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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/16/2011
IPC Rolls Out New Printed Electronics Management Council Committee
BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA, December 5, 2011 — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announces the creation of a new IPC Printed Electronics Management Council Steering Committee that will oversee the development of educational programs to support the printed electronics industry. Industry veterans Don Banfield, president of Conductive Compounds, Inc., and Steve Tomas, director of flexible electronics for FLEXcon Company, have been elected chairman and vice chairman of the steering committee.
“IPC, because of its reach across many electronics industry segments and its historic acceptance of new industries, will give us the opportunity to expand printed electronics applications and bring this enabling technology to a broader market worldwide,” Banfield said.
The new steering committee is composed of industry leaders with representation of the printed electronics industry supply chain from raw materials (inks and coated/laminated films) suppliers to PCB manufacturers to manufacturers of functional printed products.
Along with Banfield and Tomas, members of the management council include: John Andresakis, Oak-Mitskui Inc.; Neil Bolding, MacDermid Autotype Inc.; Mike McDaniel, GM Nameplate; Edward Cook, ECI Screenprint Inc.; William Driscoll, 3M Industrial Adhesives & Tapes; Daniel Gamota, Printovate Technologies Inc.; Scott Gordon, DuPont Electronics and Communications; Rajesh Kumar, DDi Corp.; Richard Morris, Saxby Business Development LLC; David Sime, Soligie Inc.; and Jaye Tyler, Si-Cal Inc.
Tony Hilvers, IPC vice president of industry programs, explained that the new management council will meet to continue its work in the development of new printed electronics programs in February at IPC APEX EXPO 2012 in San Diego. This event will also feature a dedicated printed electronics area on the show floor as well as a printed electronics track in the technical conference on February 29.
Earlier this year, IPC — an American National Standards Institute-accredited, nonprofit trade association — formed a Printed Electronics Steering Committee for Standards Development (D-60) and four printed electronics subcommittees to develop standards in the areas of design (D-61), base materials/substrates (D-62), functional materials (D-63) and final assembly (D-64). These technical committees recently met in Santa Clara, Calif. Working drafts of the base materials/substrate standard (IPC-4921) and functional materials standard (IPC-4591) were reviewed during the very well-attended meetings. The standard development committees will meet again on Thursday, March 1, at IPC APEX EXPO to continue to work on the drafts of the standards.
To participate in the printed electronics standards development committees, contact Dave Torp, IPC vice president of technical programs, at DaveTorp@ipc.org. For more information on the IPC Printed Electronics Management Council Steering Committee, contact Hilvers, at TonyHilvers@ipc.org.
To exhibit in the dedicated printed
electronics area at IPC APEX EXPO, contact Mary Mac Kinnon at
MaryMacKinnon@ipc.org.
For information on all the activities at IPC APEX EXPO, including the
industry’s premier technical conference, professional development courses,
executive management meetings and standards development meetings, visit
www.IPCAPEXEXPO.org.
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About IPC
IPC (www.IPC.org) is a nonprofit, global trade association based in
Bannockburn, Ill., dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial
success of its 3,000 member companies which represent all facets of the
electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing,
electronics assembly and test. As a member-driven organization and leading
source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy
advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $2.02
trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in
Taos, N.M.; Arlington, Va.; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; Bangalore,
India; and Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing, China.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6/14/2011
Conductive Compounds and NTERA Team Up to Promote Solutions
for
Printed Electronics Applications
Hudson, N.H. and Radnor, Pennsylvania, USA ― June 14, 2011 ― NTERA, the developer of all-printed, color changing NanoChromics™ display technologies, and Conductive Compounds, a leading manufacturer of specialty materials for printed electronics and electronic assembly industries, announced today that they have entered into a co-marketing agreement to promote their compatible materials and inks. Conductive Compounds, Inc. will be showcasing examples of NTERA’s technology at the 2011 SGIA Printed Electronics and Membrane Switch Symposium June 14 to 16 in San Jose, California.
NTERA’s proprietary NanoChromics Inks provide a unique combination of high resolution patterning, low power capability and cost effective integration through an all-printed manufacturing process. These features enable NanoChromics Displays (NCD’s) to be integrated into a variety of products and novel form factors such as membrane switches, portable sensor systems and packaging.
Conductive Compounds product portfolio includes electrically conductive inks, conductive adhesives, dielectrics, conformal coatings and other specialty materials supporting a variety of printing, curing and assembly processes. Other services include custom formulations and analysis supported by an expansive state of the art laboratory.
The companies have demonstrated the interoperability of Conductive Compounds' silver inks and NTERA’s NanoChromics printed display technology. The collaboration will seek to extend both companies' positions as suppliers to the printed electronics industry by emphasizing the benefits of printed systems and advanced flexible form factors in applications such as medical devices, sensor systems, membrane switches and smart packaging.
About NTERA
NTERA is the leading developer of advanced, fully printable electrochromic materials enabling display and color change applications for Smart Cards, Smart Packaging, and Smart Objects. NTERA's NanoChromics™ Ink Systems enable very low cost manufacturing of printed electronic displays on a variety of flexible substrate materials using industry standard printing techniques and equipment. These ultra-thin, sunlight-readable, low power NCD™ displays can be integrated into any number of products, including plastic cards, packaging, smart labels, RFID systems, and security printing applications. NTERA is based in suburban Philadelphia, PA, USA, with research and development facilities in Dublin, Ireland.
About Conductive Compounds
Conductive Compounds, Inc., founded in 1994, is a worldwide provider of
materials for the electronics industry. CCI specializes in electrically
conductive and resistive inks and coatings, electrically conductive and
thermally conductive adhesives, potting compounds, ultraviolet-cured
dielectrics, encapsulants and conformal coatings, radio opaque inks, silver
and silver chloride inks, PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) carbon
heater inks, VRI (Variable Resistance Inks) mechanical abrasion resistant
precision carbon inks and pressure sensitive variable resistance transducer
inks. CCI’s materials are used to manufacture membrane switches, EL
(Electroluminescent) panels, touch screens, EKG and EEG medical sensors,
cell phone and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) antennas, rigid and
flex circuits, printed heaters, solar panels, and for EMI/RFI
(Electromagnetic Interference/Radio Frequency Interface) shielding and
thermal management of electromechanical assemblies. For further information,
call 1-603-595-6221.
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Media Contact:
Carolee Dalton
Conductive Compounds Inc.
603-595-6221
caroleed@conductivecompounds.com