Printed Electronics - the Large Companies Move In

Other giant corporations represented in the speaker lineup include Toppan Forms, Sony and Bridgestone from Japan and BASF of Germany, the world’s largest chemical company, is a sponsor. More will be announced soon. In addition, many of the small companies making some of the most exciting advances have big companies supporting them nowadays. For example, the giant Solvay Corporation of Belgium recently agreed to develop advanced ferroelectric inks for global leader in developing printed mega memory - Thin Film Electronics of Sweden, which will be presenting in Tokyo. E-ink will present as world leader in the commercialisation of electrophoretic inks for printed displays. Also from the USA, Kovio will describe its revolutionary printed nanosilicon transistors that greatly outperform organic transistors and even meet specifications designed for silicon chips. The main shareholders in both of these small, high drive companies are giant corporations. H.C.Starck, holding some of the key intellectual property in organic inks will present. It was formerly part of Bayer in Germany.