Exhibitors & Sponsors

 

Heraeus, the technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a leading international family-owned company formed in 1851. With expertise, a focus on innovations, operational excellence and an entrepreneurial leadership, we strive to continuously improve our business performance.

We create high-quality solutions for our clients and strengthen their competitiveness in the long term by combining material expertise with technological know-how. Our ideas are focused on themes such as the environment, energy, health, mobility and industrial applications. Our portfolio ranges from components to coordinated material systems which are used in a wide variety of industries, including the steel, electronics, chemical, automotive and telecommunications industries.

In the 2015 financial year, Heraeus generated revenues without precious metals of €1.9 bn and a total revenue of €12.9 bn. With approximately 12,500 employees worldwide in more than 100 subsidiaries in 38 countries, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.

NovaCentrix is focused on technologies and materials to enable manufacturing in Printed Electronics. The PulseForge® photonic curing tools process high-temperature materials on low-temperature substrates. Applications include drying, sintering, annealing, or reacting metallic, non-metallic, and semiconductor inks, without damaging temperature sensitive substrates such as foils and plastics.

Optomec is evolving the world of additive manufacturing by enabling new dimensions in 3D printing. The LENS and Aerosol Jet families of printers support a range of materials for metals, 3D printed electronics and other applications, and are able to implement feature sizes never before possible.

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd is a leading global technology group. With its innovative systems and production equipment, Meyer Burger creates sustainable added value for customers. Roth & Rau B.V., as a proud member of Meyer Burger Group, is a world leading provider of innovative inkjet and thin film equipment for (structured) functional layers with a low cost of ownership for high tech electronic applications. With its technology, PiXDRO functional Inkjet and FLEx Thin Film Plasma and ALD systems, several industries are served: OLED, photovoltaics, batteries, semiconductor, (printed) electronics and photo chemical milling. R&D systems up to complete manufacturing solutions are offered, including pre- and post-processing and automation modules, thereby providing a complete solution for the customer's requirements. Meyer Burger is serving customers in all relevant electronics producing markets around the world.

(Stefan Gabriel, president of 3M New Venture)

 

Our vision is breathing digital life into all printed products.

 

Printechnologics is the leading technology developer in field of printed electronics.

 

We are able to offer a dramatically new technology enabling print products to communicate with the online world by only one touch. Printed during a regular offset printing machine process, our invisible identification tag - which we named AirCode - interacts with online world just by one touch. Holding on smartphone - being online - as easy as it sounds.

 

Using known materials and processes, the AirCode is thin, flexible, recyclable, invisible and robust. But furthermore, the additional production costs are just a fraction of a cent.

 

Including all these advantages, the AirCode comes down to everyday end user applications like marketing, brand protection, ticketing, publishing or gaming - just to name a few.

 

Since 2010, we are a 3M Company.

Soligie utilizes high speed, roll-to-roll manufacturing to produce printed electronics with a variety of conductive, resistive and proprietary materials on flexible substrates such as PET, paper and foil. Soligie offers a full range of services including: concept design, circuit design, design for manufacturability and final volume production. We combine emergent materials with proprietary manufacturing processes and produce electrical components such as memory, sensors, displays and batteries for integration onto thin, flexible substrates. Soligie currently serves the military, medical device, smart packaging, RFID and flexible interconnect markets.

Thinfilm is enabling the Internet of Everything through our NFC (near field communications) solutions. We provide consumer-focused NFC mobile marketing as well as industrial and supply chain solutions, including blockchain applications. Thinfilm delivers end-to-end support throughout the entire process, starting with the manufacturing of NFC tags using our roll-to-roll printed electronics production process. Our offering also includes our CNECT™ Cloud Platform, which captures data and provides actionable insights into consumer behavior and business logistics, as well as integration support to apply tags to physical items.

 

Thin Film Electronics ASA is a publicly listed company in Norway with global headquarters in Oslo, Norway; US headquarters in San Jose, California; and offices in Linköping, Sweden; San Francisco; London; Hamburg; Singapore; and Shanghai. For more information, visit www.thinfilmNFC.com .

VVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is one of the leading research and technology organisations in Europe. We use our scientific and technological excellence to provide innovation services and develop smart technologies for our domestic and international customers and partners. We have strong offering on sensors, high frequency electronics, integrated silicon photonics and superconductivity based quantum technologies. Our contract manufacturing services include graphene processing and CMOS integration on 100-200 mm wafer platforms, IC design for graphene sensors and printed graphene electronics and fabrics.

 

ALTANA represents a global specialty chemical group. It comprises four operating divisions: BYK Additives & Instruments, ECKART Effect Pigments, ELANTAS Electrical Insulation, and ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants.

 

ALTANA offers speciality products for coating, paint and plastic manufactures, the printing and the electrical and electronic industry. The product range includes additives, special coatings and adhesives, effect pigments, sealants, resins & varnishes, measuring instruments and printing inks.

 

As a focused specialty chemicals company, ALTANA offers its customers highly specialized and innovative technological solutions in niche markets.

 

Our competencies for the printed electronics market are carbon nanotubes dispersions, paper and printing additives, functional metallic inks, dielectrics, barrier layers and glues.

The advanced display technology (adt) group is a Swiss company group focused on the development and launch of the innovative ePaper display technology, called D³-Technology („Droplet-Driven-Display"). The D³-Technology allows to produce printing-like displays in various formats e.g. for small, medium and large scale applications.

Key features of the D³-Technology are: Lowest energy consumption / Real bi-stability / Printing-like optical display quality.

D³-Technology is a display technology using patented electrowetting principles and structures. Liquid coloured droplets are driven by this technology in pixel structures.

ANP (Advanced Nano Products Co., Ltd) manufacture nano-sized material products such as metal & metal oxide ultrafine powders, sol, paste and coating solutions. All the products are manufactured in an integrated process from raw material procurement to final inspection, and have been utilized in the electronic display, semiconductor fabrication, and special film industries.

Founded in 1867, Agfa is a leader in the graphics arts industry, in healthcare radiology and IT solutions as well as a number of niche markets, such as green hydrogen, synthetic paper and printed electronics. With its ORGACON product portfolio, Agfa stays at the cutting edge of material development for printed electronics and digitally fabricated PCBs. It includes coatings as well as screen print and inkjet inks for applications ranging from transparent electrodes to conductive circuitry for automotive, home appliances and consumer electronics.

AIXTRON is a leading supplier of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company's technology solutions are used by customers worldwide, enabling them to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials, for polymers, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and other nanomaterials. Core technologies: - Organic Vapor Phase Deposition (OVPD®) enables the deposition of organic small molecules for OLEDs and organic semiconductors. - Polymer Vapor Phase Deposition (PVPD®) provides a solution for carrier gas enhanced vapor phase deposition of functional polymer thin films. - OptaCap PECVD Deposition of highly flexible barrier films.

ALTANA represents a global specialty chemical group. It comprises four operating divisions. BYK Additives & Instruments, ECKART Effect Pigments, ELANTAS Electrical Insulation and ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants. ALTANA offers speciality products for coating, paint and plastic manufactures, the printing and the electrical and electronic industry. The product range includes additives, special coatings and adhesives, effect pigments, sealants, resins & varnishes, measuring instruments and printing inks.

Applied Laser Engineering is the world-leading manufacturer of High Definition Laser Engraving Systems available in a range of sizes and formats.

 

We specialise in machines which produce engravings into a typically cylindrical form where high resolution and high accuracy over the work-piece are required. Engravings can be of a graphical nature. Flat sheet engravings can also be produced either wrapped onto a drum or in the flat using our new X/Y systems. Systems can utilise a drum scanning technique, galvo scanning or acousto-optic scanning or a combination there-of. A wide range of substrate materials can also be engraved including polymers, metals, and ceramics to date.

As a leader in Ultra-fine Stainless Steel Wire Mesh manufacturing, Asada Mesh has been continuously contributing to high quality Screen Printing Technologies for many years. Asada Mesh has successfully developed Ultra Hard Non-Distortion HS-D Mesh, which achieves High Accuracy Printing in areas like Photovoltaic and Touch Panel where 30 micron features in Mass Production.

Beneq - Equipment, Technology and Applications

 

Beneq is a supplier of production and research equipment for thin film coatings. We serve the cleantech and renewable energy fields and are at the forefront of applications development in solar power technology, energy conservation and flexible electronics. Our equipment is based on two technologies, atomic layer deposition (ALD) and aerosol coating. Beneq also offers complete coating services to its customers.

 

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Blue Spark Technologies, the world's leading producer of solutions for wearable and flexible electronics. An innovator in the wearable medical device space, Blue Spark utilizes its proprietary, patented, printed battery technology to develop disruptive technologies in printed and flexible electronics.

 

Headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, Blue Spark Technologies was founded as the leader in developing thin, flexible, printed battery solutions based on intellectual property licensed from Energizer®. Blue Spark Technologies' latest innovation, TempTraq®, is the only Bluetooth®, wearable temperature monitor in the form of a soft, comfortable patch that continuously, safely and comfortably, monitors body temperature for up to 72 hours and sends alerts to Apple® or Android™ compatible mobile devices. The company's TempTraq Connect HIPAA-compliant service supported by Google Healthcare Cloud Platform allows parents and caregivers to monitor body temperature from anywhere. It also allows direct integration with health care provider electronic health records (EHR) systems and central nursing stations, providing a secure method of storing patient health care data.

 

In addition to delivering battery technology to complementary solution developers, Blue Spark has developed an innovative line of industrial wireless sensing products.

Botest Systems is a technology company founded in 2001. The company is active in development, manufacturing and marketing of test and inspection systems for the organic and printed electronics industry and for various other high-tech industries. The Botest product portfolio includes lifetime and functionality test systems for OLEDs, organic solar cells, and organic sensors as well as custom engineered test solutions. The Botest team consists of engineers and scientists in the fields of electronics, information technology and mechanical engineering as well as applied physical chemistry and OLED development. The company closely collaborates with leading research institutions in Germany and Europe in the different fields of the application of organic electronics and can thus fulfil any special customer requirements in the area of science and research as well as development and production.

ALTANA represents a global specialty chemical group. It comprises four operating divisions: BYK Additives & Instruments, ECKART Effect Pigments, ELANTAS Electrical Insulation, and ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants.

 

ALTANA offers speciality products for coating, paint and plastic manufactures, the printing and the electrical and electronic industry. The product range includes additives, special coatings and adhesives, effect pigments, sealants, resins & varnishes, measuring instruments and printing inks.

 

As a focused specialty chemicals company, ALTANA offers its customers highly specialized and innovative technological solutions in niche markets.

 

Our competencies for the printed electronics market are carbon nanotubes dispersions, paper and printing additives, functional metallic inks, dielectrics, barrier layers and glues.

Carestream Advanced Materials offers a flexible, durable and low-cost alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) films for touch panel, display, photovoltaic, solid state lighting, and smart glass markets. New Carestream® FLEXX transparent conductive films are manufactured by a continuous roll-to-roll coating process, and feature a patented silver nanomaterial technology that allows for exceptional conductance and superior optical performance. Carestream Advanced Materials is a new division of Carestream Health which has annual revenues of 2.5 billion USD, 7,000+ employees and customers in more than 150 countries, and provides end-to-end solution to customers for their transparent conductor needs.

CENTI, the Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials, is a private, non-profit research institute, placed in Portugal, equipped with cutting-edge technology and conducting world-class R&D. CeNTI provides, in a B2B approach, applied R&D, engineering and scaling-up production of innovative functional & smart materials and devices. CeNTI's mission is to guide RTD activities through industry-driven solutions, with the aim at contributing to the evolution of the Industry through development of micro/nanotechnologies and functional/smart materials, and by means of knowledge creation and diffusion, promotion of technology integration and development of technological intervention strategies.

Ceradrop is an innovative company who design, manufacture and sell inkjet equipment for the digital manufacturing of components (printed electronics and new energies). Ceradrop's tools enable multi-materials printing (both 2D and 3D) with high accuracy. The Ceradrop team has the specificity of not coming from graphical art but from materials science and components engineering. This background allows Ceradrop to provide an exclusive approach of inkjet processes, fully dedicated to materials problems solving. Following our experience and users feedback, Ceradrop provides to industries and laboratories a wide range of specific tools and dedicated services.

 

Company organization is focused on customer service and support for providing a complete work environment covering the entire needs of an inkjet process. With dedicated facilities and highly specialized teams, Ceradrop supplies to the customers of its machines, support on ink formulation and optimization, process development, custom printer design, and dedicated software modules.

 

Ceradrop exclusive approach of inkjet processes, based on using standard CAD files for the generation of printing scripts, is one of the keys of our current success and excellent user feedback in many different fields: OPV, OLED, organic electronic, passive components, ceramic and metallic thick films, 3D micro fabrication.

 

To learn more, please visit us at booth #F121.

Charnwood Molecular Ltd is a leading provider of synthetic organic chemistry services founded in 1998 and based in the UK.

 

We offer custom synthesis and contract research services, from high purity organic semi-conductor materials to dye chemistry.

 

Our experience is wide-ranging, but particular expertise exists in heterocyclic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, catalysis, and polymer supported organic synthesis.

 

Charnwood Molecular can undertake challenging chemistry projects tailored to the specific requirements of the client, delivered by experienced highly skilled chemists.

Chisso Corporation, a $3B global chemical supplier, develops a variety of ink-jet printing inks. Chisso UV curable ink-jet ink is suitable for a variety of applications including fabrication of microlenses with high transparency. Chisso thermal cure polyimide ink-jet ink can be used as an insulating layer in Electroluminescense (EL) devices and can be applied to printed circuit boards, semiconductors and many other applications. The use of Chisso ink is expected to simplify manufacturing processes, lower facility costs and reduce effects on the environment.

 

Chisso Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan, manufactures and sells liquid crystal materials, alignment films, overcoats for color filters and many other performance chemical products. Please visit http://www.chisso.co.jp/english/index.asp for more information.　

In-depth knowledge of the industry

 

For 30 years now, Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH has been designing and constructing coating and laminating plants for the most different applications. Almost all substrates and chemicals can be processed on Coatema plants, either as sheets or from roll-to-roll.

 

For third generation electronics, Coatema will also offer you the optimal coating, printing, laminating and embossing technologies combined with different drying and annealing options under nitrogen atmosphere if needed. Advanced flexible technologies like OLED, lighting and signage, organic based sensors, smart packaging, optical coatings, RFID applications and flexible printed circuits can be produced on Coatema equipment.

 

Organic large area developers and flexible electronic manufacturers can choose processes, which can take place in a glove box, nitrogen dryer atmospheres or under cleanroom conditions.

 

A wide variety of coating and printing can be used: knife, commabar, slot die, engraved roller, screen printing, flexo-printing, inkjet, ultrasonic spray and hotmelt slot die systems. Lamination technologies are part of the Coatema expertise and the ability to nanoimprint surfaces.

 

From small scale to production scale of operation, Coatema is the partner for flexible electronic coating and printing operations.

Coveme spa, founded in 1965 and today leader in engineering polyester film, offers a wide range of films for printed electronics and photovoltaic applications.

 

Coveme Kemafoil® high grade polyester films for printed electronics are available with surface treatments for enhanced adhesion, heat stabilized for dimensional stability, in laminated version for high humidity barrier (low WVTR) and with hydrophilic coatings. Kemafoil® is available in very wide range of thicknesses (23µ to 350µ), and suitable for all types of printing systems, such as Silk Screen, Flexo, UV, UV Digital, Ink Jet and Laser, both for roll and sheet - fed applications.

 

Coveme dyMat PYE® is a high grade polyester laminate used as backsheet protection for photovoltaic modules guaranteeing high voltage insulation and an outstanding durability under extreme conditions. dyMat PYE® is available in different versions with special layers such as aluminium and copper for thin film and back contact module applications.

CPI is an independent technology innovation centre and a founding member of the UK Government's High Value Manufacturing Catapult. Founded in 2004, CPI applies its years of experience across a broad range of industries to ensure that every great invention gets the best opportunity to become a successfully marketed product.

 

CPI's integrated approach provides its partners with a unique combination of assets, expertise and skills to drive successful innovation. With a deep understanding of innovation processes and funding, outstanding technical expertise and industry-relevant assets, CPI enables products and process to be quickly and cost-effectively brought to market. By employing bright minds from both academia and industry, CPI helps create a bespoke team that will provide the right support, helping you to navigate the route to commercialisation while reducing risk along the way.

 

CPI form connections throughout the supply chain, bringing together investors, government organisations and academic institutions to facilitate the necessary partnerships for effective innovation. This increases productivity across industries and supports the development of next-generation manufacturing, highly-skilled jobs and economic growth for the UK.

cyberTECHNOLOGIES is dedicated to providing our clients with industry leading high-resolution, non-contact 3D measurement systems. Our advanced systems are widely utilized for industrial and scientific applications. The high resolution optical sensor, either laser-based or with a white and infrared light source, together with the specifically designed highly precise x/y scanning stage and sophisticated software, are the core of the system and produce reliable/dependable results.

Our non-contact 3D measurement systems are widely used in microelectronics and other precision industries for a vast array of applications, including waviness measurement, contour measurement, roughness measurement, step height measurement, solar cell measurement, thickness measurement and much more. Our solutions are trusted by major international companies, as well as many small and medium sized companies in R&D and production. We have a worldwide network of qualified distributors and representatives, which makes our company a dependable global player.

 

We are a manufacture of high-tech adhesives, but we go a step further: we provide our customers a comprehensive service - helping them to make their processes more efficient to give them an edge over their competitors. Our engineers take all factors into consideration, from the physical constraints of the production line to the requirements on the final product.

DuPont Advanced Materials has 50 years of experience in the development, manufacture and sale of specialised inks for a wide variety of printed electronic applications in the display, photovoltaic, automotive, biomedical, telecommunication and consumer products markets.

The DuPont Teijin Films (DTF) joint venture is a world-leading manufacturer of high performance PET polyester films specifically designed for use in flexible and printed electronic applications. The Melinex® and Mylar® brands of PET are well known for precise registration and dimensional control. In addition to optically clear low oligomer film with low thermal shrinkage for Flexible Electronics and Displays, DTF is now promoting UV stable/blocking (S)TCHUV films, flame retardant (VTM-0) films, and the new Formable PET for In-Mold Electronics.

ALTANA represents a global specialty chemical group. It comprises four operating divisions: BYK Additives & Instruments, ECKART Effect Pigments, ELANTAS Electrical Insulation, and ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants.

 

ALTANA offers speciality products for coating, paint and plastic manufactures, the printing and the electrical and electronic industry. The product range includes additives, special coatings and adhesives, effect pigments, sealants, resins & varnishes, measuring instruments and printing inks.

 

As a focused specialty chemicals company, ALTANA offers its customers highly specialized and innovative technological solutions in niche markets.

 

Our competencies for the printed electronics market are carbon nanotubes dispersions, paper and printing additives, functional metallic inks, dielectrics, barrier layers and glues.

Eight19 commercialises energy harvesting solution powered by flexile, lightweight and robust organic photovoltaics (OPV). We are world leaders in roll-to-roll technology for OPV manufacturing. We design and supply system demonstrators for IoT, retail and cff-grid applications by integrating photovoltaics, power management and wireless sensor functionalities.

Functional Inks and More

 

ELANTAS Europe is a leading manufacturer of insulating and protective materials. We develop and produce wire enamels, impregnating resins and varnishes, casting and potting resins, electronic coatings, adhesives, flexible electrical insulation materials, special coatings, products for printed electronics as well as a wide range of tooling and composite materials.

 

Functional inks and personal support for printed electronics offers our Product Line Printed Electronics, to push forward your applications.

 

Our portfolio includes conductive, insulating and functional screen printing inks for applications such as membrane switches, touch surfaces, in-mold electronics, hybrid electronics, sensors, RFID antennas and electroluminescent lighting.

 

 

 

ELANTAS Europe GmbH

Product Line Printed Electronics

Großmannstraße 105

20539 Hamburg

Germany

T +49 40 78946 0

F +49 40 78946 297

AdvancedPrinting@altana.com

www.elantas.com/europe

Electric Vehicles Research is a website portal providing analysis from experts on the latest news on electric vehicles from around the World. A new article is posted each working day and the site is free to access. From cars, buses, two wheelers, industrial, commercial, mobility for disabled, to military, marine and other types of EVs, it is all covered here. The journal also focuses on the associated infrastructure, components and technologies, including batteries, energy harvesting, energy storage and much more. Hosted and written by IDTechEx, the leading analyst and event organiser on electric vehicle technologies, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the subject. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Friday listing the new articles posted in the week. For more details, see www.ElectricVehiclesResearch.com.

The Electronics, Sensors, Photonics (ESP) KTN is a Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) funded by the UK Government through the Technology Strategy Board. One of our key work programmes is the promotion and support of the printed and plastic electronics community in the UK. We carry out these duties through a wide variety of knowledge exchange tools and activities including industry events, strategy workshops, training courses, international missions, seminars and company based tutorials. These activities cover the entire value chain, from basic science at universities through process development and manufacturing up to and including end user interaction with brand holders.

Off Grid Energy Independence provides you with a free daily update of the latest industry developments. This free portal covers progress of distributed energy and off grid energy harvesting in all its forms.

 

Hosted and written by IDTechEx, a leading analyst and event organiser on off grid energy independence and related technologies, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the subject. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Thursday listing the new articles posted in the previous week. We aim to make this service your most valuable tool for keeping up to date with the off grid industry.

 

We seek your input - company progress, press releases, case studies and developments, which in turn we will feature as future articles. Please forward these to us - email Tessa Henderson at tessa@idtechex.com.

Enfucell is a leading customized battery supplier to printed electronics industry. The company has developed a printable, thin, flexible and eco-friendly SoftBattery®, which can be used as a power source in various Internet of Things and wearable electronics products and applications. Find out more at http://www.enfucell.com.

ESL has developed and manufactured screen-printable thick-film pastes (conductors, dielectrics and resistors) for almost 50 years. These advanced, high temperature firing materials are used in hybrid circuits, multilayer microelectronics, electronic components, heaters on insulated steel, solar cells, SOFC and temperature/pressure/gas sensors. Screen-printable polymer-based pastes are also manufactured for use on rigid, and flexible plastic substrates. These may also be applied to cloth and paper. Ink jet printing may be achieved by rheological adjustments. Typical applications for the latter material group include wearable and/or portable electronics, organic solar cells and printed antennas for contactless RFID.

Express Circuits Ltd is a pioneering UK printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer, offering a total solution in the Design, Manufacture & Assembly of high performance prototype & small batch PCB's to accurately fulfil your specific design requirements, on a fast turnaround basis. As a dynamic player in the electronics industry and with a reputation for innovative, dependable PCB manufacturing solutions, Express Circuits Ltd ensures complete customer satisfaction. With our experienced technical personnel we specialised in producing, quality Multilayers, Blind & Buried Multilayer with MicroVia, Rigid-Flex and now Stretchable Circuits.

Our continued investment in equipment and emerging technology, coupled with thoroughly trained skilled staff, enables us to flexibly meet the demands of ever-changing international markets, from our base in Coleshill. www.express-circuits.co.uk Tel:+44(01)675 464884

Flexible Electronics Concepts FEC is a new company set up to create innovative working samples of printed electronics. Many consumer packaged goods companies and other potential end users are frustrated that they cannot obtain innovative product concepts or even simple devices such as smart labels based on the new printed electronics. They do not want components. FEC will endeavour to help by being a product integrator and concept generator for small quantities of printed electronic products. Any successes will be produced in volume by the industry leaders. Meanwhile, buy your samples and sample books here.

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM carries out applied research and development along the entire value chain.

The Functional Printing group has many years of experience in this area, with focus being on nanocomposites, nanostructured functional materials, printed electronics, and sensor systems. In addition, solutions for energy harvesting and 3D-integration are being developed. Regarding functionality integration, our interdisciplinary team works closely with customers to develop concepts, materials, and production processes. For the realization of functionality integration in production, various technologies are available such as 3D-printing, inkjet printing, aerosol printing as well as sputtering, compounding, and extruding techniques.

FUJIFILM Dimatix, the world's premier provider of piezoelectric inkjet printheads and systems, has more than 32 years of experience in advancing the performance of drop-on-demand dispensing devices with its state-of-the-art MEMS technology. The Dimatix Materials Printer, a cartridge-based piezoelectric inkjet printing system that enables direct deposition of functional fluids to create products like displays, RFID antennas, smart tags, DNA arrays, smart packaging, solar cells, and wearable electronics, has been accepted as the industry standard for the accelerated development of inkjet solutions in electronics, displays, life sciences, photovoltaics, and other industries.

Future-Shape uses tomorrow's vision of ambient assisted living today in applications that are both practicable and purposeful. These technologies will bring about some major advances in building automation, while at the same time maximizing comfort, improving security systems and, thanks to the use of sophisticated energy-saving techniques, helping to increase environmental protection. In our view, making such complex systems both robust and easy to use is one of the greatest challenges facing the technologies of tomorrow. We are specialized on large-area sensor systems based on smart textiles, that enable a variety of new applications.

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At the Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg/Germany almost 10 000 students are imatriculated. The university offers a broad spectrum of studies ranging from electronics to international business. Prof. Jillek is head of the Electronic Packaging Lab which is part of the faculty Electronics, Mechatronics, Information Technology. Fields of research of this lab are Printed Circuit Boards, Hybrid Circuits and Interconnection Technology. One research focus in recent years was on the inkjet printing of nano-particles for manufacturing electronic devices.

Germany Trade & Invest is the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. The organization promotes Germany as a business and technology location and supports companies based in Germany with global market information.

 

Germany Trade & Invest provides close-to-market information to international companies looking to enter German markets. Our specialist industry teams prepare all of the relevant information essential to business success in Germany. Germany Trade & Invest's comprehensive range of information services also includes:

 

• Market and industry reports

• Market entry analyses

• Business and tax law information

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Haiku Tech is a leading provider of customized, high accuracy, screen printing and coating solutions for the manufacture of Multilayer Electronic (Passive) Components, Fuel Cells, Solar Cells, OLEDs, Batteries and Printed Electronics in general. Together with our partner companies, Keko Equipment and Polymer Innovations, we have over 40 years of experience designing custom printing (including roll to roll) and coating equipment, as well as screen printable pastes and coating materials.

Avidity IP is a firm of European Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys and has extensive experience in the diverse fields of printed electronics and materials.

 

Our team includes a number of attorneys with expertise in the area, some having worked in-house at major industrial companies. Familiar technologies include formulation chemistry, driving electronics, device architecture, microprinting, polymer and small molecule chemistry, medical devices, PVs, display systems and inkjet.

 

We provide a full spectrum of patent services, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications, advising on freedom to use and advising on litigation and European Patent Office oppositions and appeals.

IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of energy harvesting, printed electronics, RFID, electric vehicles and allied technologies.

 

You can trust IDTechEx to help you build your business. We provide consultancy, market research and executive-level events across the US, Europe and Asia.

 

ImageXpert is a leader in machine vision technology for inkjet drop-in-flight analysis, print quality inspection, and part inspection. ImageXpert produces the JetXpert Dropwatcher, the JetXpert Print Station, and other advanced analysis systems for R&D laboratories. ImageXpert is also a renowned integrator; combining printheads, drive electronics, ink supplies, and more into turnkey inkjet development systems.

IN-CORE Systèmes, as a leading supplier of modular optical industrial solutions, delivers high-resolution inspection, measuring and full traceability devices for 100% surface material control and process monitoring. Lineavision advanced 2D & 3D image processing range of equipment enables to precisely define & characterize, either single or multilayer structure, flexible conductive films and to monitor various R2R or S2S step processes (coating, printing, encapsulating ....). It addresses various Printed Electronics applications such as flexible solar cells (OPV), OLED Displays, Smart Cards, Antennas, Smart Systems..... for high quality production, thus minimising waste, enhancing product repetitiveness & compliance as well as performance.

Ink World is the largest trade magazine in the world covering the US$15+ billion global printing ink industry, reaching over 5,000 subscribers worldwide. Ink World's editors and correspondents provide extensive and accurate reporting with incisive articles on the companies, the people and the trends in the global printing ink industry.

 

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Rodman Media

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Ramsey, NJ 07446

 

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InnovationLab GmbH (iL) is a joint, application-oriented platform for research, knowledge transfer, and commercialization of innovative technologies in the field of Printed Organic Electronics. Key to InnovationLab's mission are cooperative research, training the next generation, and finally transforming inventions into marketable products. The combination of the own and specific expertise of different partners enables InnovationLab to accompany the entire process of products "from Lab to Fab". InnovationLab is a unique partner for development and commercialization of processes and systems for printed electronic structures, circuits, and devices, taking customers from small volume lab scale printing to pilot line volumes and beyond.

Founded in 2000 UK based Integration Technology Limited designs and produces high intensity UV light engines for a blue chip OEM customer base traditionally in the inkjet printing markets.

Integration Technology has a global presence with regional offices in UK, USA, South Korea and China, and supports Japan through two distributors.

Recent expansion of the European sales team is enabling lateral diversification into other high tech market sectors and this will be primarily driven by the companies range of advanced semiconductor based UV LED products. Ongoing development since 2003 has resulted in state of the art systems enabling new and exciting applications.

Intrinsiq Materials is an advanced materials company with expertise in the manufacture, functionalisation and dispersion of nanoparticles and ink formulation. Specialising in low cost nanoparticle-based copper conductive inkjet inks and screen print pastes for the printed electronics industry, Intrinsiq also supply prototyping and production laser precision sintering systems (LAPS-60) for use with their ink and paste products.

isiQiri interface technologies is a High-Tech-Startup in Hagenberg / Upper Austria. isiQiri is based on research carried out at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich / Germany and the Johannes-Kepler-University in Linz / Austria. As a university spin-off we continue to work closely together with research facilities in Upper Austria.

 

isiQiri develops, produces and commercializes large-area optical sensors that can detect input from light spots (laser pointers) as well as by touch (fingers or pen) based on the patented Q-Foil-technology.

 

Our vision is to help our customers to add interactivity to their products. Thus we facilitate new ways of human-machine-interaction.

After more than 25 years, ISRA VISION continues to be one of the global leading suppliers of machine vision systems with strategic focus on high-speed surface quality inspection. The systems provide 100% inspection of printed, patterned, and un-printed materials, either on continuous web (reel-to-reel) or sheets. For printed electronics applications, the systems inspect 100% of each repeat and detect defects such as mis-registration, shorts, opens, cracks, "mouse-bites", and substrate defects. Defects are classified by type and the location of each defect is mapped. Our goal: to provide the entire production chain with standard solutions to optimize production and to maximize yield.

The Institute for Surface Technology and Photonics focuses on the miniaturization and integration of functional components and devices on the basis of novel materials and processes. Core competences include Functional Surfaces (thin- and thickfilm technology including inkjet printing, surface modifications), Micro- and Nanostructuring (organic electronics, laser structuring), Light- and Optotechnologies (LED-technology, optical simulation), Sensor Systems (chemical- and biosensors) and Laser Production Technology (welding, alloying). Main organization objectives are to expand the limits of performance, functionality and cost-efficiency as well as to develop new application concepts, systems and methods of operation. Flexible interlinking of expertise and capabilities within the research groups of the institute enables a cutting-edge knowledge and technology portfolio to meet the demanding requirements of our contract partners.

Johnson Matthey Silver & Coating Technologies supplies silver based conductive coatings globally, for use in the electronics industry.

 

We offer a full range of materials for various applications, such as flexible circuitry, display technologies, membrane switches and RFID to name a few.

 

Our full product range is supported by a highly qualified technical team, which provides complete support in material selection, application and development.

 

 

We would be pleased to discuss your requirements and ways in which we can support your business.

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Meet the Precision.

Since 1968 KOENEN conquers new markets for the technical screen printing. Today we are an internationally demanded partner for high tech solutions in the microelectronics and solar industries. Our strategic position in the market is our passion for precision. Experience something new with the KOENEN Paste Reduction System and the New Quality of Aspect Ratio. With enthusiasm and more than 40 years of experience we are looking forward to develop your individual solution for your product realisation.

 

Meet us at stand E129 - We are looking forward to your visit www.koenen.de and www.koenen-solar.de

We will be demonstrating the Kurabo "Mazerustar" planetary mixer which is ideal for mixing of ingredients in inks, pastes and gels for a wide range of applications. Advantages are very fast mixing/deaeration, even for difficult to mix materials, without waste or contamination. A range of different sized machines is offered - from laboratory scale to large production.

 

Mozaik is the European representative and stockist for Kurabo "Mazerustar" mixers.

Director of Mozaik is Steve Muckett - who is an expert on fine line thick film materials and processes and also the European representative of Technic (USA) for promotion of precious metal powders and flakes.

We will be demonstrating the Kurabo "Mazerustar" planetary mixer which is ideal for mixing of ingredients in inks, pastes and gels for a wide range of applications. Advantages are very fast mixing/deaeration, even for difficult to mix materials, without waste or contamination. A range of different sized machines is offered - from laboratory scale to large production.

 

Mozaik is the European representative and stockist for Kurabo "Mazerustar" mixers.

Director of Mozaik is Steve Muckett - who is an expert on fine line thick film materials and processes and also the European representative of Technic (USA) for promotion of precious metal powders and flakes.

NANOGAP manufactures ultra stable silver nanoparticle/nanofiber dispersions for ink formulators

• Ability to customize particle size/distribution, concentration and carrier solvent

• Stable, 70% silver nanoparticle dispersions for conductive inkjet formulators, now scaled-up and competitively priced

• Inkjet inks using our nanoparticle dispersions achieve 3x bulk silver resistivity

• TCF using our nanofibers achieve transmission >95% and resistance < 100 ohms/sq

The NanoTecCenter Weiz Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (NTCW) is a non-profit R&D Centre for "Organic Optoelectronics and Sensorics" founded in 2006. The shareholders are JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH and Graz University of Technology. Currently NTCW employs 22 scientists and staff. The project portfolio of NTCW reaches from contract research with industry partners in the inkjet development to applied research projects in the field of organic electronics and sensor development supported by national and international funding programmes. NTCW operates an integrate modular pilot- and demonstration fabrication line in an ISO Class 6 cleanroom including an inert glove box cluster for thin-film deposition by evaporation, sputtering and solution processing, state-of-the-art industrial inkjet printers, a most-modern E-beam lithography and photolithography and various material and device characterisation equipment.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute, and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology available. We undertake research and share our expertise with government, business and society to help enhance economic performance and improve quality of life. NPL is based in south-west London and employs over 500 scientists.

NeoDec develops and manufactures highly conductive inks for use in printed electronics applications. These complex inks enable fast, cost effective printing of electrodes with very low resistance even at room temperature, depending the choice of curing process. As the NeoDec ink is based on components, that can be completely dissolved, many print technologies like inkjet, screenprinting or flexography, can be used without problems. Currently the Neojet ink (for inkjet printing) and Neoflex ink (for flexo) are readily available, while Neoscreen is still under development. The Neodec inks pair excellent conductiveness to an outstanding ease of use in the printing process.

As an agile company, Nicomatic offers advanced, innovative, interconnect solutions to the printed electronics, wearable and printed sensor markets. We are a global designer and manufacturer of electronic cables, connectors and components; producing a vast range of products that are used by the Printed Electronics industry, such as Swith'Air^TM domes, dome arrays, LEDs, PCB housings/connectors, CrimpFlex^TM housings, jumper/extension cables and flat flex cable.

Novalia puts interactivity into print. Touch sensitive input and light/sound output is coupled with transistor based intelligence.

 

We offer design, product development/creation services and work with our partners to co-ordinate manufacture.

 

We believe there is an opportunity for our customers to add significant value to their products in the form of creative new product concepts manufactured with existing and proven production capability.

ONE-P, an European project of 28 partners, will develop the missing high-performance, low-cost multifunctional materials and their fabrication technology thanks to the synergy between academic and industrial research and the integration of complementary expertise.

With a total budget of 26 million EURO over 3 years, from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011, ONE-P will set the knowledge basis for long-term industrial development and exploitation by materials suppliers and end-users. ONE-P is coordinated by the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

 

FlexNet, the Network of Excellence for the Exploitation of Flexible, Organic and Large Area Electronics (FOLAE), aims at interlinking Europe's FOLAE-expertise in the domains of science, technology development, components, devices and systems integration technologies. www.noe-flexnet.eu

FlexNet is coordinated by VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH.

The OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) is a working group within the German Engineering Federation (VDMA). It was founded in December 2004. OE-A is the key international industry association for organic and printed electronics and represents the whole value chain of this emerging industry. Our members are leading international companies and institutions, ranging from component and material suppliers, equipment and tool suppliers, producers/system integrators and end-users to R&D institutes. More than 160 companies from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia are working together to promote the establishment of a competitive production infrastructure for organic and printed electronics. The vision of the OE-A is to build a bridge between science, technology and application. The activities of the OE-A include education, networking opportunities, strategic market understanding, roadmap for organic and printed electronics, quality control and measurement, applications and the exchange of ideas to unite the entire industry. The OE-A headquarter is in Frankfurt/Germany and our local North American office is in Pittsburgh/USA.

Further information on OE-A, member companies, member benefits, becoming a member, etc., please visit the OE-A Website. www.oe-a.org

Ossila Limited is a start-up providing advanced materials and components to the organic electronic research community. Our catalogue of off-the-shelf organic semiconductors and rapid-prototyping systems for the fabrication of OFETs, OLEDs and OPVs allow scientists to accelerate their research for faster turnaround and discovery.

Ossila also offers testing services to chemists, material scientists and technology companies including device engineering, quality assurance and prototyping. Our rapid turnaround engineering enables scientists to focus on what they do best - science!

Pall Corporation is the largest and most diverse filtration, separations and purifications company in the world. We apply a vast technology portfolio to many industries including semiconductor fabrication, ink jet printing and display manufacturing. Printable electronics is evolving from these key industries and Pall can leverage significant filtration expertise for these applications.

 

Pall offers filtration options for conductive ink dispersion classification, particulate and gel contaminant removal in all coating applications, gel removal in UV curable fluids and for many other applications. Pall filtration technology enables faster production, fewer defects, higher yields, lower overall costs in all markets that we serve.

 

Contact:

 

Pall GmbH

Philipp-Reis-Strasse 6

63303 Dreieich

Germany

 

E-mail: michael_mehler@europe.pall.com

Phone: +49 (0)6103-307-288

PARU FE's two step 'printing & curing' process significantly reduced process steps compared with copper etching system.

PARU inks are printed with conventional printing technology such as roll to roll gravure, offset, screen and inkjet.

We are making the highly conductive silver and cooper inks using nanoparticles for R2R gravure printing and inkjet printing. We are now using the Single walled carbon nanotube for semi-conductive inks which can be applied for printing.

Our technologies can be used for printed RF label & logo, printed photovoltaic, printed display, printed sensor, FPCB, printed fuel cell and Bio-technology.

Peakdale Molecular offers a class-leading range of products and services to accelerate discovery initiatives for organic semi conductor materials. At its very core, Peakdale's approach is based upon its long & successful track record of chemistry problem-solving, offering flexible, creative and confidential support for new materials discovery projects.

 

Peakdale has significant experience in the synthesis and characterization of OSC candidate compounds and the purification of such materials to high specifications. These projects have also demonstrated our process development skills for small-scale production of ultra high purity materials. Put our experience to the test.

Composites and functionalized surfaces came increasingly into focus recently. In fact, composite materials offers improvements in reliability and efficiency, perfectly fitting into the global efforts of developing green technology and reducing environmental pollution.

 

Platingtech has specialized in surface processing of fabrics and wire meshes (polymeres and metal substrates) using a continuous roll-to-roll process. In addition to classic electrodeposition of metals Platingtech developed in cooporation with BASF a selectively plating process for polymeres leading to so called "smart textiles".

 

Our product range is widely spread and covers heat-seating systems, intelligent building automation, meshes for screen-printing, solderable components and conductive textiles.

PolyPhotonix is a bio-photonic business based in the UK that has developed a home-based, non-invasive, monitored treatment for one of the principal causes of blindness in the western world, Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Oedema. The Noctura 400 Sleep Mask, offers a novel and innovative treatment for Diabetic patients with serious sight complications, and it will significantly change the patient experience and related costs when compared with current treatments. Noctura 400 is the first product launched by the company from a portfolio of bio-photonic medical devices that are under development by PolyPhotonix

 

PEL are experts in functional material printing including inkjet, supplying and supporting a variety of systems, processes, inks and substrates. PEL are uniquely skilled in providing solutions that give optimum results through bespoke combinations and adaptations of machines, inks and substrates for specific applications.

 

Our expertise in embedding electronics, especially where not normally expected, includes antennas, sensors, displays and printed batteries. These elements are integrated with paper, plastic film, fabric, ceramics, metals, and even large 3D objects.

Supporting companies, universities and research organisations all around the world, PEL run standard and custom Inkjet and Printed Electronics Training courses.

Printed Electronics Now is a magazine, weekly e-newsletter and web site devoted to the fast growing field of electronic products created through the printing process, an emerging industry that promises to revolutionize the methods in which electronic components and systems are manufactured. Printed electronics covers solar cells, batteries, displays, sensors, medical devices, military equipment, and much more.

Printed Electronics World provides you with a daily update of the latest industry developments. Running for over 10 years this free portal covers the progress to printed electronics in all its forms - from transistor circuits to power, sensors, displays, materials and manufacturing.

 

Hosted and written by IDTechEx, the leading printed electronics analyst and event organiser, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the issue. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Wednesday listing the new articles posted in the previous week. We aim to make this service your most valuable tool for keeping up to date with the printed electronics industry.

PST Sensors has developed a suite of temperature sensing systems, these include fully flexible and large area temperature sensing systems and sensor arrays. At the heart of PST Sensors' product range is a silicon nanoparticle negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor which can be printed on almost any material including paper, fabric and polymer film.

A world leader in high performance plastics, Solvay Specialty Polymers offers an unmatched, comprehensive portfolio of over 36 product lines, available in more than 1.500 formulations. Among these we include Solvene® EAP electro-active family of piezo, pyro, ferroelectric or ferro-relaxor polymers, which combines excellent electro-mechanical properties with easy processing and flexibility for force-sensing, flexible displays, piezo switch applications and much more. It is with this, and our dedicated R&I team, that we are contributing towards taking human-machine interaction to the next level.

The renewable materials company, Stora Enso develops and produces solutions based on wood and biomass for a range of industries and applications worldwide. Building on our heritage and know-how in forestry and trees, Stora Enso is committed to the development of products and technologies based on renewable materials and creating value in a sustainable bioeconomy. Our products, in many cases, provide a low-carbon alternative to many products made from fossil-based or other non-renewable materials. Stora Enso has some 26 000 employees in more than 30 countries, and is publicly listed on the Helsinki and Stockholm stock exchanges. Our sales in 2018 were EUR 10.5 billion, with an operational EBIT of EUR 1.3 billion.

 

Stora Enso Intelligent Packaging is a service provider of intelligent packaging products and solutions. Make your products, packaging and supply chain more intelligent with RFID, UHF and NFC tag technology, and make your business more efficient. Our solutions currently fit for unmanned store solutions with our New Retail solutions with Intelligent cabinets and to industrial segment with our supply chain solution.

Thieme is an international leader in high-quality screen printing and digital printing systems. Our products are state of the art and distinguish themselves by the highest printing quality and efficiency. Thieme has established itself as a leading supplier of printing and coating solutions. We cover a wide range of applications with our screen printing and digital printing systems. Thieme currently employs about 350 people around the world. Thieme is headquartered in the German town of Teningen. The company serves its customers with sales and service subsidiaries in France and the United States.

UNITEX (Part of the Trelleborg Group) has been manufacturing high performance SCREEN PRINTING SQUEEGEES for over 50 years. Our class leading products with tight dimensional tolerance and Shore A hardness accuracy are the preferred squeegees in a wide range of industries. The printing edge is consistently sharp and is capable of depositing the printed layer accurately between 70µm and 10 µm, while resisting glass frits and abrasive particles often found in conductive inks and pastes. Our Blue Chip customers recognise the advantages of the precision and repeatability of the Unitex product. Customers refuse to make relatively small savings on the cost of a squeegee and potentially jeopardise an expensive print run. UNITEX squeegees are specified in many OEM printing processes around the world and are out there helping the customer make money in the world of screen printed electronics.

Trident is a leader in the development and manufacture of both industrial piezoelectric ink jet printheads and ink jet inks. Trident was one of the pioneers of ink jet in the early 1980's jetting both liquid inks and hot melt inks. Today, Trident products are used in a variety of applications that require rugged, inert, stainless steel printheads for printing or accurately dispensing fluids reliably and frequently. Applications include digital patterned printing with etchants, dopants, metallic conductive inks and conductive fluids. Trident's inert printheads are unique in their ability to be disassembled, cleaned and reassembled enabling long life and high degree of return on investment.

 

Trident printheads are marketed worldwide through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the flat panel display manufacturing, printable electronics, wide format printing, precision coating markets. OEMs integrate Trident printheads into computer-controlled, application-specific products or systems which are then sold to end users.

 

Trident's development, manufacturing and administrative headquarters is located in Brookfield, Connecticut, USA (100 km from New York City). The company also has regional offices in Tokyo and Dublin, Ireland.

 

Founded 1985 Unigraphica AG started up in Liechtenstein as a consulting specialist and provider of new and specially refurbished narrow-web presses including training, start-up and full maintenance services. In the 90ies Unigraphica evolved into the design and engineering of own process modules in webfed production lines. Digital print integration and mastering complex processes demonstrates the huge competence in this field. The company grew up by delivering answers and solutions for special applications (i.e. security printing) and is today renowned as a system development partner for most demanding specifications. Their multi-web system (CHALLENGER) offers highly versatile inline applications and is therefore a most appropriate option for mass production of dedicated multi-layer compounds.

The Nanosciences Innovation Centre is unique, in that it has a dual focus on Research and Innovation into the science and application of nanostructured materials. Currently its main development focus is on printed electronics applications of silicon and other inorganic semiconductor nanoparticles.

The First Choice for OLED research and Surface Science

 

VG Scienta supplies cluster based process tools into the Organic and Large Area Electronics market for the development of OLED based devices. The OLED Edge tool combines small molecule deposition modules with up to 8 sources each with finely controlled low temperature sputter deposition of electrode layers, including ITO, allowing complete devices to be fabricated.

 

The VG Scienta XPS/UPS/ARPES analysis tool gives vital chemical and band structure information allowing optimisation of the thin film device structures. VG Scienta electron spectrometers offer the best energy, and angular resolution; this coupled with high intensity UV / XPS sources and an advanced 2D detection gives extremely high quality and fast data collection.

 

VG Scienta remains at the cutting edge of science supplying high quality solutions to meet the exacting standards of advanced UHV technology.

VVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is one of the leading research and technology organisations in Europe. We use our scientific and technological excellence to provide innovation services and develop smart technologies for our domestic and international customers and partners. We have strong offering on sensors, high frequency electronics, integrated silicon photonics and superconductivity based quantum technologies. Our contract manufacturing services include graphene processing and CMOS integration on 100-200 mm wafer platforms, IC design for graphene sensors and printed graphene electronics and fabrics.

 

 

The Institute for Surface Technology and Photonics focuses on the miniaturization and integration of functional components and devices on the basis of novel materials and processes. Core competences include Functional Surfaces (thin- and thickfilm technology including inkjet printing, surface modifications), Micro- and Nanostructuring (organic electronics, laser structuring), Light- and Optotechnologies (LED-technology, optical simulation), Sensor Systems (chemical- and biosensors) and Laser Production Technology (welding, alloying). Main organization objectives are to expand the limits of performance, functionality and cost-efficiency as well as to develop new application concepts, systems and methods of operation. Flexible interlinking of expertise and capabilities within the research groups of the institute enables a cutting-edge knowledge and technology portfolio to meet the demanding requirements of our contract partners.