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.

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.

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 18,200 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.9 billion in 2017. For more information about BASF's North American operations, visit www.basf.com . At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The more than 115,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into five segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions, Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas. BASF generated sales of €64.5 billion in 2017. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London

(BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further information at www.basf.com . BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH is a subsidiary of BASF.

CDT has developed a portfolio of thin, flexible, organic, printed electronic devices including OLED displays, sensors, transistors, energy harvesters and more. CDT's solution processed, in-air-deposited active layers, air-stable cathodes and simple encapsulation process (lamination) provides new functionality, freedom of design and easy system integration in a broad range of applications.

Ciba is a leading global company dedicated to producing high-value effects for its customers' products. We strive to be the partner of choice for our customers, offering them innovative products and one-stop expert service. We create effects that improve the quality of life - adding performance, protection, color and strength to plastics, paper, automobiles, buildings, home and personal care products and much more. Ciba is active in more than 120 countries around the world and is committed to being a leader in its chosen markets.

Founded in 2002, cintelliq focuses exclusively on providing information services and strategic consulting based on independent analysis of the emerging organic semiconductor industry. Its range of services aims to address the needs of both individuals and organisations with an interest in the development of technologies and applications across the whole of the organic semiconductor industry. cintelliq invests its resources in: monitoring and tracking commercial and technology developments; attending exhibitions and conferences; conducting independent research; codifying its analysis.

Coding Products, a division of ITW, is a manufacturer of thermal transfer printer ribbons, hot stamp foils and hot ink rolls that are used in a broad range of applications. Located in northern Michigan, Coding Products has been a supplier to the printing industry since 1977 and is primarily focused on meeting marking/decorating needs with specialized requirements (e.g. high durability, color matching, sterilization, etc.). Coding Products participates in a variety of key markets including medical devices, card personalization, outdoor signage and pipe/cable markings. The core technologies of Coding Products are new formulation development, milling, ink mixing, coating and custom slitting. Coding Products and Printexs have collaborated to develop a ribbon suitable for use in thermal transfer printers capable of digitally printing conductive traces and images. The prints produced by this ribbon exhibit excellent conductive properties. While our early interests in this new technology were focused on the fabrication of electroluminescent signage for Coding Products' core signage market, we have come to recognize that the ribbon developed has the potential to meet the needs of many applications in both consumer and industrial applications.

Daetwyler understands the tolerances required for printed electronics. We have been designing and building high-precision, sub-micron machines for the gravure printing industry for 25+ years. Our R&D division in Dayton, Ohio focuses on creating new uses for our specialty software and high-resolution engraving units. This dedicated focus ensures maximum accuracy through the use of the latest controls including temperature monitoring, laser-based position feedback, and advanced linear induction drives. Headquartered in Switzerland, Daetwyler is a global leader in the development of prepress software and equipment for the printing industry.

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.

For over 50 years, Emerson & Cuming has focused on providing high performance conductive inks and adhesives for the most demanding electronic industries around the world. Their state-of-the-art antenna inks provide the best solution for solvent and temperature-sensitive substrates, while their novel snap cure die attach adhesives enable low cost tag assembly at high production speeds. The company remains at the forefront as a proven leader with exceptional antenna inks and die attach adhesives for RFID tag assembly.

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.

Five Star Technologies is a supplier of high-performance dispersions, inks and pastes used in semiconductor and microelectronic packaging, displays, photovoltaics and ceramic component applications. Combining its patented hydrodynamic cavitation process with innovative chemistry, Five Star produces precision dispersions of a wide range of materials, as well as the new ElectroSperse™ series of inks and pastes. The ElectroSperse line features a range of conductive pastes with excellent printability, high levels of conductivity, strong adhesion to a variety of substrates, and RoHS compliance. ElectroSperse grades can be tailored for a range of processing techniques, including screen, gravure, extrusion and ink jet printing. Targeted applications include display electrodes, photovoltaic contacts, sensors, and hybrid microcircuits.

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.

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.

IDTechEx provides independent market research, business intelligence and events on emerging technologies to companies across the value chain. Our clients use our insights to help make strategic business decisions and grow their organizations.

 

IDTechEx business and technology experts provide international perspective in a diverse range of emerging technologies including 3D printing, electric vehicles, energy harvesting, energy storage, life sciences, printed electronics, IoT and many other topics.

 

IDTechEx is headquartered in Cambridge, UK with additional offices in USA, Germany and Japan and associates in South Korea.

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.

imaging Technology international Corporation (iTi) is a leading digital fabrication systems supplier. Established in 1992, headquartered in Boulder, CO with its European office in Cambridge UK, iTi designs, develops and manufactures high precision digital material deposition systems that incorporate inkjet technology. iTi's strategy is to support customers from Lab2Fab with a comprehensive range of flexible, printhead independent R&D tools, which include the Drop Watcher and MDS 300 materials deposition system, through to high volume fabrication systems such as the VJet and Digital Web Press.

 

In 2009, iTi established the iTi Solar division to advance the economies of clean, renewable energy through the use of industrial inkjet technologies. iTi Solar develops precision industrial inkjet systems for use in the manufacturing of efficient, low-cost solar cells. iTi Solar's material deposition systems are used by a number of labs worldwide, including the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).

 

iTi is widely acknowledged for its technical expertise in incorporating inkjet technology as a digital manufacturing process. Our in-depth understanding of the capabilities of inkjet technologies, combined with expertise in industrial design, electrical, mechanical and software engineering assist our customers in a wide variety of deposition applications.

 

iTi can shape a world-class solution that makes sense for your inkjet challenge - work with us from Lab2Fab.

Transparent Silver Inks, developed by InkTec with patented technology, are Ag-based conducting inks suitable to RFID Tag, PCB, reflective film, display, and EMI shielding, etc. Differently from other prior conductive inks based on nano-technology, InkTec inks are purely transparent silver inks which are not formulated by particle structure. The inks are stable even in long-term storage and applicable to various substrates because they enable ink sintering in low temperature for conductive trace.

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.

Multek Flexible Circuits Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX), has delivered reliable Flexible Electronics and Materials for over 60 years. Our state of the art equipment enables sketch to scale solutions, which helps to optimize your cost/benefit equation. Built upon a foundation of rapid response, technology leadership and high reliability, Multek empowers customers to take products to the market quickly through early engineering, integrating our unique technologies, and volume production. Our solutions leverage a broad range of high-performance products, materials, and solutions.

NanoMas Technologies, Inc. engages in the research, development, engineering, and commercialization of nanotechnology and nanomaterials. We offer various inks such as silver and gold nanoparticle inks, conjugated polymer inks, and polymer dielectric inks, as well as conductor and semiconductor nanocrystal inks for printable electronics. We also develop functional nanoparticulates, including silver and gold nanoparticles and decorated carbon nanotubes. In addition inks and nanoparticulates, NanoMas provides carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers incorporating various physical, mechanical, electrical and optical properties for applications in multifunctional polymer nanocomposites, biosensors and medical diagnostics, and novel drug delivery. These inks are designed for applications in various technologies including:

 

 

Our innovative technologies allow production of printable conductor, semiconductor, and dielectric inks for printed electronics.

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.

Organic & Printed Electronics serves professionals involved in the development, integration and utilization of organic and printed electronics products and technologies in North America. The publication provides a cost-effective way for vendors providing products and services for the organics and printed electronics marketplace to reach qualified buyers and specifiers with a magnitude that has not been possible before.

PixDro is an innovative company, specialized in the research & development of industrial inkjet applications and the manufacturing of advanced inkjet printing systems for research and industry. Our experience in the inkjet printing market has resulted in various innovative technologies and products.

 

Our products consist of printing modules embedded in an open system architecture allowing PixDro to customize our systems (LP 50 and LP 150) for client specific processes and applications. These building blocks enable easy integration and migration from entry-level single layer printing for R&D purposes to volume printing in an industrial system.

 

With these products and modules PixDro facilitates the development of applications and offers a migration path to a complete industrial production system.

 

As part of the OTB-Group, PixDro offers complete printing solutions including pre and post processing; thereby, providing a complete solution for your requirements.

www.pixdro.com www.otb.nl

PolyIC develops and markets products based on the platform technology printed electronics: In the course of this PolyIC offers products from the field "Touch Sensors & Passive Devices".

 

Touch sensors based on the PolyTC® technology offer transparent, conductive and flexible possibilities for touch screens and capacitive keys in any variants. Furthermore, this technology enables the setup of flexible circuit structures as passive devices for a huge variety of further applications. The highlight is the possibility to combine decoration and function to achieve a maximum of design flexibility.

PLEXTRONICS, Inc. an international technology company that specializes in printed lighting, display, solar and other organic electronics. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company's focus is on organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and organic solar technology, specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications. The privately held company was founded in 2002 as a spinout from Carnegie Mellon University, based upon conductive polymer technology developed by Dr. Richard McCullough. Since then, Plextronics scientists have refined and further developed this technology to deliver exceptional performance for printed electronics. The company is ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified. For more information about Plextronics, visit www.plextronics.com

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.

Printexs Located in Mesa, Arizona, Printexs has established itself as a leader in custom digital, functional printing. Their specialty is applying EMI, RFI and conductive coatings. Printexs employs a broad range of high performance functional coatings which include EMI/RFI coatings (copper, silver, etc.), epoxy, polyurethane, acrylic and enamel coatings. The core strength of Printexs is the expertise of its technicians in their particular area of coating and printing applications. In addition to the above coatings, Printexs offers customized silkscreening, photo etching, CNC machining, Large format thermal and inkjet printing.

 

Printexs is working with partnering companies on digital thermal transfer conductive and non-conductive ribbons and substrates for functional printed electroluminescent lighting and printed electronic applications.

RadTech International is the trade association for UV & EB curing technology and is the authoritative source for information on the use of UV & EB curable materials for flexible and printed electronics. Visit our website to discover the possibilities in using UV & EB technology to cure inks, coatings, and adhesives in your flexible and printed electronics process.

From the Rieke Metals headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, we manufacture the broadest line of organozinc halides and poly-3-alkylthiophenes of any company in the world. We offer over 5,000 organometallic building blocks and over 40,000 fine chemicals with the ability to custom manufacture many more. The Rieke team has over 135 years of shared experience conducting inert atmosphere reactions. Our expertise in creating reliable organozinc and Grignard reagents, fine chemicals, semiconducting polymers is unmatched. It's no surprise that Rieke Metals has been honored to serve many of the largest and most innovative pharmaceutical and electronics companies in the world.

The Durel Division of Rogers Corporation will present their Printed Electronics and Lighting Solutions. Durel has over twenty years of design and high volume manufacturing experience in printed electronics. Our screen printing capabilities include product design, electrical, mechanical and optical testing, precision registration along with finished product converting and assembly operations.

 

Products and applications include medical electrodes and sensors, capacitive sensors, conductive adhesives, antenna, electroluminescent lamps, light guide film backlights and polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC).

 

Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) is a global technology leader in the development of high performance specialty-materials-based products for a variety of applications in diverse markets. The company operates sales and manufacture facilities in the United States, Europe and Asia.

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.

SonoPlot designs and sells Microplotter® materials dispensing systems for drawing features as small as 10 to 20 microns. Our patented ultrasonic dispensing technology enables true contiguous lines for superior conductive traces and enables the deposition of a wide range of materials, including solutions containing graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, and polymers.

Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. Leveraging 50 years of experience as a supplier to the printed circuits industry, Sun Chemical has recently commercialized a range of new products for membrane switch, RFID and photovoltaics markets.

Manufacturer of LASER SYSTEMS, UV STEPPERS, UV SCANNERS and MASK ALIGNERS. Tamarack supplies photolithography and laser micromachining systems. We specialize in applications including: Displays, RFID, Solar Cells, Organic Electronics, MEMS, Medical Devices and HDI. Our Excimer and Solid State ablation systems are ideal for direct pattern etching thin metals from various organic substrates to form transistors or other electronic circuits. In addition, these systems are used to via drill most types of organic and inorganic materials with selective material removal, down to 1um. Systems designed for Roll-to-Roll, Reel-to-Reel and Sheet handling. Resolution capabilities to 1um. Machines designed for 24/7 production environments.

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

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.

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 .

Unidym is a leader in the development, manufacture, and application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for electronic devices. Unidym's CNT-based transparent conductive film delivers both process simplification and mechanical robustness for touch screens and display applications. When CNT-based films are compared to current ITO/IZO transparent electrode materials, Unidym's products offer valuable features such as uniform transmission across the entire visible light spectrum, mechanical flexibility, reduced reflectivity and are more cost effective to manufacture. In addition to its product applications, Unidym has an expansive IP portfolio, with over 200 foreign and domestic patents and patent applications on CNTs and their applications.

UniJet Co. Ltd is a total solution provider of inkjet printing systems and technology, especially for electronic material deposition. UniJet supplies printing systems ranging from R&D systems to mass production systems for LCD, PDP, OLED, PLED, solar cell, PCB, RFID, semiconductor packaging, and various coating applications. Mass production systems are customized to meet the application requirements and specifications with R2R printing systems. UniJet also offers process know how for various application developments as well as for application specific inks.

Xennia has a broad range of capability in inkjet technology applicable to printed electronics. Xennia is a leading developer and supplier of inks and processes including conductive, resistive, semiconductor, electrochromic, etch resist, colour filter and OLED inks. Xennia is also able to supply robust industrial inkjet modules and systems for production applications, and can support inkjet development programmes by supplying development tools and printing systems.