National Centre for Flexible Electronics (FLexE Centre) at Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IITK) has tied up with UK based RK print for state-of-the-art printed electronics pilot line. FlexE Centre functions as a nodal point in India to bring academia, industry and public research organisations under one umbrella for research and development in the field of flexible electronics.
Project manager at RK Print Darren Ellis said that the long-term project is an exciting one for RK Print as it will add to their knowledge about the emerging printed electronics market.
Coordinator of FlexE Centre, Prof Monica Katiyar said that the access to a roll-to-roll processing facility in India will provide boost to development of domestic industry in the field of printable electronics.
On the other hand Juliane Tripathi, Team Leader at FlexE Centre said, the FlexE Centre’s line has been designed as extremely versatile and modular with state-of-the-art printing and sintering technologies that can be combined for broad range of applications in the field of printed electronics.
FlexE Centre was established in 2014 through a grant from the ministry of electronics and information technology under ESDM scheme of the electronics policy 2012 of the Government of India with support from IIT-K.
By Baishakhi Dutta
