Printed electronics community convenes in Atlanta for tailored event

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been certified "Visa Ready" by Visa for Host Card Emulation (HCE) cloud based payment services. With the Visa Ready status, Visa ensures that technology and service providers develop and deploy products and services that are compatible with Visa's requirements. G&D's data center in Canada has received Visa Ready certification as a provider for cloud based payment services.

Encapsulation and packaging techniques, flexible substrates and conductivity integration

In its 112-year history, Hamburg-based Kroenert Group has developed into one of the leading manufacturers of special-purpose machines for coating technologies. Managing Director Dr. Tarik Vardag aligns the group systematically to markets of the future. In an interview, he explains how he steers the company based on the existing know-how towards new markets like lightweight construction, lithium ion storage units, organic photovoltaics technology or printed electronics without neglecting the traditional applications. Operating profits are invested in research and development or allocated to charitable foundations.

Versatile Sicrys™ silver and copper nano-metric digital inks will accelerate the adoption of printed electronics

Mobile Payment Innovation by Schreiner PrinTrust Based on an Infineon Chip

Optomec, a global supplier of 3D Additive Manufacturing systems, announced today that the Company has expanded its current distribution partnership with Ceradrop, a MGI Group company. Under the expanded agreement Ceradrop will now integrate core Aerosol Jet Sprint technology into their line of inkjet printers while continuing their role as reseller of Optomec standard Aerosol Jet systems in France. Aerosol Jet, combined with Inkjet technology, brings new and complementary capabilities permitting printing of finer features and processing of a wider variety of materials all in a unique digital material deposition platform.

TactoTek Presentations Include Opportunities and Challenges of Injection-Molded Structural Electronics; Structural Electronics Master Class

Highlights:

- Latest release marks 30th anniversary of OrCAD innovation and product design

- New products offer seamless product integration, more comprehensive fabrication checks and simplified documentation methods

- Key feature updates focused on more interactive routing capability and additional high-speed design qualities

Picosun Oy, the leading provider of high quality Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment and solutions for global industries develops a novel, production-scale method for printed circuit board protection for various industrial customers. The development is being carried out under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA).

ESMA, the European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association, celebrated its 25th anniversary during this years General Assembly held in Mallorca on March 20th with the highest member attendance on record. In 1990, ESMA was founded in the UK as an initiative of several European screen printing suppliers who recognised the need for an organisation to represent the interests and needs of all manufacturers of screen printing machines, supplies and equipment. The initial goal of ESMA was to maintain the growth and potential of screen printing.

Mycronic AB (publ) has received an order for a mask writer replacing an older system for manufacturing of display photomasks from a customer in Asia. It is estimated that the system will be delivered during the first half of 2016.