External press release
18 Jun 2009

SEMICON West, July 14-16 in San Francisco
Companies will share their latest results with the broader semiconductor and display manufacturing supply chain at SEMICON West, July 14-16 in San Francisco.
8 Jun 2009

Flexible displays coming from Prime View International
At S.I.D. 2009, Ian French from Prime View International (PVI) gave an excellent presentation on progress with flexible displays.
3 Jun 2009

Highlights from S.I.D. 2009
This week IDTechEx is at the annual S.I.D. (Society for Information Displays) event in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Over the coming days we will provide coverage in Printed Electronics World of the latest developments announced at the event.
1 Jun 2009

Prime View International agree to buy E Ink for $215 million
Prime View International ("PVI"), a small and medium display provider and the world's highest volume supplier of ePaper display modules, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink Corporation, the leader in electronic paper display materials and intellectual property for approximately $215 million.
29 May 2009

Shakeout of organic transistor developers
Following on from the shakeout in OLED developers, IDTechEx sees the same thing happening now in Organic FETs.
11 May 2009

The race is on to commercialize a full-color electronic reader
The race is on to make a full-color electronic reader a reality with a recent entry from researchers at the University of Cincinnati who have collaborated with Sun Chemical, Polymer Vision and Gamma Dynamics.
4 May 2009

Flexible printed LCDs part one
Several companies have now made experimental samples of flexible LCD displays and, although most have serious limitations as yet, they may provide a way forward.
20 Apr 2009

Progress in conformal and flexible displays
Cathleen Macher, IDTechEx reports on the progress of conformal and flexible displays as presented at the recent Printed Electronics Europe event in Germany.
10 Apr 2009

Trade & Invest Receives Printed Electronics Champion Award
For its success in helping investors set up offices and manufacturing facilities in Germany, Germany Trade & Invest has been recognized for its contribution to the printed electronics industry with the "Printed Electronics Champion" award.
8 Apr 2009

Printed Electronics Europe opens with Keynotes
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2009 event opened this morning in Dresden, Germany. Over 760 attendees had pre-registered with many more registering on the morning of the event.
External press release
6 Apr 2009

Printed Electronics Europe 2009: Germany an innovation hotbed
Printed electronics is an emerging USD 300 billion market that offers a wide range of potential beyond the traditional organic electronics industry. Printed electronics includes thin film transistor circuits (TFTCs), displays, connectors, power sensors, and actuators.
External press release
1 Apr 2009

Detroit Media Partnership in E-reader deal with Plastic Logic
Plastic Logic has announced a strategic partnership agreement with the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, Michigan's largest and award-winning metro daily newspapers, to offer an innovative digital content delivery and distribution program with its forthcoming Plastic Logic Reader.
20 Mar 2009

Opening of PETEC 17 March
The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is the UK's major new design, development, and prototyping centre for the commercialisation of printed electronics. With 180 present, the launch included keynote lectures from international experts in the field of printable electronics.
19 Mar 2009

Opening of PETEC 17 March Airs Photovoltaics
The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is the UK's major new design, development, and prototyping centre for the commercialisation of printed electronics.
19 Mar 2009

Business applications for printed electronics
Recently, the commercialization of printed electronics has progressed from conductive patterns to batteries, displays, sensors, resistors, solar cells, lighting and transistor circuits, increasingly in combination.
4 Mar 2009

Printed Electronics Europe passes 500 attendees and over 50 exhibitors
IDTechEx's Printed Electronics Europe event in Dresden, on April 7-8, attendance has achieved record levels, and is on track to bring together over 800 attendees, by far the World's largest and most comprehensive event on the topic
27 Feb 2009

Trials completed with color e-reader
First color e-reader could be available soon.
10 Feb 2009

World's largest collection of digital content planned for new eReader
Plastic Logic announce plans to amass one of the largest collections of content available for an eReader at the same time Amazon unveil Kindle 2.
12 Jan 2009

Finance for Printed Electronics is Not Drying Up
The news media are full of the details of the global financial meltdown. Is this affecting finance for the small companies and start-ups involved in printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics? We think not.