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2021

Symbiose

Symbiose are spin-off from CEA Liten that are developing in-mold electronics (IME). The company has recently built a factory near Bordeaux, with the aim of becoming a parts manufacturer. IDTechEx met Symbiose and interacted with its demonstration components at Huawei's Smart Cockpit Workshop in December 2021.

TactoTek: Smarter surfaces for a smarter future

Whitepaper by TactoTek: How 3D Structural electronics will change the way we design, create and experience the future

TactoTek Secures €22 Million Grant and Loan Funding

TactoTek, the Finland-based company that develops and licenses Injection Molded Structural Electronics technology, announced that the company has received up to €15 million in financing from the European Guarantee Fund. TactoTek is the first company to receive an EGF investment. TactoTek engaged the Grannenfelt Finance to support investment application and processing.

Canatu

Canatu is a Finnish carbon nanomaterial developer, delivering engineered solutions based on carbon nanotubes and its proprietary carbon nanobud (carbon nanotube and fullerene hybrid) material. The company's focus is in the automotive and semiconductor industries. It is able to manufacture freestanding carbon nanotube films at thicknesses in the tens on nanometres.

PolyIC

PolyIC produce capacitive touch sensors based on transparent conductive films, which can be integrated within 3D plastic parts. This update profile is based on a presentation given at the 'Elantas Printed Electronics Day' in October 2021.

Faurecia

Faurecia is a tier 1 automotive supplier, based in France. As the largest supplier of vehicle interiors, it is investing in and developing in-mold electronics (IME) to produce decorative touch-sensitive interfaces with integrated electronics.

Clayens NP

Clayens NP is a large French company that describes itself as a 'specialist in metalloplastic and electronic transformation' - essentially shaping plastic/metal and integrating additional functionality. This profile focuses on Clayens NP's activities in the in-mold electronics space. The company was formerly known as Sintex NP, but changed its name in 2020.

Kyocera

IDTechEx interviewed Seiichi Karatsu, Atsushi Iwasaki, Daisuke Takahashi and Masanori Yamamoto from Kyocera about their activities in haptics, including their HAPTIVITY products and their latest work on haptics within in mold electronics.

Automotive Interior Differentiation is the New Battleground

Automotive OEMs are increasingly using interior features to distinguish between models and from other brands. There are, therefore, extensive opportunities for printed/flexible electronics to add additional functionality to the cockpit while facilitating efficient manufacturing.

Event Summary: IMECON 2021 by AWA Virtual

On 27th May 2021 IDTechEx attended the small virtual IMECON conference organized by Alexander Watson Associates (AWA, conference organizers) which provided an overview of the in-mold electronics (IME) market and updates from IME technology developers, manufacturers and suppliers. This IDTechEx premium article summarises the talks given by selected companies.

TactoTek

TactoTek® is the leading company in developing and commercializing in-mold structural electronics (IMSE®), in which electronic, decorative and mechanical features are combined in a single injection molded component. IDTechEx caught up with Dave Rice, SVP of Marketing and Business Development, to hear about its latest progress.

KYOCERA Licenses TactoTek® Injection Molded Structural Electronics

The global electronic manufacturer is first to design, develop, and produce IMSE parts in Japan

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Design challenges need new solutions

TactoTek In-Mould Structural Electronics Reduce Greenhouse Gas

TactoTek announced today their achievements towards more sustainable electronics manufacturing. An independent lifecycle analysis by Finnish research institute, VTT, revealed that an electronics part manufactured using IMSE technology results in 35% lower greenhouse gas emissions than a comparable conventional electronics design.

Covestro

Covestro is a major manufacturer of plastics, including polycarbonates and polyurethane, for many applications. This interview focusses on how they plan to integrate their products with printed/flexible electronics, including in-mold electronics. Covestro target robot companies and automation service providers.

2020

Plastic Electronic

Routes to 3D Electronics: Assessment of Technologies and Applications

Metallization of 3D surfaces is a growing field with diverse applications. In this article, we briefly discuss some techniques and applications thereof. More specifically, we discuss and critically benchmark laser direct structuring, aerosol, 3D printed electronics, two-shot molding and In-Mold Electronics.

TactoTek Co-creates Future Driving Experience with Launch of Origo

The Origo Steering Wheel concept is designed to improve safety by reducing driver distraction with intuitive controls adapted from mobile device user experiences.

TactoTek and Lightworks Partner for Lighting Innovation for Vehicles

TactoTek and Lightworks GmbH announced their collaboration on in-mold lighting solutions. Together the companies will accelerate the development and use of in-mold lighting for styling and function for vehicle interiors and exteriors.

In-Mold Electronics: Starting Simple to Reach One Billion Dollars

In-Mold Electronics (IME) will one day become a well-established process with a well-developed ecosystem and a mature, easy-to-use design-to-product workflow. This process will become the basis of many novel structural electronic designs and products.