PragmatIC (Cambridge, UK) has announced a strategic collaboration with Smooth & Sharp Corporation (S&S), a major supplier of RFID inlays and manufacturing tools, which is expected to accelerate the adoption of PragmatIC’s flexible integrated circuits (FlexICs).
NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas) has exclusively acquired the technical and business-related intellectual property (IP) of Intrinsiq Materials in an asset sale by Intrinsiq Materials investors. The IP originating from both the original Intrinsiq Materials location in the UK as well as the location in Rochester, New York, is included. Additionally, industry veteran chemist and copper-inks expert Dr Michael Carmody, previously serving as Intrinsiq Materials’ chief scientist and based at the Rochester location, has joined the NovaCentrix team.
The organic and printed electronics industry is growing steadily. This is the clear message to result from the latest business climate survey conducted by the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association), a working group within VDMA (Mechanical Engineering Industry Association). Over 80 percent of survey participants expect the industry to continue its positive development in the coming year.
