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Universal Instruments held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Binghamton University’s acceptance of the company’s High-Speed Wafer Feeder (HSWF) on April 5 at Universal’s corporate headquarters in Conklin, NY. The ceremony included representatives from Universal, Binghamton University a... Read More

NextFlex®, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, announced that it has generated $17 million in funding (including $8.7M in cost-share contribution from participants) for 18 new projects as part of its Project Call 6.0 to further promote FHE development and a... Read More

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a compact, robust, and low-cost method for interconnecting printed circuit boards (PCBs) without requiring soldering or additional components. These narrow board-in-board connectors can handle higher voltages and mechanical stresses ... Read More

NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, released Project Call 7.0 (PC 7.0), the latest call for proposals that seek to fund projects that further the development and adoption of FHE while addressing key challenges in advanced manufacturing while supportin... Read More

Trackwise has ordered two additional Direct Imaging Reel-to-Reel (DI RtR) units by Altix to meet the various demands of its worldwide customer base. Trackwise is a dynamic company specializing in the manufacture of length-unlimited multi-layer FPCs using Improved Harness Technology™ as well as... Read More

Direct-C has developed an innovative solution that uses flexible printed circuits to facilitate detection systems for oil and gas pipeline leakage that will operate continuously and remain in situ for 20 years. The flexible printed circuits – 26 meters in length – is produced in the UK b... Read More

The days of the internal combustion engine are drawing near to an end. According to a forecast in September 2021 made by investment bank UBS, by 2025 20% of all new cars sold globally will be electric. That figure will leap to 40% by 2030, and by 2040 virtually every new car sold globally will be el... Read More

Trackwise Designs, the UK-based manufacturer of specialist products using printed circuit technology, has broken its own record for the world’s longest multi-layer flexible printed circuit (FPC), delivering a 72m FPC for industrial application. Constructed using a polyimide base laminate with ... Read More

Ultrathin, flexible computer circuits have been an engineering goal for years, but technical hurdles have prevented the degree of miniaturization necessary to achieve high performance. Now, researchers at Stanford University have invented a manufacturing technique that yields flexible, atomically th... Read More

Nextiles announced a newly designed software development kit (SDK) that will enable any existing application to access Nextiles’ software platform and leverage its novel human movement analytics to build custom algorithms and partner-specific metrics. Through its patent-protected manufacturing... Read More

Researchers at Stanford University have invented a manufacturing technique that yields flexible, atomically thin transistors less than 100 nanometers in length – several times smaller than previously possible. The technique is detailed in a paper published in Nature Electronics. With the advan... Read More

Toppan Printing (Toppan), a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has developed a flexible thin-film transistor (TFT) with an unprecedented combination of flexibility, durability, and carrier mobility. The new TFT withstands a million... Read More

Liquid Wire Inc announced that it has joined the NextFlex community whose mission is to advance US manufacturing of Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) by fostering technology innovation and commercialization. The current NextFlex project to identify reliable stretchable conductor systems utilize... Read More

Orbotech, a KLA company, announced two new roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing solutions for flexible printed circuit (FPCs), enabling the design and mass production of new generations of electronic devices, including 5G smartphones, advanced automotive and medical devices.Orbotech's innovative rol... Read More

Wearable technology with sensing functionality is emerging as a highly promising application for printed/flexible electronics. Deployed either as skin patch or embedded within an e-textile, these devices enable parameters such as heart rate and temperature to be recorded in real-time and then transm... Read More

Limata, a leading provider of Laser Direct Imaging (LDI) systems for PCB manufacturing and adjacent markets, has announced the release of its latest generation of X3000 LDI system. This platform can handle the largest panels for dry-film patterning and solder mask imaging in PCB production without c... Read More

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has announced the successful mass production of its new fluororesin-based flexible printed circuits (FPCs), FLUOROCUIT, that demonstrate a high flexibility and low transmission loss in the mmWave band, aiming at communications for 5G and beyond.In wireless communic... Read More

According to the latest report by IDTech Ex, the battery industry has experienced enormous innovation and investment with the demand mainly from electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The 1,500 GWh market demand in 2030 indicates huge potential for batteries.While another area of battery inno... Read More

Flexible hybrid electronic (FHE) promises to combine the functionality of conventional rigid electronics with the flexibility of printed electronics. A prototypical FHE circuit, in which an integrated circuit is combined with multiple other elements, includes (for example) printed sensors, an antenn... Read More

The global market for healthcare products containing flexible electronics is expected to be worth over $8.3 billion by the year 2030. The latest findings were published by market research experts, IDTechEx, in their recently released report, Flexible Electronics in Healthcare 2020 - 2030. And accord... Read More