Ten years ago IDTechEx hosted the first Printed Electronics USA event attended by around 150 people. Presenters covered early results of R&D projects with new materials. On Nov 20-21 2013, IDTechEx will host the tenth annual event on the topic in Santa Clara, CA, which features more than 150 exhibitors and 2000 attendees.
Martin Automatic reported a strong presence at its booth during the Printed Electronics USA conference last month in Santa Clara, CA. The company was also featured at the show's popular “Demonstration Street,” where vistors had the chance to see a web—spliced on a Martin non-stop automatic roll changer—in energy storage/battery production processes.
The attendance at Printed Electronics USA in Santa Clara, CA—the Masterclasses, the conference and the exhibition—is sharply up on last year. More large companies are in attendance including many potential end-users from consumer goods to aerospace and there are many new start-ups.
The Printed Electronics USA 2012 conference that was held in Santa Clara, CA earlier this month drew more than 1,500 attendees. The event featured 116 exhibitors, up more than 32 percent on the previous year.
Harper Corp. of America will team up with ALE and Cal-Poly December 4-6 at Printed Electronics USA 2012. Harper Corp. will be displaying a laser engraved ceramic sleeve with simulated printed circuitry at the ALE booth. The vertical sleeve will allow event attendees to see line width capabilities and other precision engravings.
IDTechEx has published its latest RFID market research that finds in 2012 the value of the entire RFID market will be $7.46 billion, up from $6.37 billion in 2011. This includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID cards, labels, fobs and all other form factors.
Blue Spark Technologies announced it has opened a new high-volume printing and production facility located in West Bend, Wis. The new facility extends Blue Spark’s capability to produce large volumes of its line of disposable, flexible carbon zinc batteries.
Global demand for electronic smart packaging devices is currently at a tipping point and will grow rapidly from US$0.03 bln in 2012 to US$1.7 bln in 2022, as per IDTechEx's new report. The electronic packaging (e-packaging) market will remain primarily in consumer packaged goods (CPG) reaching 35 billion units that have electronic functionality in 2022. E-packaging addresses the need for brands to reconnect with the customer or face oblivion from copying. That even applies to retailer own brands. It addresses the ageing population's consequent need for disposable medical testers and drug delivery devices. Electronic packaging addresses the fact that
On 5 April, the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe event in Dusseldorf, Germany will open to a range of end users discussing their needs and experiences with printed electronics.
Printed Electronics USA will feature companies that are creating product innovations, such as interactive toys, coloring books and Happy Meals, on-package detection sensors and touch points, and sound and motion-activated cartons for DVDs at point of purchase.
