Printed Electronics

Market Opportunities and Applications in Optoelectronics, Large Area Electronics, and Power Generation & Management



The emerging printed electronics market is driven by the promise of low cost, high volume, high throughput production of electrical components or devices in lightweight, small, thin, flexible form factors that will in turn facilitate the creation of new markets. Revenues today are in the low to mid millions of dollars, but growing at very high rates. Many products and prototypes are designated for the optoelectronic, large area electronic and power generation market sectors, but there are as yet very few product lines on the market in large or significant volumes. The industry’s structure is fragmented, with many players, most of which are small privately-held companies with little revenue today. Industry standardization, technology development and manufacturing are evolving to meet market needs.

This report examines the state of the printed electronics market today with market segment analysis covering applications, products, technologies, manufacturing and key industry competition.


What Does This Report Answer?
  • What is the state of the printed electronics market today?
  • What are the major market sectors and what are the applications and opportunities in each?
  • Who are the suppliers and manufacturers in the printed electronics business?
  • What technologies are the most promising?
  • What is the shape of the competitive landscape in this sector?
  • How large will this market grow, and why, and when?
Who Needs This Report?
  • Printing companies
  • Material suppliers (substrates, organic and inorganic inks)
  • Display and lighting technology developers and end users
  • Photovoltaic manufacturers and end users
  • Battery manufacturers/users
  • Smart cards/product users
  • Transistor and IC manufacturers and users
  • RFID users
  • Venture capital and government organizations


Section 1.
Executive Summary

Section 2.
Market Overview
2.1 Printed Electronics
2.2 State of the Printed Electronics Market
2.3 Evaluation of Printed Electronics Market Sectors
2.4 Consumer and Industrial Trends Supporting the Printing of Electronics
2.5 Printed Electronic Market Drivers
2.5.1 Main Market Drivers of Printed Electronic Are Economics of Scale and Cost
2.6 Evolving Market Opportunities
2.7 Market Gaps and the Problems to Solve
2.8 Barriers to Entry/Threats
2.9 Summary on the State of the Printed Electronics Market

Section 3.
Market Segment Analysis
3.1 Displays
3.1.1 OLED Displays
3.1.2 EL-based Display and Subdisplay Components
3.1.3 Total Available Markets for Representative Applications
3.1.3.1 Flat-Panel Displays
3.2 Lighting
3.2.1 Drivers, Needs, and Gaps for Lighting and Illumination
3.2.2 Electroluminescent Lighting
3.2.3 OLEDs versus EL for Lighting Applications
3.2.4 Global Lighting Market
3.3 Electronic Paper Displays and Electronic Display Cards
3.3.1 Retail Signs: POP Displays and Electronic Shelf Labels
3.3.2 e-Books and e-Newspapers
3.3.2.1 Market Size
3.3.3 Smart Flexible Paper Displays
3.4 Large Area Electronics
3.4.1 Main Drivers across the LAE Sectors
3.4.2 Thin Film Transistors
3.4.3 Circuits
3.4.3.1 Radio Frequency Identification
3.4.3.1.1 Item-Level Tracking
3.4.3.1.2 Smart Packaging for Healthcare Applications
3.4.3.1.3 Brand Protection
3.4.3.1.4 Inventory and Tracking
3.4.3.1.5 Transit Cards and Smart Cards
3.4.4 Sensors
3.5 Power Sources and Energy
3.5.1 Batteries
3.5.1.1 Market Trends, Drivers, and Opportunities for Printed Batteries
3.5.1.2 Gaps and Problems to Solve with Printed Batteries
3.5.1.3 Market Sizes and Cost Structures
3.5.2 Photovoltaics
3.5.2.1 The Market Opportunities for Printing Photovoltaics
3.5.2.1.1 Market Drivers for Printing PV
3.5.2.1.2 Main Applications for Printed Solar Cells
3.5.2.1.3 Customers
3.5.3 The Advantages of Printing Solar Cells
3.5.4 Printed Solar Cells
3.5.4.1 Market Statistics
3.5.5 Conclusions on PV
3.6 The Business of Printing Electronics
3.6.1 Manufacturing Needs for Printing
3.6.2 Scale Up from Lab to Fab
3.6.3 Opportunities for Suppliers and Printers
3.6.4 Processing and Printing Methods
3.7 Business of Materials Supply
3.7.1 Demands for New Materials
3.7.2 Organic Materials
3.7.3 Inorganic Inks
3.7.4 Substrates

Section 4.
Technology Landscape Overview: Printing Electronics Today
4.1 Processes for Printing Electronics
4.1.1 Offset Lithography
4.1.2 Flexographic Printing
4.1.3 Gravure
4.1.4 Inkjet
4.1.5 Liquid Dispensing
4.1.6 Roll to Roll
4.1.7 Screen Printing
4.2 Displays Technologies
4.2.1 Electroluminescence Lighting
4.2.2 Organic Light Emitting Diode
4.2.3 Electrophoretic Displays
4.2.4 Electrochromic Displays
4.3 Large Area Electronics
4.4 Printed Batteries
4.4.1 Battery Designs
4.5 Photovoltaics
4.5.1 PV Cell Types and the Efficiency Standards to Beat
4.5.1.1 Silicon Cells
4.5.1.2 Thin Film Cells
4.5.1.3 CIGS Cells
4.5.1.4 Organic Cells
4.5.2 Technical Challenges
4.6 Technology Conclusions

Section 5.
Key Players in the Printed Electronics Market
5.1 Printed Displays, Signs, and Lighting Technology Developers
5.1.1 Add-Vision Inc
5.1.2 Aveso, Inc
5.1.3 CDT Ltd Head Office
5.1.4 CMEL
5.1.5 Eastman Kodak
5.1.6 E Ink Corp
5.1.7 eMagin Corp
5.1.8 Liquavista
5.1.9 magink
5.1.10 MicroEmissive Displays
5.1.11 Nemoptic
5.1.12 Novaled AG
5.1.13 NTERA, Inc
5.1.14 OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
5.1.15 Pelikon Ltd
5.1.16 Plextronics, Inc
5.1.17 RiT Display Corp
5.1.18 SiPix Imaging, Inc
5.1.19 Universal Display Corp
5.1.20 Univision Technology Inc
5.1.21 ZBD
5.2 Large Area Electronic Players
5.2.1 Cypak AB
5.2.2 Kovio, Inc
5.2.3 Motorola
5.2.4 ORFID
5.2.5 Organic ID
5.2.6 PARC
5.2.7 Plastic Logic Ltd (Head Office)
5.2.8 PolyIC GmbH & Co KG
5.2.9 Polymer Vision Ltd
5.2.10 TAGSYS
5.3 Batteries Competitive Landscape
5.3.1 Enfucell Ltd
5.3.2 Excellatron Solid State LLC
5.3.3 Front Edge Technology
5.3.4 Infinite Power Solutions, Inc
5.3.5 Power Paper and Poly ID Ltd
5.3.6 Solicore
5.3.7 Thin Battery Technologies
5.4 Photovoltaics Competitive Landscape
5.4.1 G24 Innovations, Ltd
5.4.2 HelioVolt Corp
5.4.3 Konarka Technologies, Inc
5.4.4 Nanosolar
5.5 Thin Film Companies Solar Companies
5.5.1 Innovalight, Inc
5.6 Printing Companies
5.6.1 GSI Technologies
5.6.2 Innos Ltd
5.6.3 Printed Systems GmbH
5.7 Materials Suppliers
5.7.1 Evident Technologies
5.7.2 NanoMas Technologies, Inc
5.7.3 Polyera Corp

Section 6.
Market Forecasts
6.1 Optoelectronics
6.1.1 Lighting
6.1.2 Small Displays, Subdisplays, Automotive Lighting, Backlighting, MP3s, Etc.
6.1.2.1 Applications Can Be Large Markets for Printed Lighting
6.1.2.2 OLED and EL-Based Display, and Subdisplay Components
6.1.3 Signs and E-paper Displays, POP, ESL, Retail Signs
6.2 Large Area Electronics Markets
6.3 Power
6.3.1 Battery Forecasted Growth
6.3.2 PV
6.4 Conclusions on Market Forecasting

Section 7.
Company List

Section 8.
Acronyms
Scope of Study
Sources and Methodology
Notes

Tables
  • Total Available Market for Displays
  • Printed Electroluminescent Lighting Market Revenue
  • Printed OLED and Electroluminescent Display Market
  • Electronic Shelf Label Market
  • Printed Electronic Paper Displays for e-Readers
  • Smart Cards
  • Printed Transistors
  • Printed Components for Blister Packs
  • Printed Components for Printed Batteries
  • Photovoltaic Industry Revenue
  • Printed Photovoltaic Cells Revenue
Charts
  • Printed Electronics Market Sectors
  • Total Available Market and Display Market
  • Printed Electroluminescent Lighting Market Revenue
  • Printed OLED and Electroluminescent Display Market
  • Electronic Shelf Label Market
  • Printed Electronic Paper Displays for e-Readers
  • Smart Cards
  • Printed Transistors
  • Printed Components for Blister Packs
  • Printed Components for Printed Batteries
  • Photovoltaic Industry Revenue
  • Printed Photovoltaic Cells Revenue
Report Code: RR-PEL

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