electronics en Copyright (C) IDTechEx Ltd 228 /research/topics/manufacturing_000228.asp Soligie, a market leader in design and manufacture of Printed Electronics, has announced that industry veteran Dr. David Fyfe has joined Soligie's Advisory Board. http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/dr_david_fyfe_joins_soligie_board_00001157.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/dr_david_fyfe_joins_soligie_board_00001157.asp?rsstopicid=22802 Dec 2008 Rogers will showcase its Printed Electronics and Lighting Solutions at the Printed Electronics USA 2008 show (December 3-4, in San Jose, CA). http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/rogers_to_feature_printed_electronics_solutions_00001148.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/rogers_to_feature_printed_electronics_solutions_00001148.asp?rsstopicid=22827 Nov 2008 Dr Zella King, Senior Lecturer and AIM Innovation Fellow at the University of Reading, UK, has conducted a detailed study of plastic electronics in the UK. 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.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/competence_matrix_of_plastic_electronics_in_the_uk_00001140.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/competence_matrix_of_plastic_electronics_in_the_uk_00001140.asp?rsstopicid=22824 Nov 2008 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.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/reduced_waste_and_increased_quality_through_yield_management_00001136.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/reduced_waste_and_increased_quality_through_yield_management_00001136.asp?rsstopicid=22820 Nov 2008 prelonic build first display - battery modules: fully printed, on one substrate and low-cost. Focused to mass production processes these prototypes will be the base of the starting business in 2009.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/first_display_modules_from_prelonic_00001124.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/first_display_modules_from_prelonic_00001124.asp?rsstopicid=22811 Nov 2008 IDTechEx's technology analyst Dr Harry Zervos attended GRAPH EXPO 2008 and reports on the innovative technologies that could benefit from the merging of electronics and printing.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/graph_expo_2008_26_29_september_mccormick_place_chicago_00001116.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/graph_expo_2008_26_29_september_mccormick_place_chicago_00001116.asp?rsstopicid=22831 Oct 2008 Further to the company visits covered in yesterday's article, attendees to the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia event in Tokyo last week had the opportunity to visit Dai Nippon Printing, Frontier Carbon Corporation and Toppan Printing. Here we cover some of the highlights.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/printed_electronics_asia_visits_to_local_centers_of_excellence_part2_00001099.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/printed_electronics_asia_visits_to_local_centers_of_excellence_part2_00001099.asp?rsstopicid=22815 Oct 2008 IDTechEx is famed for organising visits to local centers of excellence. On 30 September, delegates were treated to visits to the University of Tokyo and the skyscrapers of Sony and Toppan Forms in central Tokyo. http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/printed_electronics_asia_visits_to_local_centers_of_excellence_part1_00001096.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/printed_electronics_asia_visits_to_local_centers_of_excellence_part1_00001096.asp?rsstopicid=22814 Oct 2008 238 people attended the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia 2008 conference and exhibition on October 8-9 this week. Companies attended included Toppan Forms, Panasonic, Dai Nippon Printing, Sony, Samsung, Toyota, Mitsubishi Plastics, Brother Industries, Teijin, Konica Minolta, Mitsui, Toshiba and Honda to name a few.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/highlights_from_printed_electronics_asia_2008_part_one_00001094.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/highlights_from_printed_electronics_asia_2008_part_one_00001094.asp?rsstopicid=22810 Oct 2008 Seiko Epson is famous for piezo electric inkjet printing and it is this printing platform that the company is applying to printing electronic materials. Paul Patterson of Seiko Epson gives IDTechEx a brief insight into the company's history and expertise with printed electronics.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/printed_electronics_at_seiko_epson_00001088.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/printed_electronics_at_seiko_epson_00001088.asp?rsstopicid=22808 Oct 2008 IDTechEx recently visited Soligie in Minnesota, USA. Soligie is progressing the know how to co deposit different components on the same substrate, which IDTechEx feels is of great importance but under-addressed by the industry.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/soligie_progresses_co_deposition_of_printed_electronics_components_00001075.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/soligie_progresses_co_deposition_of_printed_electronics_components_00001075.asp?rsstopicid=22824 Sep 2008 IDTechEx report on the SEMICON West event held in San Francisco in mid July - an event with over one thousand exhibitors covering the silicon supply chain.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/news_from_semicon_west_and_intersolar_north_america_00001012.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/news_from_semicon_west_and_intersolar_north_america_00001012.asp?rsstopicid=22828 Jul 2008 Researchers created a flexible circuit containing more than 100 transistors, the largest nanonet ever produced and the first demonstration of a working nanonet circuit.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/nanonet_circuits_closer_to_making_flexible_electronics_reality_00001011.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/nanonet_circuits_closer_to_making_flexible_electronics_reality_00001011.asp?rsstopicid=22825 Jul 2008 Printed electronics is used in RFID to a steadily increasing extent as volumes start to exceed those met in any other form of electronics.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/vibrant_rfid_markets_to_be_analysed_in_rfid_europe_00000978.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/vibrant_rfid_markets_to_be_analysed_in_rfid_europe_00000978.asp?rsstopicid=22830 Jun 2008 Holst Centre will initially focus its activities on large-area printing and printed structures on flexible substrates around the Roll-to-Roll line. Main application driver is the development of device layouts and processes for flexible OLED lighting and signage.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/holst_centre_opens_roll_to_roll_research_line_for_printed_electronics_00000968.asp?rsstopicid=228http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/holst_centre_opens_roll_to_roll_research_line_for_printed_electronics_00000968.asp?rsstopicid=22820 Jun 2008