- White OLED Outlook Brightens with Efficiency Breakthrough
GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), GE Lighting and Konica Minolta (KM) have achieved a major breakthrough that brings the companies closer to making high-efficiency organic light-emitting diode 2010/08/04
- Teijin Chemicals Enters Electronic Paper Market with Transparent Conductive Films
Teijin Chemicals Limited, the core company of the Teijin Group plastics business, has begun manufacturing and selling transparent conductive films that are expected to be used in new versions of electronic paper that are lighter and thinner than conventio 2010/07/07
- UNIVERSAL DISPLAY PRESENTS ALL-PHOSPHORESCENT WHITE OLED TO ADDRESS INITIAL COMMERCIAL NICHE WHITE LIGHTING APPLICATIONS
Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL),enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED technology and materials, will announce advances today in white OLED performance on a commercial-scale 15 cm x 15 cm lighting panel using 2010/06/03
- LG BRINGS BREAKTHROUGH OLED TECHNOLOGLY TO THE UK
LG Electronics (LG) is showcasing its highly anticipated OLED TV (15EL9500) at the Gadget Show Live this week to give UK consumers a taste of an exciting new way of watching content. 2010/05/10
- Mitsubishi Chemical and Pioneer Concluded Business and Capital Alliance Agreement on Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Lighting
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yoshimitsu Kobayashi; hereinafter Mitsubishi Chemical) and Pioneer Corporation (Head Office: Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa; President: Susumu Kotani; hereinafter "Pioneer") have entered i 2010/03/11
- LG Display Unveils Newspaper-Size Flexible E-Paper
LG Display Co., Ltd. [NYSE:LPL, KRX:034220], a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced it has developed the world largest flexible e-paper. 2010/01/28
- Kodak to Sell OLED Display Business
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) announced today that it will sell substantially all the assets associated with its OLED business to a group of LG companies. 2009/12/10
- Xerox Claims Printable Electronics Breakthrough
Xerox on Tuesday announced a new silver ink (among other things) that it's calling, and apparently is, a breakthrough in printable electronics, a leading edge concept that's generated a lot of discussion but few actual products to date, largely because of 2009/11/05
- Printed Electronics :Tarzwell Glimpses Into the Future
Many do not truly understand just how big printed electronic circuits (PECs) will become. I believe that PECs will affect nearly every aspect of our life in one way or another. 2009/10/01
- Printed electronics bringing new products to market for Belair
In the years leading up to its commercial-use of printed electronics, Belair Microelectronics found many of the initial prophecies about printed electronics replacing the printed circuit board industry to be exaggerated. Instead, what it found was a techn 2009/09/17
- Printed electronics of silicon in South Africa
The engine of the new printed electronics will be printed transistors on flexible substrates that can be one tenth to one hundredth of the cost of those in simple silicon chips. 2009/08/28
- £20m to boost UK printed electronics industry
An investment of £20m to the Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) in the North East of England could create up to 1500 jobs across the UK over the next four years in the printed electronics industry. 2009/08/20
- Innovative materials and new printing processes driving printed electronics ahead
The partners of the gForum Organic Electronicsh Excellence Cluster – BASF SE, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG and Darmstadt Technical University – are working at high pressure on the printing technology of the future 2009/07/30
- Inorganic printed electronics employs new compounds
There are huge opportunities for companies providing inorganic chemicals to printed and potentially printed electronics. Here, Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, summarises some of the findings from the new IDTechEx report Inorganic and Composite Printe 2009/07/09
- Huge increase in printed electronics toolkit
This year has already seen a huge increase in the choice of electronic components that can be printed or are compatible with printing in that they are thin, flexible and can support further printed circuitry on top. 2009/06/25
- Green Energy from Organic and Printed Electronics
Renewable energies play a decisive role in the energy concepts of the future. However, their potential will remain largely limited as long as the sunfs energy can neither be stored nor utilized on a large scale. 2009/06/18
- Flexible displays coming from Prime View International
At S.I.D. 2009, Ian French from Prime View International (PVI) gave an excellent presentation on progress with flexible displays. French firstly covered work on flexible LCDs, which IDTechEx recently wrote about after our visit to Hong Kong. 2009/06/11
- 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. The percentage of prin 2009/06/04
- Can Printed Electronics Replace PCB Technology?
In the last Bleeding Edge column, I covered a few of the very basic points of printed electronics. 2009/05/21
- Printed Electronics: This One WILL Come Back to Bite Us
Who runs the largest conference in the fastest growth segment of the printed circuits industry? IPC? No. CPCA, then? No. TPCA or JPCA? No. Itfs not EIPC. Itfs not NEPCON or Productronica. 2009/05/14
- Printed Electronics, Inkjets and Silver Ink
I have been working with silver ink and ink jet printing for many years. In the 80s, my company was involved in a yearlong R&D program for Nortel. 2009/05/07
- Printed Electronics: The Next Generation of PCBs?
The next generation of printed circuits may be totally different than what we produce now. 2009/04/30
- Printed Electronics Products
In the afternoon of the first day of the hugely succesful IDTechEx event Printed Electronics Europe, there was a session on radical new electronics products where Professor Gunther Hubner of the Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart described how the screen pr 2009/04/23
- Near-Term Opportunities for Large Area Flexible Electronics
In 2007, the iNEMI Roadmap included (for the first time) a chapter on Organic and Printed Electronics. For the 2009 edition, the scope of this chapter has been expanded to include the variety of technology platforms being investigated in this emerging fie 2009/04/16
- Germany Trade & Invest Receives Printed Electronics Champion Award
For its success in helping investors set up offices and manufacturing facilities in Germany, Germany Trade & Invest has been recognized for its contribution to the printed electronics industry with the "Printed Electronics Champion" award. This distinctio 2009/04/09
- Breakthrough in Producing Printed Memory
Thin Film Electronics, an Oslo, Norway, based Company with R&D facilities in Linkoping, Sweden, known as Thinfilm, and InkTec Co. Ltd, known as InkTec, have together made a breakthrough in producing printed memory on flexible substrates. 2009/04/02
- Samsung announces printed electronics developments
Samsung and its university partners, Stanford University and Sungkyunkwan University, have claimed to have solved two of the last problems in producing large-scale printable electronics. 2009/03/26
- PETEC printed electronics facility kick-starts UK production
Printed electronics may soon bear the legend gMade in UKh if PETEC (the Printable Electronics Technology Center) has its way. 2009/03/19
- Top Companies in Printed Electronics
Printed electronics change everything from medical end products to product packaging. Two recent reports from Electronics.ca Publications and IDTechEx discuss the companies developing and commercializing printed electronics for consumer products, e-displa 2009/03/12
- Printed electronics forecasts
IDTechEx finds that the market for printed and potentially printed electronics, including organics, inorganics and composites, will rise from $1.92 billion in 2009 to $57.16 billion in 2019. 2009/03/05
- Printed Electronics Development and Manufacturing is Accelerated with Nanotechnologies from NovaCentrix
In comparison with traditional circuit manufacturing, the appeal of printed electronics is strong. The use of additive printing methods to deposit the functional electronic materials only where needed allows the use of low-cost flexible substrate material 2009/02/26
- New Silver-based Ink Has Applications In Electronics
A new ink developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows them to write their own silver linings. 2009/02/19
- Printed Electronics is Profitable
The older forms of printed electronics have been profitable for a long time. That includes printed conducting patterns such as membrane keyboards, RFID antennas and heated clothing. Printed batteries are now getting traction, particularly now that they ar 2009/02/12
- The future of printed electronics
The key to mass production of plastic electronic devices lies in the advances made in processing technologies such as printing, vacuum deposition and roll-to-roll processing. 2009/02/05
- Printed electronics startup makes display-battery module
Prelonic Technologies OG (Linz, Austria), a printed electronics startup formed in 2007, has built prototype samples of display-battery modules created by printing on a single substrate. 2009/01/29
- What we need from printed electronics - feedback from end users
At the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2009 conference and exhibition, IDTechEx will uniquely feature a range of end user companies discussing their needs from printed electronics. 2009/01/22
- Printed Electronics for Food and Drink
Campden BRI, the largest food and drink research centre in the UK will stage its "Active and Intelligent Packaging " third international conference at its premises in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire on Wednesday 1 April and Thursday 2 April followed by 2009/01/15
- Creative Materials displays at Printed Electronics USA 2008
Creative Materials, Inc., a leading manufacturer of electrically conductive ink, coatings and adhesives participated and exhibited at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics trade show in San Jose on December 3-4 at the San Jose Convention Center. 2009/01/08
- GE scientists display first-ever OLED Christmas tree
Scientists and engineers on GE's OLED research team are celebrating the holiday season with a first-ever OLED Christmas tree lighting at GE's Global Research Center headquarters in Niskayuna, NY. 2008/12/25
- Citala's innovative flexible display technology
The company develops, manufactures, supplies and supports flexible, reflective displays. Citala's displays are based on the company's proprietary optical shutter film trademarked Onyx™, that can rapidly change from opaque to transparent under electr 2008/12/18
- OLED displays could be used in smart product packaging
European researchers have developed a cost-effective method for manufacturing flexible displays in much the same way that newspapers are printed. Their work promises to revolutionise packaging, advertising and even clothing. 2008/12/11
- Wider interest in printed electronics
At a time of financial uncertainty, companies know they must accelerate their move into the future. That is why there is a huge interest in printed electronics, a subject that pushes all the right buttons - environmental, affordable and leading to a new m 2008/12/04
- DuPont MCM introduces new offering for printed electronics
DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM), part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, today announced the introduction of a new silver conductive ink formulated for use in printed electronics. 2008/11/27
- Silver and its importance to printed electronics
The market for silver conductive inks will almost triple during the next eight years to reach $2.4 billion by 2015 claim industry experts. 2008/11/20
- Printed electronics - The magic arrives
Electronic circuits that are wholly or substantially printed are a commercial success today. 2008/11/13
- Samsung Electronics launches first color large scale EPD e-paper
Samsung Electronics launched the world's first carbon nanotube-based color active matrix electrophoretic display (EPD) e-paper last month. 2008/11/06
- Rapid growth expected from the OLED lighting industry
Recent reports indicate that the OLED market is set to take off and reach $2.7 billion by 2015 with rapid growth expected from the OLED lighting industry creating demand of up to 90% for OLED materials by volume. 2008/10/30
- OLED100.eu research consortium to spearhead the advancement of OLEDs
OLED100.eu, an integrated research project, has brought together a consortium of experts from leading industry and academic organisations to accelerate the development of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technologies in Europe. It has received €1 2008/10/23
- Applied Nanotech exclusive copper nano-inks for printed electronics
Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. have announced that the third phase of its research project with a leading industrial chemical products company in Japan, announced on September 29, 2008, has been expanded and the previously announced funding of $700,000 h 2008/10/16
- Printed Electronics at Seiko Epson
Paul Patterson of Seiko Epson gave a brief insight into the company's history and expertise with printed electronics at the recent NanoTX conference in Dallas, USA, attended by IDTechEx. 2008/10/09
- Academia meets Industry at IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2008
The fifth annual Printed Electronics USA conference and exhibition covers the full breadth of applications, technologies and opportunities in the exciting field of printed, flexible electronics. 2008/10/02
- Soligie Progresses Co-deposition of Printed Electronics Components
IDTechEx recently visited Soligie in Minnesota, USA. Soligie is wholly owned by Taylor Corporation, a $1 Billion holding company which owns about 100 businesses focussing on niche areas of printing and media. Matt Timm, President of Soligie, and a veteran 2008/09/25
- CDT develops organic thin film transistor software model
IDTechEx sees that the biggest opportunity for Organic Light Emitting Diodes OLEDs is when they can be large area and/or flexible. Both options are constrained today by the back plane, which is usually a-Si (amorphous silicon with hydrogen in the lattice) 2008/09/18
- Reading device with revolutionary plastic electronics display
In a bid to tap into the largely ignored business user market, Plastic Logic has unveiled an electronic reading device that provides a powerful tool to make people more productive and simplify their working lives. 2008/09/09
- Organic electronics in Germany getting a huge push forward
This week, the German ministry for Education and Research BMBF announced the 5 winners in a strategic program which aims to strengthen cooperation between science, research and industry with 200 million Euros over the next 5 years. 2008/09/04
- Alternative displays
Single-wall carbon nanotube (CNT) thin-film transistors (TFTs) are now possible for flexible displays and electronics, thanks to breakthroughs from the collaboration between the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and Applied Nanotech, Inc (ANI). Dr Paul Be 2008/08/26
- Ultrafast computers a step closer but OLED efficiencies look bleak
USA - University of Utah, physicists have moved a step forward in building an organic "spin transistor": a plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast computers and electronics. 2008/08/21
- Printed inorganic phase change memory
Materials used in CDs and DVDs form the basis of a technology that one day could replace flash memory cards used in laptops, cellphones, cameras and other electronic devices. 2008/08/14
- Chemicals for printed electronics - Huge new market
Printed electronics is a term used to encompass printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics. Indeed, with these new technologies, electronics and electrics are merging, an example being the planned window that gathers energy from the sun and 2008/08/01
- Blue Spark Technologies unveils innovative printed battery designs
Blue Spark Technologies, the leading supplier of thin, flexible printed battery solutions, now offers two additional battery designs that expand potential markets and product development possibilities for the company's eco-friendly, carbon-zinc printed ba 2008/07/28
- Replacing printed silver with copper
The cost of silver tends to increase over the years and there is concern that it is a biocide. Indeed, it is far less abundant than the indium that printed electronics experts are trying to replace because of its cost escalation. 2008/07/21
- New strategy for printed electronics
It is now generally accepted that printed electronics is headed to be a business of the order of $300 billion yearly in about twenty years time. A number of large companies realise that this creates the opportunity to create ten billion dollar activities 2008/07/15
- Memristors could play a role in computer memories that do not forget
Researchers from HP Labs have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering. 2008/07/09
- Breakthrough in metal ink cure: room temperature on cheap substrates
As analysts IDTechEx is in the fortunate position to see the constant developments in materials and processes in printed electronics. 2008/07/02
- Matsushita plan to mass produce OLED TVs in 2011
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co plan to mass-produce 37-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs in three years reported the Japanese newspaper the Sankei Shimbun daily on Tuesday. 2008/06/25
- Ultra low power electrochromic displays
US based AJJER LLC is developing ultra low power electrochromic displays and indicators operating at less than 2.4 volts and within a range of 1 to 5 mW. The displays can be fully printed, and consist of three layers including the conductive layers. Elect 2008/06/19
- New OLED lighting company in Japan
A joint venture business between Mitsubishi Jyukougyou, Toppan Insatsu and Mitsui Bussan has been set up called Lumiotec. 2008/06/10
- All eyes on printed electronics
Printed and potentially printed electronics was first seen as a way of sharply reducing the cost of everything from lighting to personal electronics 2008/06/03
- World's largest digital non-emissive display
At the SID 2008 event last week, Kevin Luczkow of the Kraft Group discussed their use of large area displays in a new sports exhibit hall they are building. The Kraft Group's assets in sports and entertainment include the New England Patriots, the New Eng 2008/05/28
- OLED-T sets out electron injector and transport material leadership
19 May 2008 - Los Angeles, US - OLED-T, a developer and manufacturer of world-class organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials and device structures, today staked out its leadership in OLED electron injector and transport materials. 2008/05/19
- Illuminated thin-film keypads with OLEDs
Time for a coffee - yet on large coffee makers, it is hard to tell which button to press for cappuccino or espresso unless they are illuminated. And once the drink has been selected, usually only a tiny LED reveals whether the appropriate button on the ma 2008/05/09
- Schreiner prints new electronic products
Schreiner Group in Germany has made a great success of ac electroluminescent lighting and displays, screen printed with inorganic compounds. 2008/05/06
- How to print OLEDs
OLEDs have huge market potential including 10% of the replacement market for lighting meaning 70 square kilometers per year. 2008/04/30
- Printing printed circuit boards - Seiko Epson
At the recent printed Electronic conference staged by IDTechEx in Dresden Germany, Koichi Mizugaki of SEIKO EPSON Corporation described how SEIKO EPSON has been working on the manufacture of Printed Circuit Boards through inkjet printing. Koichi Mizugaki 2008/04/23
- Invisible electronics
One of the hottest topics in technology today is printed electronics. It is evolving so fast that the full variety of benefits arising has yet to become clear. Take invisible electronics where complete transparency, hiding from sight and possibly light be 2008/04/14
- Soligie to develop smart packaging and drug delivery patch
Minneapolis, MN - Soligie, a market leader in the design and manufacture of printed electronics, announced today that the Company has been awarded contracts to develop a drug delivery patch and a smart packaging product that utilize Soligie's high-speed r 2008/04/07
- Analysis of Printed Electronics Forecasts in 2008
IDTechEx expect the spend on printed and thin film electronics beyond conventional silicon to be $1.58 Billion this year. The majority of this is for OLED display panels ($0.69 Billion) which is the value of the panel and not the final device. Virtually a 2008/04/02
- China repositions in RFID and prints more Part 1
China has about 150 out of the 1000 RFID suppliers in the world. About 100 of them make RFID tags, increasingly by printing the antennas as UHF versions become more popular and the Hana Label process of printing HF antennas reel to reel directly onto the 2008/03/26
- GE demonstrates world's first ''roll-to-roll'' manufactured OLED's
Researchers have demonstrated the world's first roll-to-roll manufactured organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting devices, making it another step closer to producing OLED's at significantly lower prices than available today. 2008/03/13
- Printed electronics focuses in Dresden
The vibrant new printed electronics industry is being created as energetically in Germany as anywhere else in the world. 2008/03/12
- Ciba develops phosphorescent material for Novaled's OLED technology
Ciba has developed a deep red phosphorescent OLED emitter that functions optimally in combination with the Novaled PIN OLEDT technology, delivering a lifetime of 50,000 hours at an initial brightness of 1,000 cd/m2. 2008/03/05
- Printed RFID - RFID Smart Labels USA Part 1
By popular request, printed RFID received much more prominence at this year's RFID Smart Labels USA in Boston February 20-21. 2008/02/25
- Power shirt" would harvest energy from physical movement
Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a "power shirt" able to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, 2008/02/18
- IDTechEx Review: Flexible Displays Conference Phoenix Jan 21-24 Part 1
The Seventh Annual Flexible Electronics and Displays (formerly known as Flexible Displays) Conference and Exhibit was sponsored by the United States Display Consortium (USDC) 2008/02/12
- Quantum Paper near to market in USA
The recent conference Printed Electronics USA in San Francisco had a presentation by two people from the secretive company Quantum Paper. At the request of the company, 2008/02/06
- Green OLED emitter offers world class efficiency performance, UK
OLED-T, has developed a green phosphorescent OLED material with world class efficiency performance, which they say exceeds the requirements for consumer applications. 2008/01/25
- Contact lenses with circuits could be a platform for superhuman vision
USA - Bionic eyes as seen in the popular 1970's TV show "The Six Million Dollar Man" may not be as far fetched as it seems. Engineers at the University of Washington, US have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combin 2008/01/23
- A new printed electronics company in Linz, Austria
Printed batteries and printed displays will be the first products of prelonic technologies OG, a new High-Tech company recently founded in Linz, Austria. Started by entrepreneurs experienced in printed electronics, RFID and Material Sciences the company a 2008/01/15
- 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. 2008/01/09
- Luxury Phosphor watch uses US E Ink display
A dual Analog-Digital wristwatch using US E Ink's electronic paper display technology was recently launched by Art Technology, Hong Kong. 2007/12/24
- Cost-effective production of large-area OLED displays Japan-US
Significant advances in printable, phosphorescent OLED materials for ink-jet printing reported in JapanThe largest potential market for OLEDs is in wide area, low cost, flexible lighting, signage and displays. Here, the challenges include life, even distr 2007/12/14
- Clemson University US announces printed electronics initiatives
The accelerating and constantly changing industry of Printed Electronics is estimated to be worth 100-300 billion dollars in 15 years forecast Clemson University, USA. 2007/12/10
- A step closer to ultra low-cost disposable printed organic RFID tags
Organic materials are of great interest for electronics applications, as they have many advantages over their inorganic counterparts. 2007/12/04
- Printed Electronics Arena meeting report - Sweden
On 20 November, the Printed Electronics Arena had a one day meeting in Norrkoping Science Park Sweden. About 60 people are employed on printed electronics between Norrkoping and Linkoping, 25 kilometers away. 2007/11/27
- Clear future for transparent electronics
Inorganic semiconductor technologies with conventional patterning offer immediate solutions, according to Kodak, which offers Chemical Vapor Deposition CVD to make it happen. 2007/11/16
- Latest technology provides heated jackets
US - Cold season hunters, anglers and outdoorsmen can now enjoy a significant benefit heading out into the field. The new Ink-Logix product heated by the Thermotex system provides the latest technology in heated apparel. 2007/11/15
- Printed electronics is pivotal to the future of mobile phones
Printed electronics is a term that covers printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics. 2007/10/31
- Breakthrough in inspection of organic electronics
We are increasingly seeing demonstrations, samples and first products of printed electronic transistors and other products. 2007/10/30
- The good and bad news about printed electronics in Europe
In continuously updating our new trilogy of reports on respectively printed electronics in Europe, East Asia and the USA, certain lessons jump out of the page. 2007/10/16
- The countries and technologies that matter most in printed electronics
As the constantly updated IDTechEx database of organisations active in printed and potentially printed electronics passes 700 detailed profiles, it is clear that only eight countries out of more than three hundred in the world house over 80% of the organi 2007/10/15
- Portugal Backs All Forms of New Transistor
There is excellent collaboration between the many institutions in Portugal that are researching printed and potentially printed transistors. Together, they are exploring inorganic, organic and composite thin film transistors and even their potential biolo 2007/10/09
- Ubiquitous Sensor Networks Event in Korea
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USN) is the concept of having huge numbers of sensors networked by wireless for reasons as varied as monitoring and controlling the microclimate in industrial greenhouses and hospitals to monitoring weather and pollution in riv 2007/10/08
- Printed Electronics and Devices Alaska
A report from the part of IS&T's Digital Fabrication conference, concerned with "Printed Electronics and Devices," held on 18 Sept, Alaska. 2007/09/25
- Improved Smart Blisterpacks Announced
At the IDTechEx conference, RFID Europe in Cambridge, UK, 18-19 September, both Cypak of Sweden and Jos Geboers of The Compliers Group of the Netherlands announced improved smart blisterpacks that record which pills are removed when and have RFID for iden 2007/09/25
- Who is Interested in Printed Electronics?
Printed electronics will eventually interest a high proportion of the seven billion people that will be on the planet because it will transform their lives. It will eventually involve over 100,000 manufacturers. 2007/09/11
- Never Underestimate China
Those intending to sell printed electronics must look closely at China as an outlet. This year, China leapt to become the world's largest market for RFID by value, with 40% share of money spent worldwide mainly driven by a few huge projects. 2007/08/06
- When Will Organic Photovoltaics be Viable?
The benefits of non-silicon photovoltaic materials are many and varied. Some are transparent, permitting the face of a wristwatch to generate power, the power source having zero footprints. Some, such as Dye Sensitised Solar Cells printed by G24i in the U 2007/07/30
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