Elephantech Inc

Elephantech is a Japanese company founded in 2014. It is developing a novel additive manufacturing method of making flexible printed circuit boards with an emphasis on both scalability and sustainability.

Elephantech have developed an alternative method of manufacturing both rigid and flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs). This is termed 'print-then-plate', and involves printing a thin layer of conductive ink followed by electroless plating.

Elpehantech, formerly AgIC, have developed an additive PCB manufacturing method. Silver nanoparticles are printed only onto the required areas of the board surface, and then electroless plating technology is applied to grow copper traces onto the printed areas.