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IDTechEx Provides FPO Update
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
IDTechEx analyst Peter Harrop examines the printed electronics industry, including flexible printed electronics, organic and inorganic materials, and production focus in "Printed Electronics Focuses in Dresden." Harrop argues that the printed electronics industry is most well funded, sophisticated, and in demand in Germany, with Dresden being a "magnet" for academic and industry advances. IDTechEx cites these as reasons for bringing its Printed Electronics Europe tradeshow to the city April 89.
Germany subsidizes photovoltaics manufacturing to the extent that it is the largest user of solar cells globally, according to Harrop. It also hosts Fraunhofer Institutes, technical universities, and research centers developing flexible, wearable, disposable, and other variations of printed electronics. Germany industry supports this trend, he asserts, with Siemens, BASF, and other companies investing in the printed electronics market.
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe show will include several off-site visits and co-located events to include international and local industry. Attendees are able to visit the Technical Universities of Dresden and nearby Chemnitz, Fraunhofer's Photonic Microsystems Institute, organic photovoltaic producer Heliatek, and OLED manufacturers MicroEmissive Displays and Novaled. Flexible hand-held displays manufacturer Plastic Logic, which is building a facility in Dresden, will present. The co-located event will focus on printed sensors. The General Olfaction and Sensing Projects at European Level GOSPEL program, backed by the European Commision, will present "Plastic Chemical Sensors."
Other conference supporters include HC Starck and Merck Chemicals, Menippos, PolyIC, printed systems GmbH, Samsung, Sony, Seiko Epson, Schreiner Group, MAN Roland, and more. IDTechEx expects the event to highlight commercialization of printed, flexible, disposable, and transparent electronics. Harrop cited printed batteries in use for medical disposables through talking cards, and printed and partially printed RFID tags as primary examples. NASA is investigated printed electronics due to higher fault tolerances, he adds. In Europe and the U.K., inorganic printed electronics are creating photovoltaic products based on reel-to-reel print manufacturing. Biocompatible contact lenses are under development to enhance vision.
For more information on the report or tradeshow, visit www.idtechex.com.