DuPont Electronics and Communications and TactoTek has announced they are collaborating to meet the growing demand for IME solutions.

Scientists have discovered a new chemical method that enables graphene to be incorporated into a wide range of applications while maintaining its ultra-fast electronics.

Thin Film Electronics ASA has announced that the fab at its new Junction Avenue facility is now operational and that the first product lots have shipped.

The project, entitled "Conformal Printing of Conductor and Dielectric Materials onto Complex 3D Surfaces" has a total value on $3.1 million.

Changzhou Printed Electronics Industrial Park, China's printed electronics industrialization base, was formally inaugurated in a grand ceremony in Changzhou, China.

Functionalized and curved surfaces made of glass or plastic, rollable displays, high-quality bended surfaces for architecture or interior design in automotive or luxury furniture sector - flexible materials with integrated functionalities are not just a technological trend but capture markets already.

Startup company Tri-D-Innov provides additive metallization for plastic and composite materials electronic packaging.

In this article we highlight one stretchable electronics technologies with potential to become near-term success stories: interconnects.

Novel copper nanoparticles that are resistant to oxidation and fuse into a conductive line after sintering process at temperatures lower than 160 degrees Celsius.

Currently, most parts of a smart phone are made of silicon and other compounds, which are expensive and break easily.

IDTechEx was at the annual Display Week in Los Angeles to report on the latest trends in displays.

Can tattoos embrace technology in order to make the skin interactive?

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Thursday 15th June titled New Innovations in Diabetes Technology.

An often overlooked fact about the conductive industry is that it has seen significant innovation over the past decade. Indeed, the industry has a long history of developing new materials and formulations in response to changing market needs and new applications.

On May 24-25th 2017, James Hayward from IDTechEx attended CPES 2017. The event brought together an excellent group of both Canadian and international speakers to discuss several key areas in the printed and flexible electronics space. This article will address each area in turn, including smart packaging, IoT, structural and 3D electronics and textile/wearable electronics.

The Necomada consortium has announced that it will be addressing the material challenges associated with the Internet of Things, to allow for the integration of electronics into a wide range of everyday items.

Researchers are placing ultra-thin, electronic tattoos on distinctive body locations. The user can touch, squeeze or pull them, and thereby intuitively control mobile devices such as a music player, or easily make indicators light up.

IDTechEx Technology analysts' Drs Richard Collins and Khasha Ghaffarzadeh attended Plastics 2017 at the Tokyo Big Sight, Japan. These slides give some highlights from the Plastics event and extends to composite material and adhesion-free metal-plastic joining solutions.

May 10th-11th saw the 2017 European-leg of the IDTechEx Show! In this article IDTechEx analysts share some of the most interesting innovations on offer at the show.

Augmented and virtual reality headsets are by now a reality (pun intended), and they bring about a paradigm shift in form factor for portable electronics.