Full profile interview
5 Apr 2023

Kuraray: Vectran
Kuraray is a major chemical company. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Forrest Sloan (Manager, International Marketing) about Vectran, Kuraray's high-performance yarn spun from liquid crystal polymer.
Youtube interview
10 Mar 2020

Polyimide Flexible Film Replaces Glass, Silicon Wafer, Ceramics and Me
Founded as a textile company in 1882, the TOYOBO Group has been utilizing its four core technologies - polymerization, modification, processing and biotechnologies - for creating a better society. We exhibit our cutting-edge products including dimensionally-stable polyimide film(Xenomax), world's strongest fibre (Zylon), stretchable conductive film(COCOMI).
Youtube interview
9 Mar 2020

Intelligent Sheet Music Uses Light Weight Substrates Instead of Glass
Founded as a textile company in 1882, the TOYOBO Group has been utilizing its four core technologies - polymerization, modification, processing and biotechnologies - for creating a better society.
We exhibit our cutting-edge products including dimensionally-stable polyimide film(Xenomax), world's strongest fiber(Zylon), stretchable conductive film(COCOMI).
External press release
18 Nov 2019

Toyobo Will Exhibit Cutting Edge Technologies at IDTechEx Show!
The Toyobo Group will exhibit its products at IDTechEx Show! - one of the world's biggest state-of-the-art technology exhibitions - on November 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, California. Under the theme of "Exploring New Horizons with You," the Toyobo booth will give visitors first-hand experience of products and technologies that help make daily lives richer and more convenient.
Background
14 Nov 2019

Toyobo (Cocomi)
IDTechEx met with Kazunori Hirata and Tomoyuki Miyamoto from Toyobo at their site in Osaka, Japan. They gave us a brief update of their progress with their e-textile product "Cocomi".
18 Sep 2019

At Last a Smart Materials Event for Business Deals
The IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, California on November 20-21 has it all. There will be over 270 exhibitors engaging with 3,500 attendees; seven parallel conferences and even masterclasses on November 19 and 22, with matchmaking services and awards. Land the big order or at least come away "married" and famous!
Background
2 Aug 2019

Synvina
Synvina is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avantium and uses the YXY Process to produce biobased FDCA and PEF.
3 Jul 2019

Conductive Inks: Power Electronics, EMI Shielding, In-Mold Electronics
Every year IDTechEx Research publishes an article that reflects the latest trends in the conductive ink industry. These articles are based on IDTechEx Research's report "Conductive Ink Markets 2019-2029: Forecasts, Technologies, Players", which is the result of ongoing research over the past eight years. This year IDTechEx will give an update on multiple less mature trends which offer high growth potential.
27 Nov 2017

Stretchable and Conformable Electronics: Heading Toward Market Reality
Stretchable and conformal electronics are more than just novelties. This article by IDTechEx analysts Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh and James Hayward, first published in SID Information Display, describes how many of the simpler and less glamorous aspects of stretchable and conformable devices have already been commercialized or are very close to being commercialized.