Inkjet Print Head requirements for Manufacturing Printed Electronics (Printed Electronics Europe 2005)

Xaar will present its 3rd generation, inkjet print head, "side shooter" technology. Also incorporating Xaar's unique greyscale technology, the side shooter is designed to meet manufacturing specifications on reliability, lifetime, drop volume and drop placement accuracy. The concept, technology roadmap and initial test results will be presented.

John Attard is Business Development Manager for organic semiconductors and printed electronics. Prior to his appointment at Xaar, he gained 15 years of international experience as a specialist in the management and commercialisation of science and technology. In recent years, John has held senior business development and management positions at Cambridge Display Technology, Rescitech Ltd, Philips Electronics in The Netherlands and SINTEF Unimed in Norway, amongst others.

UK-based Xaar Plc is the world's leading supplier of ink jet print heads to the non-aqueous graphics art markets, with 70% market share. Xaar is continuing to build on this success and is promoting its existing, and next generation, print heads in to non-traditional and emerging markets, such as labelling, packaging, printed electronics and displays, amongst others.