InnoPhysics plasma printing technology on its way to market after successful open innovation trajectory with Holst Centre
Eindhoven, April 19, 2010 - InnoPhysics B.V., a Dutch startup company from the Vision Dynamics Group, demonstrates a proprietary Digital-on-Demand PlasmaPrint hardware solution that enables software patterned surface functionalization, etching and deposition of functional coatings on thin (plastic) substrates. After successful feasibility studies performed at Holst Centre in the area of flexible electronics such as OLED lighting, InnoPhysics is now developing a go-to-market strategy for the new technology.
Printed electronics is a fast growing market with a large variety of different applications such as RFID tags, organic and polymer LEDs and solar cells. The proprietary InnoPhysics technology solution operates on a large variety of plastic substrates in ambient conditions, at room temperature and it provides flexibility in patterning, i.e. mask-less, which is especially important during the prototyping phase, personalized product solutions and versioning of single products for the flexible and printed organic electronics market. As part of the go-to-market strategy, InnoPhysics is developing a PlasmaPrint toolkit integratable with existing table-top R&D print platforms.
In a joint effort Holst Centre and InnoPhysics have shown the feasibility of surface tension contrast patterning and printing as a valuable technology for the production of energy efficient OLEDs. This successful concept validation has led to a collaboration between Holst Centre and InnoPhysics to further develop the surface tension contrast patterning and printing method and explore a number of new processes to create patterns of functional materials on flexible substrates using the InnoPhysics technology.
Ronn Andriessen, Program Manager Large-Area Printing at Holst Centre: “We are very pleased to see that a young startup company is able to benefit from the collaboration within our open innovation environment. We wish InnoPhysics a successful next step in bringing its technology to the market.”
Alquin Stevens, CTO of InnoPhysics: “The validation of our technology by Holst Centre, as a global research institute in the field of printed electronics, is of vital importance in our first steps towards the market. The collaboration has resulted in a speed up of application and product development, and the open innovation environment has provided us access to the market and its players.”
InnoPhysics will present its technology during this week’s Hannover Messe, the world's leading showcase for industrial technology. InnoPhysics can be found on the Holst Centre booth (Hall 6, stand J28, MicroNanoTech section).
About Holst Centre
Holst Centre is an independent open-innovation R&D centre that develops generic technologies for Wireless Autonomous Transducer Solutions and for Systems-in-Foil. A key feature of Holst Centre is its partnership model with industry and academia around shared roadmaps and programs. It is this kind of cross-fertilization that enables Holst Centre to tune its scientific strategy to industrial needs.
Holst Centre was set up in 2005 by IMEC (
Located on High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Holst Centre benefits from the state-of-the-art on-site facilities. Holst Centre has over 150 employees from around 25 nationalities and a commitment from over 20 industrial partners. Visit us at www.holstcentre.com
About InnoPhysics
InnoPhysics B.V. is specialized in plasma technology, digital printing and combinations of both worlds. InnoPhysics has officially been setup in the
InnoPhysics can assist in process and application development or customized equipment solutions upon request. Recently, InnoPhysics has started the development of low-cost roll-to-roll equipment to meet the future demand for upscaling of the technology towards production. To date one PlasmaPrint technology patent has been published and two more patents are pending.