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Flexible and printed electronics in the automotive industry

The automotive sector has always been a multi-faceted industry to understand; it has driven and adopted societal and technological change since its inception, and is probably a great example of a market that constantly evolves and re-defines itself, always innovating to meet consumer expectations.

Expert-led training courses in key technologies, Seoul 8-10 March 2016

International analyst company, IDTechEx will be in Seoul for their highly regarded series of Business Insight Forums.

Siemens opens facility for 3D printing metal components

Siemens has opened a production facility for metal 3D printed components in Finspång. The investment of around 200 million Swedish Krona (€21.4 million) is the first step in the company's plans for the mass manufacture and repair of metal parts with additive manufacturing.

Clearinks Displays

Clearinks Displays is a reflective display technology supplier. It was re-founded in 2012 to commercialize its version of electrophoretic display technology. Its key claimed selling points over standard electroscopic technology are its video (60s per second) and full colour capabilities. The company has raised $10m to commercialize this technology and is therefore running a lean and capital-light operation.

IDTechEx Research: Who is buying IoT?

This short presentation by IDTechEx CEO Raghu Das will cover an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) landscape.

Conductive inks and paste: everything is changing

The conductive inks and paste business has come alive again. In this article IDTechEx Research will explain this business in detail and will describe how and why everything is changing.

Markets for Thin, Flexible, Printed and Micro-Batteries: PART 3

In the third of a five part series of articles on thin, flexible, printed and micro-batteries, IDTechEx analyst Xiaoxi He looks at the medical & cosmetic application markets that thin and flexible batteries are targeting.

Presentation by Sensoria: IDTechEx Wearable USA 2015 Award Winner

A presentation by Sensoria, winner of the IDTechEx Wearable USA 2015 award in the category of "Best New Wearable Technology Device" for "The Garment is the Computer".

Arcam Group release 2015 financial results

On 20th January, IDTechEx spoke to Bruce Bradshaw and Magnus Rene of Arcam in the new office in Woburn, Massachusetts.

New energy independent electric vehicles

Formula One is significant in two ways. It is a major business in its own right at approaching $14bn and it pioneers vital new technologies in a car or bus near you from the disk brake to the flywheel kinetic energy recovery system and the supercapacitor hybrid powertrain.

48V mild hybrids are electric vehicles?

Wikipedia says no. Wikipedia is wrong. It correctly identifies electric vehicles as those propelled by an electric motor for some or all of the time. However, from the first volume production of 48V hybrids in 2017, most will be capable of just that in the form of silent all-electric take-off just like a strong hybrid.

Launch your initiative for free at this IDTechEx Show!

IDTechEx proudly supports start-ups in many ways. Our latest initiative is an "EVES Launchpad" for Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage start-ups where they can exhibit free of charge at the large IDTechEx Show! in Berlin on April 27-28.

Roland DG

Rachel Gordon spoke with Will Seith, to catch up on developments within Roland 3D Solutions since 3D Printing USA 2015 in November. The conversation included updates on sales of the ARM-10, their new resins for release in March 2016, and their work on integrating their separate machines into a simple workflow for novel products.

Avegant

IDTechEx spoke to Joerg Tewes, CEO of Avegant, a company founded in September 2012. Avegant has developed a head mounted display, a device that is both a VR headset but also a video and audio infotainment device. They completed proof of concept for their micromirror display technique in April 2013, finalised the engineering design in 2013 and then began the alpha test in 2014. The final device, the Glyph, is currently available to order at the price of $699.

IDTechEx Show! Wrap Up: Insights from an IDTechEx Analyst

Video interview with IDTechEx analyst Franco Gonzalez.

Energy harvesting change of emphasis to be explored in Berlin

The IDTechEx Show! in Berlin, 27-28 April has over 40 companies exhibiting that are involved in energy harvesting from the materials to the chips.

More players getting into touch with emerging haptics

As CES passed for another year we saw another wave of announcements and demonstrations without the topic reaching the limelight it will soon command.

NanoVivo at IDTechEx Wearable USA: Wrist Monitor for Health & Wellness

Video interview with NanoVivo, Inc. at the IDTechEx Wearable USA exhibition.

Consolidation in transparent conductive film industry taking its toll

Last year IDTechEx Research asserted that the transparent conductive film industry had entered a period of intense consolidation. We have been proved right as the consolidation period is beginning to take its first round of high profile victims.

Printed Electronics at the IDTechEx Show! Products? Realized!

The last couple of years has seen the market for printed and flexible electronics become a vibrant segment, with new products announced that are making the advent of printed electronics a reality.