Foldable handsets normalised the technology, but the next wave — slates, laptops, automotive interiors and rollable TV — is what turns flexible OLED from a flagship feature into a display-industry baseline. We unpack the numbers behind the 24.6% growth forecast.
Silver flake still dominates conductive ink formulations on performance and process maturity. But with silver trading near historic highs, copper and graphene alternatives are finally winning design-ins where cost-per-gram matters more than conductivity headroom.
After a decade of conference demos, printed pressure arrays are shipping in soft grippers, rehabilitation wearables and surgical training tools — applications where conformality beats the precision of silicon MEMS at a fraction of the cost.
R2R equipment spending is rising on the back of flexible display and sensor volume. We look at where the tool orders are landing, and why registration accuracy — not throughput — remains the industry's hard problem.
Indoor photovoltaics are quietly becoming organic electronics' most practical near-term market — powering sensors and e-labels where batteries and wiring don't make sense.
Six analyst houses, a ten-fold spread, and a lesson in how to read any electronics forecast. We compare the numbers, find the definitional fault lines, and explain which figure to use for which decision.
Skin patches made printed batteries a commercial reality. Inside the ~28% CAGR flexible-battery market and the disposable medical devices pulling it forward.
Series 12 and Ultra 4 add a ring of photodiodes, larger green LEDs and bigger ECG electrodes. Apple bases its accuracy claim on its own 1,000-person study.
Apple’s first foldable, unveiled on 9 September, pairs a 7.6-inch inner display with a nano-texture and micro-lens finish that minimises crease visibility.
The forecast puts global smartphone flexible OLED shipments at 696 million units, barely above 2025, with the largest suppliers growing at others’ expense.
The Swedish engineering consultancy becomes an IMSE engineering partner, giving TactoTek its first European design studio for smart-surface work with carmakers.
Launched in China on 7 September, two days before Apple’s first foldable, the three-panel phone opens to a screen of about 10 inches and starts at 19,999 yuan.
Testing at Indiana’s Battery Innovation Center shows no capacity loss at 10C, but energy density, the cells’ weak point, is still being optimised.
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