New Direction for Printed Electronics in 2008

Many product launches

Stora Enso will cover packaging applications for interactivity, monitoring and information transfer. Samsung will talk about commercializing its new active matrix e-paper which employs a printed transistor array and Schreiner will describe its journey from electroluminescence to printed electronics. Flexible e-paper is a hot topic with Sensible Solutions demonstrating a version that talks to you and Polymer Vision describing commercialisation of its type of e-paper through Telecom Italia. Then there is the blisterpack laminate that records which pill you took when, thanks to Compliers Group. Another newcomer, Prelonic Technologies of Austria, has integrated paper batteries and displays that will be rapidly commercialized in basic form then improved. The focus described by Motorola will be printed electronics for wireless application and services whereas Konarka will show where organic photovoltaics is appearing and why.