Organic and Printed Electronics



    In the last year, the burgeoning printed and thin film electronics industry has greatly enhanced its repertoire and changed its priorities, encompassing such things as rapid commercialisation of disposable and invisible electronics. The percentage of printed and partly printed electronics that is flexible is rapidly increasing.
    Printed and thin film transistor circuits will become an $8 Billion market in 10 years, from just $10 Million in 2009. They will drive lighting, displays, signage, electronic products, medical disposables, smart packaging, smart labels and much more besides. The chemical, plastics, printing, electronics and other industries are cooperating to make it happen. Already, over 500 organizations are developing printed transistors and memory, with first products being sold commercially in 2009.
    Huge opportunities for fine chemicals, printing, production equipment and electronics companies are revealed in the report: in the largest part of the emerging $300 billion printed electronics business - inorganic materials and composites. Semiconductors, dielectrics, conductors, light emitters etc for displays, photovoltaics, transistors and much more are covered. Company profiles and ten year forecasts are given.

    There is probably too much chasing of the obvious by printed electronics companies. For example, transistor printers dream of making RFID and display backplane drivers because these are obvious, quantifiable opportunities, yet most of the potential market may well lie elsewhere in a number of large niche opportunities. In these niches, it may often be the case that the transistors are not replacing anything. This makes the potential more uncertain but it does reduce the amount of competition.

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