New technologies and new markets: Welcome to the products of the future (Printed Electronics Europe 2005)

Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman
IDTechEx, United Kingdom
 
Apr 19, 2005.

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Presentation Summary

  • Existing markets for printed electronic components
  • Progress from global companies for printed thin film transistor circuits
  • Our latest market research - printed electronics 2005 to 2015: where, why and what next?
  • Analysing the printed electronics value chain - share of income and opportunities

Speaker CV

Dr Peter Harrop is Chairman of IDTechEx Ltd. He has written many electronics-related management reports for the Financial Times, IDTechEx and other publications. He lectures and provides consultancy globally.

Company Profile

IDTechEx Ltd is based in Cambridge, UK, and is a world specialist in RFID, smart labels, smart packaging, and printed electronics. As well as authoritative reports and journals, IDTechEx hosts global conferences on RFID, smart labels, smart packaging, and printed electronics.

Speaker Biography (Peter Harrop)

Dr Peter Harrop PhD, FIEE is Chairman of IDTechEx Ltd. He was previously Director of Technology of Plessey Capacitors Scotland and Chief Executive of Mars Electronics, a start-up he took to $260 million gross sales value with highly automated factories built in US and UK, without acquisitions. He was a board member of $1.5 bn Mars UK, a division of Mars Inc. Mars Electronics was sold for $500 million after he left, generating an excellent return.
 
He has been Chairman of 15 high tech companies over a period of years including turnrounds on behalf of venture capitalists such as Computer Security International. The largest was Pinacl plc in Wales, made profitable and grown to $100 million in fiber optic manufacture and multimillion dollar structural networks.
 
Peter lectures and consults internationally on electric vehicles, energy storage, energy harvesting and regeneration. He writes a minimum of five openly published techno-marketing reports yearly at IDTechEx. p.harrop@idtechex.com