Emerging Printing Technologies — Business Lines Are Forming

Offset lithography’s production potential is still largely theoretical. NanoMarkets, a research firm based in Glen Allen, VA, recently published a white paper—titled “The Future of Flexography and Lithography in Printed Electronics”—that it offers as a free download at www.nanomarkets.net. While the fine lines and high productivity achievable with offset have appeal in electronics printing, NanoMarkets says the ink formulation requirements of the process are a hindrance in this application.