Packaging that knows when the next tablet needs to be taken
Faller’s smart packaging solution Medical Prescription to revolutionise pharmaceutical products

Seizing the full potential of smart sensors
Smart insole sensors with technology from IEE offer a variety of applications in the healthcare and wellbeing sectors

Digital compliance monitoring
Schreiner MediPharm develops smart blister pack for clinical trial

On-demand label updates
E Ink and Faubel have unveiled their Med Label to revolutionise the clinical trial supply chain

Drug detection enabled by printed electronics
Genes’Ink from France is developing conductive inks for a nanocellulose-based Drug of Abuse biosensing platform

New alliance to combine coating and converting
Coatema (Dormagen, Germany) and OPTIMA life science present COMEDCO – the complete solution for transdermal dressings and oral dispersible films

International standards enabling printed electronics for wearables
International Standards for Wearable Electronics Devices are now being actively worked on within two IEC Technical Committees relevant to the printed electronics community

Novel materials
FlexEnable aims to develop the supply chain for flexible displays and sensors

A better blue
CYNORA presented high-performance blue TADF emitters at the SID Display Week 2018

Combining function and elegance
Novem integrates TactoTek’s IMSE technology and luxury automotive interior finishes

Unlocking the potential of organic semiconductors
Researchers at imec (Leuven, Belgium) claim that a better understanding of crystallisation in thin-films allows for better performing electronics

Printed electronics moves into everyday life
From 13 to 15 March, LOPEC in Munich, Germany, showcased groundbreaking developments in flexible electronics

Courageous into new dimensions
IDTechEx saw fantastic progress at Printed Electronics Europe

Great opportunities in the display industry
Touch Taiwan will take place in late August 2018, gathering leading makers to tap new opportunities

Flexible Future
Hosted by Wolfgang Mildner, FAPS-IPC GmbH organised a printed electronics forum on 4 and 5 July that mainly focused on mobility and life sciences.

Mildner‘s Column:
3D printed and 3D structural electronics

‘Solar graffiti’
A spectacular collaboration between Heliatek and Engie in Mexico combines solar film technology with street art