Project partners Eurecat and Fedrogoni Paper have presented MADRAS during this year’s edition of LOPEC, the flagship event in Europe for the printed electronics industry, celebrated on March 1st-2nd in Munich (Germany).
On the one hand, MADRAS coordinator Eurecat counted with its own booth in the exhibition area, where they presented the two demonstrators developed within the project, including a biometric reader based on photodetection and a geotracking battery-free flexible tag. Moreover, they showcased a set of solar cells developed with MADRAS advanced materials.
Moreover, the technology center distributed the project brochure to the attendees approaching and carried out replicability questionnaires with the aim to explore new potential applications and markets for the MADRAS innovations.
On the other hand, Gael Depres, Senior Innovation and R&D Grenoble HUB Manager at Fedrigoni Paper, delivered on March 2nd the conference “Printed circuitry on nanocellulose foil”, where he presented the nanocellulose substrate developed within MADRAS.
This renewable material has a 90% of transparency and is as recyclable as paper, lowering plastic waste in printed electronics. The substrate was printed using highly conductive inks developed by GenesInk and screen printing processes.
During his intervention, Gael Depres also gave an overview of the MADRAS project and introduced the In-Mould Electronics process that has been followed to produce the geolocalisation tag, including functional printing, hybridisation and injection moulding.
The lecture was held within the framwework of the session “Substrates and Encapsulation”, chaired by Dr. Armin Wedel, Division Director from Fraunhofer.
LOPEC is the leading communication platform for technology, solutions, knowledge and research in the printed electronics industry. The 2023 edition, attendd by more than 2.300 visitors, has counted with more than 170 conference presentations reviewed by international experts and 168 exhibitors from 25 countries.
