Henkel and Teca-Print partner to drive novel pad printing solutions
Based on the partners' combined expertise, Henkel and Teca-Print will offer seamless product recommendations from R&D to final production processes as well as joint trial opportunities and feasibility studies.
Henkel and Teca-Print have announced a partnership in the pad printing field of printed electronics. The collaboration aims to further drive the adoption of pad printing solutions in emerging technologies such as antennas, digital healthcare, 3D electronics and smart mobility by helping customers accelerate their projects. Based on the partners' combined expertise, Henkel and Teca-Print will offer seamless product recommendations from R&D to final production processes as well as joint trial opportunities and feasibility studies.
The broad portfolio and four decades of material formulation expertise enables Henkel´s partners to develop printed electronics applications tailored to the specific properties required by industrial customers – for example in the manufacture of membrane switches, flexible circuits, force sensors, heating elements, and medical biosensors for solutions in healthcare, automotive and consumer electronics. To further address the challenge of 3D parts functionalisation the company has recently developed a new range of functional inks that can be applied using pad printing technology.
For more than 50 years, Teca-Print has played a leading role in the development and evolution of pad printing technology. Their equipment and systems are designed to meet the specific needs of their customers. The product range includes complex automation solutions, specialised and standard pad printing machines, as well as a full range of peripherals, accessories and consumables including printing pads, inks and cliché plates.
Source: Henkel
Caption: In combination with silver and dielectric inks, Henkel’s Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) technology enables the screen printing of self-regulating foil heaters. (Image: Henkel)