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Textile International Forum and Exhibition 2017

The Textile International Forum and Exhibition (TIFE) 2017 was held in Taipei, Taiwan over 26 - 27 September 2017. This year's TIFE theme was "intelligent innovation and green circular economy" IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao reported on her experience there.

Highlights from Energy Independent Electric Vehicles (EIEV) Conference

The conference saw attendees and presentations from automotive OEMs through to small innovative start-ups and research groups. Keynote speakers included Toyota, Sono Motors, Hanergy Europe and Project Loon.

Lithium-ion Batteries - Raw Materials, to Gigafactories, and beyond

IDTechEx is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 17th October 2017 titled Lithium-ion Batteries - from Raw Materials, to Gigafactories, and beyond.

Initial results emerge from the Aspen Aerogel patent infringement case

This week an announcement came that Aspen Aerogels has won the initial determination in a US International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation. IDTechEx has been closely following the aerogel industry and discuss here the reasons behind this case, the initial result, and the implications of this announcement.

IDTechEx Announces Winners of Launchpad, New Technologies Initiative

IDTechEx Launchpad will showcase innovations from 10 start-up companies at the IDTechEx Show! held in Santa Clara, USA on November 15-16 2017. All winners will be showing a new working prototype or product, many for the first time.

Opvius and the World of OPV

The future of organic photovoltaics is discussed in this article, including information from an IDTechEx interview with Opvius.

Webinar Thursday 12 October - Thermoelectric energy harvesting

IDTechEx will host a free webinar on Thursday 12 October titled Thermoelectric energy harvesting:a time of turmoil.

Lepidico

Lepidico has developed a new process to extract lithium carbonate from non-traditional hard rock lithium bearing minerals. They aim at suppying lithium at the lowest price to the battery industry.

Arable Labs

Arable Labs have developed an end to end solution for supply chain risk in agriculture and crop management. Dr David Pugh met CEO Adam Wolf to discuss the companies latest progress.

TCT Show 2017

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Bryony Core attended the TCT Show 2017 at the NEC in Birmingham last week. Here is her coverage of the latest innovations and product launches, and what impact this will have on the rapidly developing 3D printing industry.

Rio Tinto Speciality Products

Rio Tinto are one of the leaders in Aluminium, they merged with Alcan in 2007 and took over the metal matrix composite (MMC) business. Dr Richard Collins interviewed Peter Papamoniodis (Sales Manager).

Excellent first energy independent vehicle event

The world's first conference on energy independent electric vehicles took place at the Technical University of Delft 27-28 September. It was well timed because many major new versions are about to hit the market addressing major global challenges.

Deep learning: no escape even for agrochemicals

New robotics is already quietly transforming many aspects of agriculture, and the agrochemicals business is no exception. Here, intelligent and autonomous robots can enable ultraprecision agriculture, potentially changing the nature of the agrochemicals business.

Wearable sensors reach their first billion-dollar year

IDTechEx predict that 2017 will be the first billion dollar year for wearable sensors, with growth coming in three waves.