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Voxel8 made at splash at CES 2015 when they unveiled their new 3D printer, the first of its kind, that is capable of 3D printing objects made from both plastics and conductive inks. This will spark an explosion of interest in 3D printed electronics in 2015.

Vancive Medical Technologies are the Medical division of Avery Dennison. Their wearable electronics product is a disposable skin patch device that does activity and health monitoring. They work with partners that want to use the data produced by the device.

Ohmatex work in smart textile development, and are known for integrating electronics into technical textiles and wearable devices. The company has participated in several European projects in this field (Safe@Sea, Place-it, MyWear and PowerWeave).

Proteus first received funding for research into digital healthcare projects in 2004. Based in Redwood City, CA, they now have over 200 employees and have worked on several collaborations, including with Novartis, Medtronic, Oracle and the NHS in the UK. They underwent rebranding in 2012, changing their name from Proteus Biomedical to Proteus Digital Health. They are a privately held company, and have received over $400 million in funding from sources including Carlyle, Essex Woodlands, Kaiser Permanente®, Medtronic®, Novartis®, Otsuka®, Oracle®, ON Semiconductor® and other investors.

Imec is a research centre, with headquarters in Leuven, Belgium, and sites in Belgium, the Netherlands, Taiwan, US, China, India and Japan. They work to bridge the gap between research and industry, with more than 75% of their income coming from industry partners.

Footfalls and Heartbeats are a small research and development company working on innovation with functional textiles, including compressive/tensile force sensors, conductive connectors and optical fibre integration.

Thalmic labs are a Canadian startup that makes the Myo armband. It is worn on the forearm and enables a variety of gesture control functions using EMG sensing and an accelerometer.

Samsara S.r.l. is a holding group which controls several brands around luxury textiles. Their Dreamlux brand involves a series of products and projects around the integration of fiber optic lighting in textiles.

Beijing Telezone Technology Co.,Ltd. is focused on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, especially active RFID and the Internet of Things applications. It is located in Zhongguancun Hi-Tech Park, Beijing and won the top ten high-tech enterprises in Zhongguancun.

Stretchsense makes stretch and pressure sensors intended for use in measuring human body motion. They are a startup that spun out of the Auckland Bioengineering institute in 2012.

Vivalnk started selling a new product in 2014. They make a wearable skin patch that use NFC pairing to unlock a smartphone. They call it the eSkin Tatoo. Vivalnk is now developing new functionalities for their eSkin Tatoo, including temperature sensing.

Teiimo are a small but experienced e-textile company based in Germany. They have recently completed demonstrators for biometric sports apparel which they demonstrated at the IDTechEx Show in Berlin.

BeBop sensors spun out from KMI in 2014. They provide flexible, smart textile sensors for OEMs, mainly based around measuring pressure, strain or torsion. They use print sensors onto fabrics using stretchable inks, and have excellent form factor.

Johnson & Johnson Innovations are a technology scouting, analysis and acquisitions arm of Johnson & Johnson. They have 4 innovation centres in the world; two in the USA (West & East Coast), in London and in Shanghai. Their role is to identify current research in their fields of interest, and then help to develop it towards commercial applications. This discussion is centered around wearable technologies.

Runtastic GmbH produce apps, products and services for fitness and exercise tracking. Alongside a suite of niche hardware, the Runtastic Orbit is a waterproof fitness tracker wristband for general fitness and sleep monitoring. They also produce a suite of 18 mobile apps for fitness which have been downloaded 95 million times.

Graphene 3D Lab are a spin-out from Graphene Laboratories specialising in developing thermoplastic filament for 3D printing enhanced with graphene nanoplatelets.

Sensum run a software platform that collates and analyses data from wearable sensors and other devices. They are a small company of 7 employees based in Belfast, UK.

Electrozyme was founded in 2012, as a spin out of the University of California San Diego (UCSD). They have developed printed electrochemical sensors for the chemical analysis of sweat. In 2015, the company changed its name to Biolinq.

Mölnlycke Health Care is a leading manufacturer of wound care products. The company is well known for its Safetac technology, which incorporates a special adhesive minimizing pain and discomfort. The Mölnlycke brand name comes from the town of Mölnlycke, not far from Gothenburg in Sweden, where the company was founded.

INCORE's expertise is concentrated around imaging systems and optical methods for 100% surface inspection of continuous or discontinuous processes. The core activity of the company is to design and manufacture automatic surface inspection systems based on line scan cameras, high performance illumination and computer technology with their proprietary real time and post processing software solutions.