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Creative design is badly needed

A common theme in the IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics in Dresden this week was the shortage of creative product design.

Market forecasts revealed in Dresden

Peter Harrop revealed, the printed electronics industry may have started by showing cost advantages with its membrane keyboards, printed RFID antennas, heaters and the like but more and more technical advantages are being discovered with some of the new printed and potentially printed technologies.

Printed electronics suppliers' database

The IDTechEx printed electronics suppliers' database offers details on over 600 companies currently active in printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics.

Training the next generation of the printed electronics workforce

Several universities from around the world are sending the most promising academics to meet companies and explore markets for the technology at Printed Electronics Europe.

Increasing efficiencies for thin film solar cells

Recently, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced that they have moved closer to creating a thin-film solar cell that can compete with the efficiency of the more common silicon-based solar cell.

DuPont Microcircuit Materials highlights new developments in Germany

New developments in inks and imaging for the printed electronics industry will be presented by DuPont new market development lead Dr. Kerry Adams as part of DuPont Microcircuit Materials' (MCM) participation at IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe.

Analysis of printed electronics forecasts in 2008

IDTechEx, along with other analysts, forecast the printed electronics market. While some agree others give widely different figures. After analyzing the industry for nine years, IDTechEx has just completed a new report covering the forecasts of the industry in great detail. Here Raghu Das, CEO, summarises the findings giving that crucial detail behind our forecasts.

Progress of OLED displays in East Asia - part 2

Raghu Das summarises some of his findings as he visits the leading giants in Japan.

Over 600 attendees registered for Printed Electronics Europe

Over 600 attendees registered for the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe Conference and Exhibition.

Progress of OLED displays in East Asia - part 1

Speaking to key developers of OLED displays, companies agree that the market for such displays will be at least $0.69 Billion this year, as forecast by IDTechEx.

HF RFID - the Great Leap Forward

Last year, about $2.5 billion was spent on tags and systems at HF (13.56MHz), ten times the amount on RFID at any other frequency and representing 50% of the global RFID market. Now IDTechEx tracks a rush of technology innovation and new market opportunities.

Much finer detail possible with inkjet in Japan

Scientists from Tokyo University have just revealed a reliable method to inkjet print dots of one micron on to flexible film.

China repositions in RFID and prints more Part 2

One day there may be laws to tag all 150 million dogs in China and 2.4 billion pigs yearly but IDTechEx finds that there is no hurry to do this and when it is done it will almost certainly be on a province by province basis.

China repositions in RFID and prints more Part 1

The Chinese are anxious to leapfrog the foreign competition in RFID and they are trialling the U-Code alternative to EPC as something lower cost, simpler and more likely to have printed logic, not just antennas.

Printed electronics focuses in Dresden

The vibrant new printed electronics industry is being created as energetically in Germany as anywhere else in the world.

Hot RFID topics revealed at RFID Smart Labels USA

What a difference a year makes. RFID progress from highlights at the IDTechEx RFID Smart Labels USA event.

The new photovoltaics

The photovoltaic business is fragmenting as it grows to tens of billions of dollars yearly. Conventional silicon will be around for at least ten years but the many large new market segments that are opening up will be served by the new photovoltaics.

Western RFID companies flock to China

China was the world's largest RFID market in 2007 on the back of the huge city card schemes and the $6 billion national ID card scheme, all now largely completed.