31 Mar 2008

Progress of OLED displays in East Asia - part 1
Speaking to key developers of OLED displays, companies agree that the market for such displays will be at least $0.69 Billion this year, as forecast by IDTechEx.
31 Mar 2008

HF RFID - the Great Leap Forward
Last year, about $2.5 billion was spent on tags and systems at HF (13.56MHz), ten times the amount on RFID at any other frequency and representing 50% of the global RFID market. Now IDTechEx tracks a rush of technology innovation and new market opportunities.
12 Mar 2008

Printed electronics focuses in Dresden
The vibrant new printed electronics industry is being created as energetically in Germany as anywhere else in the world.
24 Jan 2008

New direction for printed electronics in 2008
The money spent on printed and potentially printed electronics doubled in 2007, as did the number of organisations participating.
9 Jan 2008

Doubling of interest in printed electronics
The interest in printed electronics has doubled in the last year. This is the conclusion whether you measure it by organisations active in the subject, event attendance, patent filings or in some other way.
11 Dec 2007

Polymer Vision pioneers world's first production of rollable displays
Polymer Vision, a spin out of Royal Philips Electronics, announced first production level rollable electrophoretic displays from its recently acquired manufacturing facility, Polymer Vision (UK) Ltd in Southampton, England - previously owned by Southampton University and called Innos.
6 Dec 2007

Sony Japan launches world's first OLED TV
Sony launched in Japan last week the world's first OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV, "XEL-1".
21 Nov 2007

Sony releases next generation 'electronic paper' display in Japan
Sony has now come up with their next generation 'electronic paper' display - PRS-505 which delivers an even faster response and contrast ratio, making it easier for getting stuck into a good read on bright sunny days due to its electrophoretic display.
26 Oct 2007

Printed Electronics USA conference and exhibition - world's largest
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA conference and exhibition in San Francisco on November 14-15 is the World's largest event on the topic by many parameters. Even with almost a month to go, there are 45 confirmed exhibitors with just a few places left and more than 400 registered delegates.
24 Oct 2007

RFID in Japan
IDTechEx has been on the road again, finding out what is the latest in the RFID world. We recently went to Japan, where we met with several companies very active with major projects in the field, but in different sectors. Here we summarise the progress of RFID in Japan.
17 Oct 2007

US Printed Electronics conference will have many amazing demos
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event in San Francisco, 11-15 November, is being deluged with breakthrough products that will be on show.
23 Sep 2007

Inaugural IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia Event is a Sell-Out
Over 180 attendees from 12 countries came to the first IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia conference and exhibition. The majority of delegates were from Japan, with many surprise attendances from major Japanese institutions getting involved in this exciting new topic.
20 Aug 2007

Is Europe Losing the Race?
Overall, Europe may be losing the race for the huge new business of printed electronics and the rejuvenation of society that it will bring. This is despite having far more academic institutions than East Asia working on the subject, the number being comparable to the number in the USA.
27 Jul 2007

Enthusiasm for New Printed Electronics Conference in Tokyo
IDTechEx conferences on Printed Electronics in the USA and Europe are highly regarded. By popular request, the company is now staging an annual Printed Electronics Asia conference and exhibition in Tokyo September 10-11. The title is carefully chosen because both organic and inorganic electronics have a great future. It is therefore best to explore all the possibilities and achievements.
11 Jul 2007

The Market for Organic and Printed Electronics
Based on the latest research by IDTechEx, reported in the new report Organic & Printed Electronics Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2007-2027, the market for printed and thin film electronics will be $1.18 billion in 2007. IDTechEx forecast the market growing to $5.06 billion by 2011, and $48.18 billion in 2027.