Speakers

Manufacturing electronic components by thin-film deposition techniques on flexible substrates has challenged the engineers in various technical domains for quite some time now. Both sheet-to-sheet (S2S) and roll-to-roll (R2R) production technologies are being used, but the latter offer clear advantages in terms of throughput and cost of ownership. The tremendous progress made during the recent years in R2R production equipment has led already to significant growth in the market of several flexible electronic components. More simple devices like sensors can be "printed" already on plastic foils at sufficiently low prices, but printing and coating the functional layers of more complex devices like organic photovoltaics (OPV), flexible perovskite solar cells, thin-film batteries or flexible displays require advanced equipment. This presentation addresses novel R2R production concepts suitable for the manufacturing of "printed electronics" at high yields and low cost of ownership. New sheet-to-sheet (S2S) manufacturing concepts are also addressed.

Sorin G. Stan has a technical background in electrical engineering, mechatronics, electronics, IC design, and semiconductors manufacturing. He also holds a Ph.D. degree in nonlinear automatic control from Eindhoven University of Technology. Throughout his career, Mr. Stan was involved in many system architectures and product development activities and has accumulated a broad management expertise in leading technology programs, marketing, business development, corporate strategy, etc. at organizational levels varying from research laboratory to company division and CTO.

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (VDL ETG) is a contract manufacturing partner operating worldwide in many high-tech markets like semiconductors, thin-film photovoltaics, analytical instruments, medical systems, etc. VDL ETG manufacturers parts, modules and fully-integrated systems in 6 volume factories worldwide, has strong design and engineering capabilities, and has a recognized track record in the realization of prototypes and first-of-a-kind complex tools and production lines.