8 Jun 2020

Polypropylene Material to Expand 3D Printing Market
HP is delivering a first of its kind Polypropylene material for additive manufacturing. Polypropylene is a versatile material ideal for a wide range of automotive, consumer, industrial, and medical applications.
Background
7 Jun 2020

Henkel
Henkel offers sintered die attach pastes. This is predominantly a nano ink but includes micro-sized particles too.
Full profile interview
4 May 2020

Uncountable
Uncountable have an AI-powered platform to manage material development. IDTechEx spoke with one of the co-founders, Will Tashman.
External press release
1 May 2020

Innovative Patch may Soon be Used to Monitor Coronavirus Patients 24/7
A Belgian consortium of seven medical and technological companies has developed an innovative patch that is applied to the chest. The patch allows continuous, remote, wireless monitoring of coronavirus patients' respiration, heart rate and soon also temperature. The system will be able to send the recorded levels to the patients' general practitioner or specialist and also has an alert feature like the red button by a hospital bed.
External press release
1 Apr 2020

Henkel Functional Material Solutions for Printed Electronics
The digital transformation poses a variety of challenges to all industries. One of them is surely the pressure to leverage the potential of new technologies to enhance performance.
20 Mar 2020

Thermal Interface Materials for Electric Vehicle Battery Packs
The EV market is booming. The battery is a key feature for both cost and performance, the chemistry and cell levels are extensively discussed. However, everything else that goes into a pack is often overlooked.
Topic overview
13 Mar 2020

Ink-based conformable package-level EMI shielding
Ink-based conformable package-level EMI shielding: a megatrend or supplier push? In this article we consider the trend towards ink-based conformable package-level EMI shielding. The more general trend towards conformable package-level shielding is a major one, and is already in full swing. Indeed, many products have already adopted such coating, replacing the established bulky lid-based shields.
Full profile interview
12 Mar 2020

Clariant
IDTechEx visited Clariant in Höchst near Frankfurt to learn more about their silver nanoparticle activity. We talked with Carsten Schauer in this visit.
Full profile interview
12 Mar 2020

Heraeus
IDTechEx visited Heraeus in Hanau to learn more about their new particle-free silver ink technology. This material is mainly targeted at conformal package-level EMI shielding.
Full profile interview
6 Mar 2020

CPI
CPI, established in 2004 as the 'Centre for Process Innovation', is a partly UK Government funded technology innovation center. This profile focuses on their work and capabilities in the printed/flexible/novel electronics area, and their applications in smart packaging.
External press release
3 Mar 2020

Adhesive Solutions for Efficient Li-ion Cell Assembly
As automotive electrification continues to evolve, powerful lithium-ion battery architectures are at the center of discussions around electric vehicles. While battery system designs vary by manufacturer, the joint performance objectives for all automotive battery technologies are longer lifetime, operational safety, cost efficiency and reliability.
Full profile interview
14 Feb 2020

Quad Industries
Quad Industries is a Belgian company that describes itself as a "solution provider for flexible electronics". It offers prototyping and manufacturing capability, with a particular focus on user interfaces. As such, much of their expertise is in assembly and manufacturing techniques.
Full profile interview
13 Feb 2020

Copprint
Copprint is an early stage Israeli company that has developed an ink based on copper nanoparticles. Their ink can achieve around 25% of bulk conductivity whilst only requiring a short 2-second anneal using a simple oven system at 125-250C. The ink recently (late 2019) became commercially available, and they have just finished upgrading their production capability to produced 1 tonne/month.
Update
3 Dec 2019

Quad Industries
IDTechEx caught up with Dr Wim Christiaens, R&D Director of Quad Industries, at Medica 2019. Quad Industries is a contract manufacturing company specialising in areas such as printed electronics and in-mold electronics.
16 Oct 2019

Die Attach Materials for Power Electronics in Electric Vehicles
New IDTechEx Research report investigates the market for various die and substrate attach materials used in power electronics in various electric vehicles. It provides a comprehensive view of the industry trends, looking at the trends driving the adoption of higher performance die-attach materials.
Update
15 Oct 2019

Henkel
Henkel is a chemical and consumer goods company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. It is known for its adhesive technologies as well as beauty, laundry and home care products.
Background
7 Oct 2019

Quad Industries
Quad Industries is a contract manufacturing company specialising in areas such as printed electronics and in-mold electronics.
24 Sep 2019

Healthcare Meets Electronics: Event Assesses the Opportunities
Registrations for the inaugural Healthcare Sensors Innovation event in Cambridge on 25-26 September is exceeding all expectations and nears venue capacity. The event is successfully bringing together the linchpins of the healthcare industry with the electronics industry to explore the opportunity in two specific areas: point of care diagnostics and continuous monitoring.
24 Sep 2019

The future of medical is wearables? (Part 2)
This is the second of a two part series exploring wearable medical devices. In part 1, IDTechEx discussed trends indicating that "the future of wearable is medical". In part 2, we explore the question in reverse, asking to what extent "the future of wearables is medical."