As part of the EU-funded, Holst Centre-coordinated Clean4Yield project, DuPont Teijin Films (DTF) is developing a new 'Clean-on-Demand' PET polyester film that could boost yields and cut costs for roll-to-roll (R2R) production of flexible electronics.

A recent aerospace-led event presented some of the current thinking of European companies on the subject of 3D printing.

Graphene LIVE! USA was a huge success. It brought together 30 top-class speakers and 16 graphene exhibitors, giving them access to a pool of more than 2,000 business-oriented attendees and 160+ exhibiting companies.

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar '3D printing materials: status, applications and markets' on Wednesday 11 December and we would be delighted if you could join us.

Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced that Novalia has developed a low-cost, patented manufacturing technology using standard print processes combined with capacitive touch technology, that would allow Bluetooth low energy wireless control to be added to everyday low cost materials such as paper, card, and plastic, for potentially just a few dollars in high volume.

StoreDot Ltd., a nanotechnology startup company which has discovered the first bio-organic Nanodots, has announced that it has received $6 million from several strategic and private investors.

NikkoIA SAS announces the grant of several collaborative development programs in 2013, totaling more than 1.5 million Euros of cumulated subsidies over the next 2 years to sustain its development roadmap.

Florida State researchers have been awarded more than $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a system that will produce large amounts of a state-of-the-art material made from carbon nanotubes that researchers believe could transform everything from the way airplanes are built to how prosthetic limbs fit the human body.

Last week the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event featured 160 exhibiting companies, over 200 presentations and approximately 2,200 attendees. Exhibitor attendance grew by over 50% and attendees grew by over 35% compared to the previous year.

Rolith, Inc. is pleased to announce that Printed Electronics Industry selected Rolith for the Best Manufacturing Technology award based on its production of transparent metal mesh conductors for large touch screen displays, OLED lighting and photovoltaics.

Aiming to cut the cost of manufacturing flexible and large-size OLEDs, Kateeva has debuted YIELDjet™—an inkjet printing manufacturing equipment solution to produce such OLEDs in high volume.

A scientist is laying the groundwork for lithium-ion batteries and other high-performing electronics that can be produced with 3-D printers.

Andrews & Wykeham Ltd and PragmatIC Printing Ltd have announced a collaboration to deliver a range of novel security products based on PragmatIC's flexible electronic circuits.

Fully printed via conventional printing processes, paper thin, flexible and at lowest costs - that's the new development of prelonic technologies.

Each year the Printed Electronics industry recognizes and awards outstanding achievement to those involved in the rapidly growing printed electronics business. The annual awards were announced at the tenth annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics event this week in Santa Clara, California - the world's largest event on the topic.

Researchers have demonstrated the first fully printed and invisible electronics using carbon nanotubes.

PragmatIC Printing Ltd has announced a new family of flexible IC (integrated circuit) products designed to mirror the functionality of the de-facto standard 7400 series.

IDTechEx recently met InkTec at their headquarters in South Korea. The public company was formed in 1992 and had annual sales of $75 million in 2012. The printed electronics division, which includes transparent silver ink, silver paste, coated items & patterned products, has grown with an annual CAGR of 21% since 2008 and in 2012 accounted for 25% of the company's sales.

PolyIC announces the start of the research project POPUP.

According to IDTechEx research, the market for printed and potentially printed electronics, including organics, inorganics and composites, will rise from $16.04 billion in 2013 to $76.79 billion in 2023.In this article, we will detailed the market size and forecast by application, highlight which companies are making money and why, and discuss the main go-to-market strategies.