Printed Electronics - the Giants Get Involved

There will be a severe impact on surprisingly few conventional components. Printed and potentially printed electronics has more to do with selling patches, tape, electronic wallpaper and totally new products. Eventually it will involve spraying electronics on almost anything. However, it may severely impact conventional lighting, when the up-front cost, installation cost and running cost of Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) become superior and they take the form of flexible plastic film. Most other applications of printed electronics and electrics will be huge only because they do new things / create new markets, not primarily because they replace existing solutions. Indeed, even with lighting it will often mean creating light in new ways and new locations.