18 Nov 2009

Printed electronics needs new design rules
The first cars looked like horse drawn carriages - suboptimal and using the design rules of the past. So it is with most printed electronics today. It is frequently burdened with old fashioned components like silicon chips, cylindrical capacitors, chip resistors and button batteries.
4 Aug 2009

Huge benefit of full integration of printed electronics
IDTechEx Chairman, Dr Peter Harrop examines the progress to full integration of printed electronics.
External press release
7 Jul 2009

Prelonic presents novelties
Produced via conventional printing processes, paper thin, flexible and at a cost level far below all known electronics: Printed electronics are expected to create a new era in electronics.
1 Jul 2009

Surge in inorganic printed and thin film electronics
Organic printed electronics has attracted hundreds of participants over the years. However, the topic is as much about inorganic electronics as it is organics - organic electronics is not the end game for all printed electronics.
3 Jun 2009

New focus for printed electronics
In the last year, the burgeoning printed and thin film electronics industry has greatly enhanced its repertoire and changed its priorities, encompassing such things as rapid commercialisation of disposable and invisible electronics.
External press release
3 Jun 2009

OE-A Unveils New Roadmap and Demonstrators
The updated and expanded third edition of the OE-A Roadmap for organic and printed electronics offers an overview of future product generations as well as requirements for materials and technologies.
8 Apr 2009

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

End-user needs important for growth in printed electronics industry
IDTechEx spoke at iPak workshop where it was agreed how important it is to understand end users and interact with them, so as to be able to better comprehend their needs and requirements for Printed Electronics.
External press release
3 Dec 2008

Soligie and Acreo partner for roll-to-roll production
Soligie, a market leader in the design and manufacture of Printed Electronics and ACreo, a leading Swedish research institute, have announced that they have entered into an agreement for the development and volume manufacturing of Acreo's printed electrochromic display technology, PaperDisplay™.
13 Nov 2008

Printed electronics - The magic arrives
How Printed Electronics is changing consumer goods and services - highlights from the forthcoming Printed Electronics USA event
11 Nov 2008

IDTechEx report on Intellipak conference held 5 November - Part two
IDTechEx finalises its report on the Intellipak conference held on 5 November in Sweden
24 Jul 2008

Inorganic FETs on paper
In Portugal, a new field effect transistor with paper interstrate layer has now been developed.
22 Jul 2008

Nanopaper is stronger than cast iron
Scientists at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden have developed a new material called cellulose nanopaper by exposing wood pulp to certain chemicals.
27 Nov 2007

Printed Electronics Arena meeting report - Sweden
On 20 November, the Printed Electronics Arena had a one day meeting in Norrkoping Science Park Sweden
19 Oct 2007

OE-A Germany helps R&D activities and product plans
The second version of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) roadmap provides a forecast for the market entry of printed electronics through 2015 and beyond.
15 Oct 2007

The huge impact of printed transistors
A new range of transistors using thin films of organic or inorganic compounds as the semiconductors and gate dielectrics are being pursued by organizations in over 30 countries. The new IDTechEx report
24 Jul 2007

Changes in the Target Markets for Printed Electronics
It is inevitable that the choice of best markets for printed electronics will change as developers establish the strengths and weaknesses of their products and learn which users are keen and which are not.
16 Jul 2007

Printed Electronics is More Disruptive than we Realised
More savvy developers are now realizing that printed electronics can be a completely new way of doing things and we are only just beginning to understand how revolutionary and wide ranging this is.