Flexible electronics describes circuits that can bend and stretch,
enabling significant versatility in applications and the prospect
of low-cost manufacturing processes. They represent an important
technological advance, in terms of their performance
characteristics and potential range of applications, ranging from
medical care, packaging, lighting and signage, consumer electronics
and alternative energy (especially solar energy.) What these
technologies have in common is a dependence on efficient
manufacturing that currently requires improved technology,
processes, tooling, and materials, as well as ongoing research.
Seeking to capture the global market opportunity in flexible
electronics, major U.S. competitors have initiated dedicated
programs that are large in scope and supported with significant
government funding to develop and acquire these new technologies,
refine them, and ultimately manufacture them within their national
borders. These national and regional investments are significantly
larger than U.S. investment and more weighted toward later stage
applied research and development. The Flexible Electronics
Opportunity examines and compares selected innovation programs both
foreign and domestic, and their potential to advance the production
of flexible electronics technology in the United States. This
report reviews the goals, concept, structure, operation, funding
levels, and evaluation of foreign programs similar to major U.S.
programs, e.g., innovation awards, S&T parks, and consortia.
The report describes the transition of flexible electronics
research into products and to makes recommendations to improve and
to develop U.S. programs. Through an examination of the role of
research consortia around the world to advance flexible electronics
technology, the report makes recommendations for steps that the
U.S. might consider to develop a robust industry in the United
States. Significant U.S. expansion in the market for flexible
electronics technologies is not likely to occur in the absence of
mechanisms to address investment risks, the sharing of intellectual
property, and the diverse technology requirements associated with
developing and manufacturing flexible electronics technologies. The
Flexible Electronics Opportunity makes recommendations for
collaboration among industry, universities, and government to
achieve the critical levels of investment and the acceleration of
new technology development that are needed to catalyze a vibrant
flexible electronics industry. Table of Contents Front Matter
Executive Summary 1 Flexible Electronics and the Manufacturing
Challenge 2 Assessing the Potential of Flexible Electronics 3
Government Promotional Efforts 4 The Emerging Competitive Landscape
5 European Initiatives 6 East Asia 7 United States 8 Findings and
Recommendations Bibliography
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