Printed RFID - From a Vision to Production (Printed Electronics USA 2006)

Printed RFID - From a Vision to Production

Since 2004 Wolfgang Mildner is Managing Director of the newly founded PolyIC GmbH&Co.KG. PolyIC is a Joint Venture between SIEMENS AG and Leonhard Kurz GmbH. PolyIC develops new technologies, which will provide electronics from a printing machine. Additionally he is acting as Chairman of the Organic Electronic Association/VDMA.

Before joining PolyIC, he worked in several business positions for Siemens AG since 1986. He was responsible for a number of projects turning promising technologies to business. He studied Computer Science at the Technical University of Erlangen

PolyIC is a leading developer of polymer electronics technology and a future provider of printed electronic products and components. PolyIC will provide products for high volume low cost applications based on organic semiconductors.

 

PolyIC uses its competence on materials, new adapted chip design methods and mass production processes (roll-to-roll printing) for the development of this new technology.

 

The leading application for PolyIC is RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). But the technology of the company has potential to be used in various electronics applications being thin, flexible, robust and low-cost.

 

PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG started in November 2003 as joint venture between Leonhard Kurz GmbH&Co. KG (51%, Printing) and Siemens AG (49%, Electronics) for the development and production of printed polymer electronics. PolyIC is headquartered in Erlangen, at the Siemens Research Centre.