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Battery Japan and World Smart Energy Week

IDTechEx attended the World Smart Energy Week in Japan, an exhibition that co-locates fuel cell, solar PV, battery, wind, smart grid, and biomass exhibitions. This premium article highlights some of the findings from attendance to the Battery Japan exhibition.

MICROOLED

MICROOLED is a French developer and manufacturer of near-eye display optical modules based on its OLED-on-silicon microdisplays. These are used for military, medical and augmented reality applications. It emphasizes low power consumption in its system architecture.

Valeo

Valeo is an automotive tier-one supplier and one of the key developers of advanced driver assistance system functions and technologies. It is notable for being a major supplier of automotive LiDAR with its Scala product. IDTechEx spoke to Valeo about its new and upcoming technologies at CES 2023.

Component Attach: Market readiness of solders & conductive adhesives

An innovation roadmap comparing component attachment size for sustainable electronics manufacturing.

RecycLiCo

RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. is a battery materials company focused on recycling and upcycling lithium-ion battery waste. It has designed a patented process which processes black mass and cathode scrap to produce precursor cathod active material (pCAM) and high purity lithium hydroxide (LiOH). IDTechEx caught up with CEO and Director of RecycLiCo, Zarko Meseldzija, to learn about the company's developments.

JIOS Aerogel

JIOS Aerogel announced it commissioned its new Thermal Blade aerogel thermal barrier in November 2022. IDTechEx interviewed Dr Stephen Hodson, Marketing and Program Director, to get an update on JIOS Aerogel's activity.

Lidar: The Key to Unlocking the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

As autonomous vehicles (AV) become increasingly attractive, one technology that is playing a crucial role in their development is lidar. Lidar, short for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing method that uses lasers to measure distances and create detailed 3D maps of the environment.

How Can Smart Packaging Best Add Value?

What is packaging for? From its initial purpose of simply protecting the product to driving sales via consumer engagement, the role of packaging has substantially evolved. Smart/intelligent packaging continues this trend towards greater functionality, employing sensors, printed electronics, and wireless communication to add value in novel ways.

Smart Packaging Industry Overview

Innovation roadmap for the smart packaging industry.

Maxeon

Maxeon is a company focusing on PV.

Qualcomm: Sense ID

Qualcomm is an American company, providing semiconductors, software and services related to wireless technology. Its fingerprint sensor solution is termed Sense ID.

Using Sensors for Smart Factories & Efficient Manufacturing

With the high inflation, increasing labor costs, labor shortage, energy crisis, and hybrid working, the manufacturing industry experienced significant turmoil in 2022. Although some of these have started to get eased, 2023 is still expected to be a challenging year for the manufacturing industry.

World Hydrogen Summit 2023: Upstream

IDTechEx attended the World Hydrogen Summit & Exhibition 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands on May 10-11, 2023. The event was organized by the Sustainable Energy Council (SEC). This event was also co-located with the World Energy Storage Forum and Exhibition. This premium article provides the key insights of the main themes and an overview of the activities of companies that attended. Note that the article only covers the upstream (production) related side of the hydrogen economy.

Aerogel Core Ltd

Aerogel Core Ltd is an aerogel start-up which has spun out from the University of Bath. IDTechEx spoke with Professor Michele Meo to get an update on Aerogel Core's activity.

MICLEDI

MICLEDI is a Belgian early-stage firm which develops microLED microdisplays for the augmented reality (AR) market. These are intended for integration with waveguide optics. The imec spin-out's displays are designed on a 300mm wafer platform for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing compatibility.

Atmonia

Atmonia is an Icelandic start-up developing a nitrogen electrolyzer for direct ammonia production.

ACE Green Recycling

ACE Green Recycling is an integrated recycling and supply chain company for battery materials. ACE is a USA Corporation with dual headquarters in Houston and Singapore.

Versed AI

Versed AI was presented at Cambridge Tech Week 2023, and Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, attended a presentation by the founder Fenella Boyle.

Waymo

Waymo is one of the leaders when it comes to level 4 robotaxi research, testing and deployment. It has a commercial publicly accessible service operating in Arizona and is working on increasing its capabilities in California. IDTechEx spoke to Waymo at CES 2023.

PCIM Europe 2023: Expo Highlights

PCIM is one of the largest events in Europe dedicated to the power electronics industry, representing all stages of the value chain from the mining and processing of materials to off-the-shelf inverters and intelligent systems. This article covers trends on Cu and Ag sinter die-attach materials, GaN and SiC WBG semiconductors, package materials and design, modules vs. discretes and more from primary interviews with leaders from across the value chain.