21 Dec 2022

Segmenting the Polymer 3D Printing Materials Market
"Diverse and Developing" - the only way to describe the current breadth of the polymer materials portfolio for additive manufacturing. From materials that vary in form factor (i.e., powders, resins, filaments) to material properties (i.e., flexible, reinforced, tough, etc.) to application (i.e., medical, industrial, dental, etc.), it can be difficult to define suitable enough categories that adequately cover this diverse market.
Full profile interview
14 Oct 2022

EFFECT Photonics
EFFECT Photonics is a highly vertically integrated circuit design company, whereby it designs monolithic indium phosphide (InP) chips and sells packaged modules for pluggable optics, as well as the ASICs, itself. IDTechEx spoke with Harald Graber, Chief Commercial Officer.
Update interview
19 Aug 2022

Jabil (Printed Electronics)
Electronics manufacturer Jabil is investigating the use of printed copper inks as a replacement for silver inks in flexible hybrid electronics. At FLEX 2022, it presented its assessment and qualification process for commercially available copper inks.
Update
20 May 2022

3D Systems
3D Systems are a historic market leader in 3D printing, manufacturing both printers and materials. This update covers two major announcements from 3D Systems in H1 2022: two acquisitions and the launch of a new SLA printer.
External press release
14 Dec 2020

MakerBot Offers Three New ABS Composite Materials from Kimya
MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing and subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd announces that three new Kimya ABS composite materials by ARMOR have been qualified for MakerBot LABS for the MakerBot METHOD X 3D printer.
13 Apr 2020

Routes to 3D Electronics: Assessment of Technologies and Applications
Metallization of 3D surfaces is a growing field with diverse applications. In this article, we briefly discuss some techniques and applications thereof. More specifically, we discuss and critically benchmark laser direct structuring, aerosol, 3D printed electronics, two-shot molding and In-Mold Electronics.
17 Mar 2020

Technology Development Toward Multilayered Flexible Hybrid Electronics
Flexible Hybrid Electronics have been used to fabricate multi-layer circuits that are conformable, low-cost and suitable for a wide variety of applications, from smart packaging, connected healthcare, intelligent industrials to efficient infrastructure.