Update interview
21 Apr 2023

VDL Enabling Technologies
VDL Enabling Technologies is a contract manufacturer for specialist production lines. At LOPEC 2023 IDTechEx caught up with Director of Business Development Sorin Stan to learn more about how VDL supports the development of printed electronics production lines, and also its vacuum-free atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology.
Update interview
16 Feb 2023

Bioenzymatic Fuel Cells (BeFC)
BeFC is a French startup producing enzyme and paper-based fuel cells powered by glucose. IDTechEx caught up with BeFC in an interview.
Update
10 Feb 2023

Ynvisible
Ynvisible are a developer and manufacturer of printed electrochromic displays and the associated printed circuitry. They have an R2R manufacturing facility for printed electronics, which they use for both their own products and through partnerships with other companies.
13 Dec 2022

Autonomous Vehicle Trends & Milestones In 2022 & Expectations for 2023
They may not be ubiquitous yet, and the day-to-day advantages that they will start to provide may not be noticeable, but automated technologies across the automotive industry are starting to come of age.
Full profile interview
13 Oct 2022

PragmatIC
PragmatIC is a UK-based company developing flexible integrated circuits on polymer substrates. It has received a total of ~US$150 million in funding and is focused on scaling up its technology, which is already commercially available at a low cost.
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Background
12 Jul 2022

Hyliion: Natural Gas PHEV Truck
Texas-based manufacturer Hyliion (Hi-LEE-on) have developed hybrid powertrains for class 8 tractors
Topic overview
5 Apr 2022

The Combustion Engine is Dead, Long Live the H2 Combustion Engine?
In search of a pragmatic, cost-effective, low CO2 emission powertrain solution, we are seeing many major automotive suppliers and OEMs take an interest in what is in fact the oldest automobile power technology, the hydrogen combustion engine (H2-ICE). This premium article investigates the potential of hydrogen combustion engines as a low emission technology.
External press release
23 Mar 2022

PragmatIC Semiconductor Unveils Plans for New UK Site
PragmatIC Semiconductor is proud to unveil PragmatIC Park, Durham, UK as the site for installation of its second FlexLogIC fabrication line producing ultra-low-cost flexible integrated circuits.
15 Mar 2022

Project to Digitise Reusable Packaging
The project code-named TRACE (Technology-enabled Reusable Assets for a Circular Economy) will use PragmatIC's ultra-low-cost NFC technology to give reusable containers unique digital identities so that the packages can be efficiently and effectively returned and reused.
External press release
11 Feb 2022

Quorn to Investigate Decarbonised Production Using Green Hydrogen
Protium, the UK‐based green hydrogen energy services company, and its consortium partner, Petrofac, will explore the deployment of green hydrogen technology with meat-free pioneer Quorn.
External press release
24 Jan 2022

Amcor Announces Strategic Investment in PragmatIC Semiconductor
The companies will work together to explore ways to integrate FlexICs into Amcor's portfolio of sustainable packaging solutions
13 Jan 2022

The Market Momentum in RFID
Almost two years after the COVID-19 outbreak began, the world is still in the tunnel. Despite the negative impact the pandemic has caused, there are some positive sides. For example, it accelerates digitalization - businesses are pushed to adopt technologies quicker to improve production as well as management efficiency.
Full profile interview: SWOT Analysis
24 Nov 2021

Nano-OPS