tesa partners with Epishine for scalable and sustainable solutions for printed electronics
Together the companies exhibited at LOPEC 2025 and showcased self-powered devices that eliminate the need for disposable batteries, meeting the growing demand for more sustainable innovations in IoT, consumer electronics, and retail applications.
tesa's adhesive solutions enable reliable and efficient production processes for next-generation printed electronics. Whether integrating printed solar cells, flexible sensors, or interactive displays, these advanced adhesive solutions ensure seamless assembly, durability, and protection. Designed to meet evolving industry standards, the tapes safeguard sensitive components from environmental stress, wear, and contamination. By enhancing performance and enabling more sustainable, scalable manufacturing, tesa empowers customers to develop innovative, high-performing printed electronic applications for the future.
“Developing organic and printed electronics is challenging, especially when it comes to selecting encapsulation adhesives to prevent chemical or mechanical ingress and cross talk. tesa’s range of adhesives and expertise enable us to reliably manufacture high function components with efficient high-speed production,“ says Jonas Bergqvist, CTO at Epishine.
Focusing on debondable solutions
From prototype to production, tesa's specialised adhesive solutions optimise manufacturing processes, ensuring efficient and reliable assembly of printed electronics. One example is the companies Bond & Detach: The technology enables secure yet removable bonding, allowing for easy rework, repair, and recycling—a key advantage for more sustainable and cost-efficient production. This innovative solution ensures strong adhesion while enabling clean removal without residue, making it ideal for integrating flexible solar cells into electronic shelf labels (ESLs), remote controls, and IoT sensors. The result was on display at LOPEC 2025.
“The cooperation with Epishine exemplifies how more sustainable innovation can transform industries by making electronics cost-efficient, scalable and promotes circular economy. By combining our advanced adhesive technologies with Epishine’s solar cells, we’re creating solutions that address both the energy and environmental challenges of today’s electronics,” says Boris Kawa, Head of New Business Development at tesa.
About Epishine
Epishine is a Swedish energy impact company, reimagining the capture of light with market-leading printed organic solar cells. Their technology captures indoor light to make electronics self-powered, making cables, disposable batteries, and unnecessary maintenance a thing of the past.
www.epishine.com
About tesa
As a multinational company, tesa develops innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive product solutions for various industries, commercial customers, and end consumers. There are already more than 7,000 tesa adhesive solutions that help improve the work, products or lives of our customers. Today, the focus is on sustainability and energy-saving processes. Tesa invests in the development of environmentally friendly products and solvent-free manufacture processes as well as in the use of renewable energy sources at its locations.
www.tesa.com
Caption: The next generation of electronics benefit from a broad range of possible applications (image: tesa).
Source: Epishine/ tesa