Europe Takes Global Leadership in Printed Electronics

Strength in depth

Europe probably has the most robust vertical integration of effort in printed electronics. For example, Cambridge University in the UK discovered light emitting polymers and it spins off many impressive startups in printed and thin film electronics as do Johannes Kepler University in Austria and institutes in Germany, Switzerland and elsewhere. The work of the large number of Fraunhofer institutes in Germany is extremely impressive. The dye sensitized solar cell was invented in Switzerland and it is in Switzerland and Austria that some of the finest photovoltaic developments take place today.