29 Jun 2021
New Manufacturing Technique for Flexible Electronics
Ultrathin, flexible computer circuits have been an engineering goal for years, but technical hurdles have prevented the degree of miniaturization necessary to achieve high performance. Now, researchers have invented a manufacturing technique that yields flexible, atomically thin transistors less than 100 nanometers in length - several times smaller than previously possible.
Update interview: Partners
30 Jan 2020
MAS
While MAS and Flex have a joint venture relating to e-textiles, there is less emphasis on that now but collaboration is still ongoing but Flex is increasingly repositioning away from consumer electronics, according to the person we interviewed. They also mentioned that Flex had moved off fashion tech, with the team that had been co-located with MAS in San Francisco moving to Flex's Milpitas site.
Update
25 Nov 2019
Sheldahl - a Flex Company
Sheldahl Flexible Technologies Inc is a subsidury of Flex Ltd. They create thin, lightweight electronics which can adapt to the clients products. IDTechEX met them at the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, 2019.
Youtube interview
24 Jan 2019
Conductive inks & applying that knowledge to biometric sensors
Sheldahl Flexible Technologies discusses their progress at the IDTechEx Show! USA
Full profile interview
18 Aug 2018
Imprint Energy, Inc.
Imprint Energy is a start-up based in Alameda, California. Their main product is ZincPoly™, with zinc and metal oxide electrodes and a non-flammable, non-toxic solid-state gel electrolyte. This battery chemistry can be screen printed
Background
17 May 2018
ZapGo
Update from the IDTechEx Show! Berlin 2018.
Full profile interview
1 May 2018
Solaria
Solaria is a provider of an exciting range of semi-transparent c-Si based solar panels with transparencies as high as 80 percent, for residential and architectural applications.
17 Nov 2016
IDTechEx Show! Wearable Electronics Awards
Two award winners were announced as the global wearable technology industry gathers at the IDTechEx Show! at the Santa Clara Convention Center this week. With over 3,000 attendees spanning the entire wearable technology value chain, the awards are closely contested between many of the most innovative companies in the space.
Full profile interview
17 Aug 2016
Flex - Fashion and Apparel division
IDTechEx interviewed the Director of Fashion and Apparel at Flex, who leads a team developing manufacturing capabilities to serve future wearable technology products.
Included are:
External press release
15 Jul 2016
Partnership to drive innovation in wearable technology for clothing
Flex has partnered with MAS Holdings to develop revolutionary new wearable technologies that accelerate and integrate the Intelligence of Things into clothing and enable more natural, intuitive interactions between people and technology.