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Printed battery company in China

Kunshan Printed Electronics Ltd a new company located in Suzhou near Shanghai has developed a printed paper battery with a voltage of 1.5 volts/cell that can be used in battery assisted passive RFID tags with or without micro sensors.

345,000 e-taxis to be made in 2017

The market for electric taxis will be a huge 345,000 vehicles in 2017, surpassing $10 billion in business as early as 2019 as forecasted by new IDTechEx research in its recently published report, Hybrid and Electric Buses and Taxis 2013-2023: Forecasts, Opportunities, Players.

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH

Clariant is a Swiss-based speciality chemical company employing 18099 employees and generating 5 billion USD revenue. Clariant spends 3.3% of its revenue on R&D and is currently undergoing a company-wide exercise to optimize its portfolio. Clariant acquired Bayer's technology for manufacturing silver nanoparticle and is now working to commercialize it.

O-film Tech Co., Ltd

O-Film is a Chinese touch panel manufacturer that has acquired that metal mesh technology developed by NanoGrid. They company has already set up a manufacturing line and is fast increasing its sale units and revenue into the consumer electronic market. The technology has a compelling value proposition because it improves performance and reduces cost.

Gold conductive inks- where are the markets?

This article discusses opportunities for printable nano-gold inks. The conductivity of nano gold inks are similar or lower than most existing printable pastes and inks including the silver based ones. The lower conductivity translates into a larger volume for reaching the same conductivity level. Gold is also more expensive per kilogram than most other metals. This means that gold inks are both over-priced and underperforming, suggesting that they will locked out of most volume applications. The question will therefore be what attributes do gold inks offer that can create niche market segments, what these niche markets are likely to be and how large they will become. The article exactly addresses these questions.

What is your company's role in the future of smart mobility?

At the INTRASME Smart Mobility Market Opportunity Workshop in Turin, Italy on the 25th September, successful SMEs will share their insights into emerging opportunities in intelligent transport systems (ITS).

The ExOne Company

The ExOne Company are a listed manufacturer of 3D printers based on the inkjet powder-bed technology of MiT. This profile update includes their latest financial figures and additional comments.

Sinovia Technologies

Sinovia Technologies is a young start-up based in San Francisco, California. They were spun out of the PhD research work carried out at Stanford. The value added for Sinovia Technologies is in the coating process. Their process is roll-to-roll and they claim that they can produce the smoothest finish on the market even compared to rival silver nanowire producers.

Paper as an alternative to PET/PEN for lower device cost

IDTechEx recently visited Arjowiggins near Lyon in France.

Synkera Technologies Inc

Synkera was initially founded as an R&D and incubator company in nanotechnology, with a majority of the revenues coming from contracts under the SBIR program (Small Business Innovation Research). In recent years, the company has observed increased interest in their sensor technology and is now focusing on developing gas sensors for smartphones and mobile devices.

SAGE Electrochromics

SAGE Electrochromics is an electrochromic glass manufacturer. The company was bought recently by Saint Gobain Group, a global leader in glass manufacturing and retailing. The company invested $135 million in a manufacturing plant in 2013.

SmartKem Wins Technical Development Materials Award at IDTechEx Asia

SmartKem Limited, the developer of high performance, organic semiconductor materials for flexible electronics, has announced that its SmartKem® p-FLEX™ product has won the Technical Development Materials Award for the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia event, taking place in Tokyo, Japan on the 9th-10th July.

Organic image sensors from NikkoIA

IDTechEx visited Grenoble recently, which has a particularly large concentration of companies working on organic, printed and/or flexible electronics in France.

Voxeljet Technology GmbH

Voxeljet is a German based company which has taken an increasingly innovative approach to 3D printing in recent years and is responsible for a number of 3D printing "firsts". This profiles analyses the company's position in the face of potential short-term crowding in the competitive landscape.

Solidscape

This profile details the strategy employed by Solidscape, a Stratasys company, and the target markets the company is focused on. It unique technology offering is described and analysed in the context of global market trends for 3D printing. The company faces a number of immediate threats from competitors however and these are presented.

3D Systems Europe

US based 3D Systems is one of the largest 3D printer manufactures in the world. The range of technology offerings of the company are detailed in comparison to the key competitors of 3D Systems. This profile update includes their latest financial figures and additional comments.