Background
27 May 2022
Toppan
Toppan, formerly Toppan Printing, were originally a printing technology company, but now focus on a range of technologies, including communications, packaging, and electronics.
External press release
5 Jul 2021
Toppan Printing Rebrands as Toppan Inc
Toppan Printing has changed its English company name from Toppan Printing Co Ltd to Toppan Inc following a resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 29. The evolution of the brand represents Toppan's expansion beyond its traditional markets both in terms of business fields and geographical footprint.
4 Mar 2019
World's first digital POP sign, full-color Electronic Paper Display
Toppan Printing Co Ltd has developed the world's first digital POP sign using full-color Electronic Paper Display.
6 Nov 2018
E-paper tags for Japanese convenience stores
E Ink Holdings and Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited announced the joint development of a reference design board for battery-less ePaper tags.
External press release
6 Sep 2018
E Ink and Fujitsu Semiconductor join forces
E Ink Holdings and Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited announced the joint development of a reference design board for battery-less ePaper tags.
13 Jul 2018
Electronic paper display powered by energy harvesting
An electronic paper display powered by energy harvesting technology can be used to provide a display on batteryless Internet of Things devices.
3 Oct 2017
Opvius and the World of OPV
The future of organic photovoltaics is discussed in this article, including information from an IDTechEx interview with Opvius.
25 Nov 2015
The Complex World of ITO Replacement
As IDTechEx Research has covered extensively before, there are many alternatives to ITO on the market that have traction in different segments, albeit niche areas for now. However, the situation is more complex than one film layer providing a drop in replacement for an ITO layer, and in this article we explore some of those issues, based on interviews with several organizations using alternatives. The incumbent technology for touch panels is ITO on PET, with Nitto Denko of Japan being the leading supplier.
Background
8 Jun 2015
Toppan Printing
Toppan Printing is a large Japanese printing company founded over a century ago. It has 1.5 trillion Japanese yen sales and employs 15,000 persons globally. The company has developed an alternative to ITO as a transparent conductive film (TCF) - it uses copper mesh, which it says is suitable for screen sizes ranging from 15" to 55". This has a sheet resistance of 0.01Ohms/square.
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Full profile interview: SWOT
2 Oct 2014
Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd
Full profile interview
8 Sep 2014
Toppan Forms
Toppan Forms' background is in business forms and data print service fields. Since then the company has also developed a strong software solutions/business process offering, in addition to some electronics manufacture including smart cards and NC reader modules, and associated systems and software. The company covers a wide variety of information-based businesses, such as integration of printed matter and electronic documents, information media like RFID and IC, and development of products compatible with printed electronics technologies, including conductive ink.
Full profile interview
25 Mar 2014
Toppan Printing
Toppan Printing has been working on printed electronics for a number of years with a particular focus on developing printing processes for making fully-printed organic thin film transistors and backplanes.
Included are:
Full profile interview: SWOT
3 Feb 2014
AGC Asahi Glass