Clip

DESCRIPTION

The project was focus on three development aims:

1. Development, formulation and feasibility assessment of several lower-cost alternatives for Silver nanoparticle based conductive inks.
2. For these lower-cost inks finding alternatives for conventional screen printing, which allow digital printing combined with high resolution printing and enable contactless printing, which improves quality and reliability of circuits.
3. Demonstration of system concepts for Printed Electronics in two different application domains:
   • a. Printing of smart packaging tags and labels, specifically for pharmaceutical applications
   • b. High speed low cost antennas for contactless cards and RFID tags

Main impact of the project on SMEs was to allow SMEs to access extensive new markets and customers with large potential for revenue generation, also to surplus their current products or product offering with remarkable, new, high-valued features that will increase (perceived) product value, to provide SMEs with the information, (partnering) contacts and tools to make the transition and to identify the costs/impacts involved to allow SMEs to make an informed decision.

Funding info

This project has received European funding under the Seventh Framework Programme, under grant agreement 243557

Consortium members

• EUROPEAN SPECIALIST PRINTING MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
• STICHTING PLASTIC ELECTRONICS FOUNDATION
• Institute of Nanotechnology
• PIRA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
• THE PAINT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
• SIRRIS HET COLLECTIEF CENTRUM VAN DE TECHNOLOGISCHE INDUSTRIE
• KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN
• UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
• RISE ACREO AB
• NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER SA
• IMPIKA SAS
• AVL METAL POWDERS
• Printed Electronics Ltd
• INTRINSIQ MATERIALS LIMITED
• Cypak AB
• AGFA GEVAERT NV
• PRA TRADING LTD