A full subscription to +Plastic Electronics, your source of the latest news on the business and market strategies for organic and printable electronics, is available for just £100.
For only £100 subscribers receive six 64-page issues in each volume, which are published bimonthly. The editorial published in +Plastic Electronics magazine is exclusive to the publication. Over 40 individual sources are interviewed for each issue, globally.
Take a look at a sample article on Nanoident from our first ever issue.
What do I get in each issue?
Plugged in
In each issue an exclusive 20-page editorial analyses opportunities for printed, organic and hybrid electronics in an end-use market. To produce the reports our journalists and editors consult a range of data and information sources - market report forecasts, event presentations, websites, news sources, blogs - and hold interviews with developers, end-users, regulators, analysts and other experts.
These consultancy-level reports track the commercial status and potential of plastic electronics in different end-use markets and explore the specific challenges each industry presents to developers of these technologies and their supply chain partners. The depth of research means these issues can be retained long after publication for consultation and reference. Our 'Plugged in' series has so far have covered: Construction, healthcare, sport and outdoor wear, packaging, lighting and solar cells.
Features on commercialisation
Innovation is crucial for those brand owners and end-users that are at the top of their market or are looking to crack new ones, but it carries huge risk. +Plastic Electronics magazine takes you inside the strategies of brand owners and end users developing new products using plastic electronics.
Wire
Provides in-depth analysis of the most significant stories to break in the industry.
Circuit
Dissects the big debates taking place at leading industry events throughout the year and provides an event diary.
Market watch
Exclusive extracts of market report forecasts and data from IntertechPira, packed with tables and analysis for organic and printed electronics in applications, markets and processes including OLED and EL lighting and displays, solar cells, smart packaging, printing, e-paper and textiles.
Regional focus
Profiles clusters of emerging plastic and printed electronics R&D and production, and investment strategies.
Standby
Reveals the next product launches featuring plastic electronics to look out for.
Who should subscribe ?
- OLED and LED producers
- Printed electronics materials suppliers
- Organic and dye solar cell developers
- E-paper and e-reader producers
- Lighting companies
- Printable and organic battery makers
- Backplane producers
- Conductive films
- Paper and plastics substrate producers
- Chemicals companies supplying coatings
- Inkjet, flexo, gravure and offset and materials to plastic electronics print equipment suppliers
- Silver and conductive inks
- Consultants in emerging technologies
- Device integrators
- Science parks and technopoles
- Regional, states and national investment agencies
- Banks and financial institutions
- Venture capital companies
- Brand owners looking to use plastic and printed electronics in new products
Take a look at a sample article on Nanoident from our first ever issue.
The perfect blend
Chemicals firm Solvay invests in its future with a mix of plastic electronics ventures, alongside its own in-house development work.
The company has backed a range of academic studies, R&D hubs and start-ups that fit with its vision of a plastic electronics future. Its most high profile involvements have been multimillion dollar injections into US firms Plextronics and Polyera, which are both developing materials for electronic production.
Solvay's investments branch across a range of plastic electronics technologies, from OLED display to organic photovoltaic. Solvay is aiming to position itself as a leading name in the industry, and is continuing to look for partner projects to expand its scope.
Point of contact
Polymers are taking a share of the new touchscreen markets, as intense development focuses on alternatives to indium tin oxide (ITO).
Due to concerns over the supply of ITO, developers have been honing a range of alternatives for years. PEDOT: PSS is one such polymer, being fostered by companies like Heraeus and Agfa. The polymer has been developed further to remove its blue hue, so it can be used in applications such as tablets and e-readers.
Although it will take time for the replace of ITO to filter through, as it is already an entrenched technology, there are opportunities in new applications such as organic photovoltaics and other printed flexible devices.
Plugged in: energy harvesting
Plastic electronics could equip society with the energy harvesting technologies needed to instil sustainability in products and buildings.
Devices such as dye-sensitised solar cells are being optimised to harvest supplementary power, being adapted for integration into buildings, electronics and clothing. Smart textiles with piezoelectronics are also being developed to help with mobile products.
Plugged in: energy harvesting looks at the current industry and developments in the field, and how current achievements outline the future of the technologies. +Plastic Electronics looks at the new products and applications that are already emerging, and investigates the range of technologies being created with applications already in mind, including piezoelectrics in clothing and solar powered electronic shelf labels. It also looks at the progress that has been made in realising the concept of sustained smart buildings, and investigates building integrated photovoltaics.
Wire
In the news this issue, the UK plastic electronics industry is receiving further funding to realise the country's potential in the emergence of the technology. As well as receiving money from the Organic and Large Area Electronics (OLAE) programme, OLAE+, the national governments Technology Strategy Board is planning the announcement of a new technology competition for funding.
A research team at University of California Los Angeles have created an energy harvesting device for integration into LCD screens. The thin-film solar cell will convert light from a devices backlight into energy, which could lead to longer life in many portable products.
Also in this issue, Philips invests €40 million into its OLED manufacturing facilities in Aachen, Germany, as it starts to push forward its plans for OLED lighting, and Merck and Nano-C are attracting interest in their organic photovoltaic production, as they continue to offer more cost-effective solutions and higher power conversion rates.
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Market watch
The latest Market watch investigates the use of energy harvesting products in society. As we consume more power globally, the technology offers the opportunity to reduce energy usage to create more sustainable societies.
Early examples of energy harvesting in plastic electronics include dye-sensitised solar cells, which has been integrated into products or buildings. These emerging products help developers to understand the appeal of such technologies in specific areas of the market. One further emerging area of the market is combined energy generation and storage (CEGS), applications for which range from microgeneration and storage for low light applications for mobile computing and self-sustaining sensors.
Several thin film PV suppliers such as Global Solar and PowerFilm are making inroads into the portable power markets, while other sectors include military use and clothing. Building integrated photovoltaics is another large area, with windows and roofing perfect for dye-sensitised solar cells.
Circuit
The Semicon West convention was held on July 14th 2011, during which the FlexTech Alliance held its Extreme TechXPOT session, Printed/Flexible Electronics: Beyond R&D to Real Deal Technologies.
Companies that attended the session included Bosch, Boeing, DuPont, GE Global Research and Samsung. It was put together to demonstrate how the printed and flexible electronics industry is moving from R&D into volume manufacturing for practical applications.
Presentations were delivered by beneficiaries of FlexTech's R&D programs, and smaller start-ups, developing plastic electronics systems to the established microelectronics industry.
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