THIN FILM ELECTRO 
By Thinfilm's partner InkTec upgrades and expands their production capacity.
Thin Film Electronics ("Thinfilm") today announced that its memory production partner InkTec, headquartered in Ansan, South Korea, has opened a new dedicated production facility for Thinfilm Memory.
Several leading toy manufacturers have purchased the Thinfilm Toy Development Kit:
http://www.thinfilm.se/shop/tdk and are evaluating specific toy concepts based on Thinfilm Memory. "We have established a supply chain, with InkTec as our main production partner, and are ready to meet the demand for low-cost high-volume consumer applications," says Davor Sutija, Thinfilm CEO.
Thinfilm is also seeing increased interest from other industries. "We are being approached by leading companies in several additional markets, for applications such as promotional cards, online monetization, and secure documents," Sutija continues.
In 2009, Thinfilm and InkTec were the first in the world to produce polymer memories at large scale using roll-to-roll printing:
http://www.thinfilm.se/about-us/manufacturing. The new, upgraded facility has a production capacity of 10 million tags of Thinfilm Memory per month, and will support production of passive array memory:
http://www.thinfilm.se/news/38-press-releases/265-thinfilm-unlocks-encrypted-market-with-new-printed-memory. Thinfilm and InkTec will also work on the development of addressable memories:
http://www.thinfilm.se/news/38-press-releases/232-thinfilm-addressable-memory-design-completed, which combine memory and logic in an integrated device.
About Thinfilm
Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") is a publicly-listed Norwegian technology company with its head office in Oslo, product development in Linköping, Sweden, and sales offices in San Francisco, USA, and Tokyo, Japan. Thinfilm is a pioneer in the field of Printed Electronics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_electronics, and provides fully-printed non-volatile, rewritable memory for applications in toys & games, logistics, sensor, and ID systems.
www.thinfilm.no:
http://www.thinfilm.no/
Thinfilm MemoryTM products:
- Thinfilm MemoryTM: 20-bit single-line memories are commercially available. Suitable for consumer applications, such as toys and games and info-kiosks.
- Thinfilm Passive Array MemoryTM: 40-bit memories are in test production, and engineering samples will be available later this year. Higher density memories are under development, with planned production in 2012 (up to 121 bits per memory array). Meets the needs of secure archiving, ticketing, and other applications that demand encryption or user-programmed stored IDs.
- Thinfilm Addressable MemoryTM: Prototypes will be ready during 2011. Transfer to production is expected in 2012 (up to 128 bits). Enables printed systems, such as ID tags, sensor tags, disposable price labels, and other smart tags.
About Printed Electronics
The Printed Electronics market is expected to grow to more than USD 50 billion in annual market value over the next ten years, according to industry analyst group IDTechEx:
http://www.idtechex.com/. IDTechEx predicts that logic, including addressable memory, will be one of the largest segments in this market.
Using printing to manufacture electronic memory makes it possible to reduce the number of process steps, resulting in dramatically lower manufacturing costs, and also reduced environmental impact as compared to traditional semiconductor processes. Commercial applications of printed electronics include e-paper, electronic readers, and organic light emitting (OLED) displays. Sensors, batteries, and photovoltaic energy sources are also in development, and together with Thinfilm's memory technology they will open the door to new products and applications, for example, in the field of RFID systems.
Memory is an essential part of most electronics. Memory is required for identification, tracking status, and history, and is used whenever information is stored. Thinfilm's non-volatile ferroelectric polymer memory technology is well suited for application with other printed electronics devices because power consumption during read and write is negligible, and as the memory is permanent, no connection to external power is required for data detainment. Also, the electric current required to write information is so small that operation would be limited by the battery's lifetime and not its capacity.
For further information, please contact:
Geir Harald Aase, VP Communications: +47 480 37 571/geir.aase(a)thinfilm.no:
mailto:geir.aase@thinfilm.no?subject=Thinfilm%20Opens%20Japan%20Office
Recent Thinfilm news:
- Partnership with PARC, a Xerox company: PARC invests in Thinfilm:
http://www.thinfilm.se/news/38-press-releases/253-parc-a-xerox-company-takes-minority-stake-in-thinfilm and PARC and Thinfilm extends commercialization engagement:
http://www.thinfilm.se/news/38-press-releases/254-thinfilm-a-parc-extend-printed-electronics-commercialization-engagement (April 2011) - Commercial momentum: Thinfilm receives engineering orders for prototypes:
http://www.thinfilm.se/news/38-press-releases/258-thinfilm-receives-engineering-orders-for-prototypes from leading toy manufacturers and Thinfilm opens Japan office:
http://www.thinfilm.se/news/38-press-releases/262-thinfilm-opens-japan-office (May and June 2011) - More Thinfilm news: http://www.thinfilm.se/news:
http://www.thinfilm.se/news.
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Source: Thin Film Electronics ASA via Thomson Reuters ONE
