Printed Electronics and Its Impact on the Future of Manufacturing (Printed Electronics Europe 2013)

Printed electronics are at a pivotal moment. There are not only tremendous opportunities for innovation and growth in new verticals and industries, but also the chance to define how we bring printed electronics into a new era of infrastructures through cooperation and partnerships.

 

PARC, a Xerox company, has actively built a unique library of PE devices and processes to apply innovation in products, engaging with all the players from material makers to application companies. Janos Veres of PARC will discuss the unique opportunity to "set the rules" for the future of printed electronics, including design, manufacturing processes, and applications already available at PARC. Through the lens of the future of manufacturing infrastructure spearheaded by PARC, he will explore how printed electronics are now part of the larger and growing trend of how we "make" things differently. He will also detail the steps already taken and need to be made in order to make this a reality.

A global center for commercial innovation for 40 years, PARC, a Xerox Company, is a pioneer in the development and commercialization of thin film transistors, circuits, and sensors. With deep knowledge of printing technology applied in domains such as displays, image sensors, and medical sensors, PARC's technical expertise and facility support printed dielectrics, nanoparticle metals, organic, oxide, and silicon (amorphous, polycrystalline, printed nanowire) semiconductors. PARC's clients include display manufacturers, consumer electronics firms, IT companies, government agencies, and materials suppliers to the printed and flexible electronics markets.