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IDTechEx forecast increasing adoption of wide band gap semiconductors

Today, Wide Band Gap (WBG) semiconductors offer new opportunities to achieve unprecedented performance while using less electricity.

Wearable Technology: The $70 billion picture

This article shares some of the recent research from the brand new IDTechEx report Wearable Technology 2014-2024.

IDTechEx Webinar - RFID 2014 to 2024: The Trends, Markets and Money

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 11th March.

Highlights from the VTT Printed Electronics Event

Last week IDTechEx gave the opening keynote presentation at Prinse, a printed electronics conference hosted by VTT. This article describes the highlights of the event.

The market for 3D printing materials

This article summarizes the main trends that will be shaping the market for 3D printing materials in the next decade, a market that has been highly visible in recent years and which is expected to see stable growth for the sets of materials that are best positioned to support it.

NanoInnova

Nanoinnova is a start-up formed in 2010/11 with private funds. They have two product lines: (1) research-scale equipment for CVD graphene, and (2) graphene oxide solutions.

Vorbeck Materials

Vorbeck is a graphene firm offering graphene conductive inks and formulations for dispersion in masterbatches. Vorbeck was one of the first graphene companies to move up the value chain and offer an ink. Vorbeck was also one of the first to demonstrate a product in collaboration with MeadWestVaco, and has since demonstrated a large number of product concepts and prototypes.

Group NanoXplore Inc.

The profile is focused on Group NanoXplore, a company that is active in producing graphene, based on a unique technology.

Smart Glass Forum at Energy Harvesting Europe, 1-2 April 2014, Berlin

Smart glass is a portfolio of new technologies which are based on new achievements in material science, demands on energy efficiency and comfort and smart building automation requirements and are reaching a new momentum.

E-paper displays in consumer electronics

Consumer electronic devices are evolving fast and there is a constant need for display technologies with new features. This week we look at e-paper (reflective) display technologies and assess their strengths in the consumer electronics market.

Nordson Asymtek

Nordson Asymtek is a publicly listed company providing high speed automatic dispensing systems, testing systems and related products. Asymtek was acquired by Nordson more than ten years ago. Nordson has also made other acquisitions. The group had total sales of $1.5 billion in 2013

BASF

This profile focuses on the activities of BASF New Business in the space for organic materials for optoelectronic applications

Graphene for printed electronics

Graphene, the ultrathin, ultraconductive, flexible material that everyone is talking about, is maturing just in time for its use in the printed electronics industry.

IDTechEx launches Market Intelligence Portal for electric vehicles

IDTechEx has launched a new browser-based Electric Vehicle Market Intelligence Portal which provides companies with real-time global analysis of the total electric vehicles market for land, water and air.

The tipping point

2014 has only just begun and already discussions abound on how a "tipping point" has been reached in the field of printed and flexible electronics, a statement mostly backed by the significant interest and accompanying investment by LG and Samsung into the commercialisation of flexible displays.

The next generation of flexible sensors in printed electronics

There is a new generation of sensors that are directly printed on flexible plastic substrates.

Impressions: 2014Flex, Flexible & Printed Electronics Event

This article covers the main impressions of the 2014 Flex conference, organized by the Flextech Alliance in Phoenix, Arizona. Approximately 600 attendees visited the conference and exhibition, and the consensus was that a "tipping point" has been reached in the field of printed and flexible electronics. IDTechEx will discuss this and its latest learning about barriers, printed sensors, and wearable electronics.

IDTechEx reveal largest sector for marine electric vehicles

The new IDTechEx report, Electric Boats, Small Submarines and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) 2014-2024 reveals the market for electric water craft, including those on and under water, will increase from $2.6 billion to $7.3 billion in 2024.