Applications & Markets

Founded in 2008 by four technology centres working in the printed electronics field, the PEC4 group has now become a cluster formed by the technology centre CETEMMSA, the National Microelectronics Centre (IMB-CNM) belonging to the Higher Science Rese...

Bridgestone Corporation have announced plans to withdraw from electronic paper business. The company has made this decision after careful consideration of its options and in accordance with its management principal of "selection and concentratio...

Clean4Yield project targets contamination and defect control in roll-to-roll organic electronics production The EU-funded Clean4Yield project coordinated by Holst Centre/TNO, is a three-year project bringing together commercial and research partners...

Be it betrayal or euthanasia, Clinton Card's demise was due to a dearth of innovation, however the intrigues of the trio Barclays, Lloyds and American Greetings remain a mystery. What we do know is that Clinton has failed where many thrive - not leas...

A team of theoretical physicists from the University of Kentucky and University of South Florida has taken a big step toward the development of practical "spintronics" based on graphene, which promises to make electronic devices smaller and...

IDTechEx recently visited South Korea as part of a UK Trade and Investment mission. During our stay, we visited a number of Korean companies and research institutes including InkTec, Samsung Electronics, LG Chemicals, Korea Institute of Advanced Tech...

"This is much needed!" ... repeated comment received at Printed Electronics Europe 2012, Berlin. The announcement at Printed Electronics Europe 2012, Berlin, Germany, that IDTechEx is launching the Printed Electronics World DIRECTORY AND ...

The presentations with a focus on thin film photovoltaics covered topics relevant to both organic and inorganic technologies but also discussed the importance of incumbent technologies. NREL-Applied Materials Baccini Maikel van Hest, representing th...

Enfucell has agreed on deeper cooperation with two leading companies in printed electronics: Pragmatic Printing Ltd and Printed Electronics Limited (PEL). The parties announced an ecosystem for integrated printed electronics products and will togethe...

IDTechEx forecast the touch screen market to reach $14 billion in 2012. The biggest application for touch screens in general, and projected capacitive screens in particular, is mobile phones and, right behind, tablets. The biggest market opportunit...