Europe Takes Global Leadership in Printed Electronics
Europe gets into production first
In 2007, Nanoident opened the world’s first printed semiconductor factory in Austria, making photodetector arrays initially. Plastic Logic of the UK raised $100 million to build the world’s first factory making displays with printed organic transistor backplanes. It will be in Dresden, Germany, the city where AMD develops thin film memory technology, having registered more patents on the subject than any other company. Thin Film Electronics of Sweden is another global leader in developing printed memory. PolyIC of Germany is selling the first printed transistor organic RFID labels and Professor Song of Manchester University has set a world record in highest frequency printed transistors, with a spin-off to sell them. European companies’ elumin8 and Pelikon are among those leading the commercialisation of electroluminescent displays. ACREO and Menippos in Europe are among the global leaders in printing electronics on paper.
