Latest and past activities

At booth B0.111 you gain insights into:

• Photonic-based selective reflow soldering concepts
• Advantages for flexible substrates and printed electronics
• Key results and learnings from the Photo-AVT project with SEHO’s new Infrabond system
• Test, qualification and reliability strategies from the joint MSWtech–BayflexSolutions Test Center

Talk at the 25th anniversary of the German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF): the evolution of displays for HMI.

MSWtech exhibits at booth B0.109, together with BayflexSolutions. Topics at the booth:

• Internet of Things
• Smart patches (TS PATCH)
• RFID
• Smart Book

Keynote “Printed Electronics – a part of everyday life” at AIMCAL R2R Europe in Valencia, Spain.

MSWtech exhibits at LOPEC 2022 (March 22–24) at booth B0.113, together with BayflexSolutions (booth B0.103). Topics:

• Smart patch project TS PATCH
• NFC-LED
• Smart Book

A prototype of a temperature sensor patch that allows measurements by smartphone, including a unique ID. The setup is thin and flexible. (Original headline: “World’s thinnest temperature sensor patch prototype with printed electronics”.)

General Chair of the online LOPEC 2021 on March 23 – opening together with Falk Senger, Messe München (picture courtesy of Messe München / LOPEC).

The electronic displays Conference goes digital with versatile presentation and matchmaking options. Wolfgang Mildner talks about “3D Shaped Electronics – Challenges of Flexible Display Application and Integration”. Programme

The 14th International Congress MID 2021 (digital) programme features a printed electronics session (session 12) and a talk by Wolfgang Mildner about 3D electronics (session 10).

LOPEC 2021 takes place online due to the expected continuing worldwide travel restrictions. The central element is the LOPEC Conference, supplemented by a virtual marketplace for exhibitors. LOPEC Online ensures an international industry meeting in March 2021.

The ZIM network Hidronik started in July 2020 to support SMEs. Its goal: business with hybrid solutions based on printed and conventional electronics (hybrid systems). Press release

MSWtech speaks at the MKVS meeting in Munich on Tuesday, October 27: “3D Functionality – Printed Electronics Enables New Dimensions and Applications”.

Forum 3D-Gedruckte Elektronik, October 7, Vogel Convention Center Würzburg. Keynote: “Electronics goes 3D – from printed electronics to 3D structural electronics”, Wolfgang Mildner, MSWtech / LOPEC Chair.

LOPECimpulse is a new virtual web seminar format providing updates on LOPEC focus topics. Wolfgang Mildner chairs the one-hour web seminar.

Printed Electronics Insights – OE-A seminars at the Innovation Forum: at the productronica Innovation Forum in hall B2, two afternoons are devoted to printed electronics, organised by the OE-A, a working group within VDMA – “Smart Living” on November 13 and “Future of Mobility” on November 14 (1:30–4:00 pm). Speakers from OE-A member companies and institutes such as IEE, VTT, Altana and db-matik report on the latest products and developments, from hybrid systems to flexible sensors. The seminars are free for productronica visitors. The OE-A booth (hall B2, #451, November 12–15) shows real printed electronics products and prototypes.

IPC E-Textiles Europe 2019, November 12–13, Novotel München Messe: a technical education workshop for innovators, technologists and brands on the latest innovations, designs and manufacturing concepts, with technical presentations, networking and exhibits. Agenda

Wolfgang Mildner gives a talk at ICFPE 2019 in Taipei: “Electronics goes 3D”, in the OE-A joint session on Thursday, which he also chairs.

Bayern Innovativ event: automotive interiors. Printed electronics is already used in several automotive and healthcare applications. The talk gives an insight into healthcare applications of printed electronics that may influence future automotive applications. Programme

Wolfgang Mildner presents the potential of printed electronics for smart packaging on September 25 at the TechBox Forum, 4:30 pm. Full programme

On August 13, 2019, Wolfgang Mildner, MSWtech, was elected a member of the supervisory board of RAS AG, Regensburg, Germany. With its four business units, RAS AG offers new opportunities for different application industries. Its nanosilver unit ecos-materials supplies nanosilver for printed electronics applications in the automotive and consumer electronics industries.

“Jornada Plastrónica II” in Valencia on plastronics – an emerging field with high growth potential in automotive, aeronautics, aerospace, consumer electronics and white goods. Topics included flexible and integrated electronics for automotive, vehicle technology and avionics; printed flexible sensors – market and opportunities; printed electronics for functionalised composites; conductive inks; films for flexible and in-mould electronics; an in-mould electronics pilot-plant demonstration; printed electronics for medical applications; and heated surfaces. Agenda (PDF)

As technical director of the conference, Wolfgang Mildner discusses applications of printed electronics with experts, scientists, product managers, heads of development and managing directors in the two focus topics “Automotive” and “Health/Sports”. Highlights: “From technology push to market pull” (Robert Lindner, OE-A), “From development to production” (Andrea Glawe, KROENERT GmbH & Co. KG), “Printable – flexible and digital into a healthy future” (Stefan Nester, InnovationLab GmbH), and a lab tour: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Reichenberger welcomes participants at TH Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm and presents the OHM-CMP laboratory, where 14 professors from four faculties develop new materials, processes and products together with industry.

German-language talk at the symposium “Elektrisch leitende Kunststoffe” (intrinsically conductive polymers and compounds with conductive additives for industrial applications), Thursday, May 9, 2019. Programme: 1. Introduction to conductive polymers (B. Pfeiffer) · 2. Polymer electronics – developments and potential (W. Mildner) · 3. Organic light-emitting diodes (A. Biebel) · 4. Fundamentals of electrostatics (W. Schubert).

2nd conference “Gedruckte Elektronik für Mobility und Life Science” (in German): technology and application overview, use in automotive, use in health and sports, outlook and further development. Thin – flexible – lightweight: with these attributes printed electronics is used successfully in many fields. The conference targets decision makers, product managers, heads of development and managing directors, with two focus topics, “Automotive” and “Health/Sports”. Further information: FAPS-IPC GmbH, Fürth.

LOPEC 2019 broke all records, as reported by LOPEC: more than 2,700 participants from 44 countries, more than 200 presentations and 163 exhibitors. Key trends enabled by printed electronics included 3D structural electronics and thin, flexible electronics and batteries for wearables.

Wolfgang Mildner attends the WORTH Weekend Valencia, an event bringing design and technology together. The finalist projects of the second WORTH Partnership Project call are presented and assessed by the steering board to select the winners, alongside round-table discussions, lectures and networking. Venue: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain.

MSWtech is at LOPEC 2019 on March 20–21, showing printed electronics projects and products:

• Smart Books
• Smart Tattoos
• RFID projects and competence

First conference on organic and printed electronics in the Middle East and North Africa, January 29–30, 2019, Grand Hyatt Dubai, UAE. The OPE-MENA conference, organised in collaboration with the OE-A, covers the latest developments in manufacturing electronic devices, IoT solutions, solar panels and other applications of organic and printed electronics, with more than 17 presentations over two days. Wolfgang Mildner, MSWtech, speaks in session 2. Agenda

Combining 3D printing, printed electronics and design is the topic of a 3D-MID workshop at the Bauhaus University Weimar on December 12.

Workshop connecting printed electronics and the aviation industry, December 10–11, Hamburg. ZAL (Center for Applied Aviation Research) organises a two-day workshop at the ZAL TechCenter with presentations by and discussions with the aviation industry, such as Airbus, Lufthansa Technik, Diehl and Zodiac. Wolfgang Mildner, MSWtech, participates in the workshop.

Half-day information event “Digitaldruck zur Funktionalisierung textiler Materialien” (digital printing for functionalising textile materials) on current and future opportunities, potential and developments – and on building contacts with potential cooperation partners. Topics include digital printing technologies from inkjet to 3D, functional inks and their potential, from research to application, and digital printing for smart textiles. Programme

Digital transformation affects every industry, including textiles and apparel. Digital printing helps textile companies meet today’s demands for individualisation, sustainability and flexible production – not only for individual colour prints, but for the precise application of finishes, structures and functions on technical and functional textiles. As a minimal-application technique it also offers sustainability potential that is gaining importance under REACH and similar regulations.

Wolfgang Mildner is a member of the steering board of the EU project WORTH (video of the first WORTH weekend in Madrid). WORTH recently interviewed him. Excerpts:

Much of your work relates to discovering value in new technologies. Why is that personally important to you?

“I am curious. I dedicated my professional life to finding new technologies which bring new value to customers in new and existing applications. Printed flexible electronics is a perfect example, as it brings functionality to areas where there was no electronics before, like clothing and textiles. Especially, I like to work with the people who work on this technology and link them to the people who can make use of it.”

You founded MSWtech, which offers innovative products as well as services including education and project management. Why both?

“MSWtech was founded after I learned about the big gap between the possibilities of research and development of new technologies and the knowledge in industry about what is possible and why it is of value. Education helps to understand the innovation and bridges the gap between theory and practical application. Project management is needed because it implements and realises the value of the innovation.”

You are part of several associations, including the Organic Electronics Association, LOPEC and the North Bavarian Business Plan Competition. Why is that support important?

“Innovation today is not work which can be done in a lab or in a single entity. Collaboration between different competencies and organisations is key to success. Associations enable collaboration as they are the enabler for networking. Technology networks, start-up networks or business networks help to make faster matchmaking, access to know-how and people to collaborate with.”

What do you hope to pass on to WORTH participants?

“For me WORTH is not only a project and competition. It’s a great network, as it links two very important functions of innovation: design and technology. I learned a lot about the value of communicating between very different types of people. This is sometimes not easy – different viewpoints, perspectives, even languages – but because of this difficulty it could be the start of something absolutely new. I want to support this process with my knowledge and network by connecting the right people.”

Wolfgang Mildner’s WORTH profile

The 4th Add+it symposium (Symposium on ADDitive Manufacturing and Innovative Technologies), focused on polymers, takes place on September 27–28, 2018, in Steyr, Austria (Museum Arbeitswelt). It offers a platform for science and industry to discuss challenges and topics across additive manufacturing and innovative technologies. Experts from ten countries share their knowledge in two parallel sessions on four topics: AM for medical applications, material development, integrated electronics, and micro/nano 3D printing. The industrial exhibition is complemented by pre-arranged B2B meetings organised by the Enterprise Europe Network. Conference website · Programme

Wolfgang Mildner speaks at FashionTechDays in Roubaix: “Printed Electronics and Fashion”, 9:00–9:15 am.

Chairing the conference session on 3D functional print at Rapid.Tech:

• Printed electronics
• Printed analytics for lab-on-chip
• Printed optical light guides

A compact technology overview with two focus days, “Mobility” and “Life Science” (German-language conference, programme). Printed electronics: thin – flexible – lightweight. These attributes enable successful use in mobility and life science. Under the technical direction of Wolfgang Mildner, Managing Director of MSWtech, the conference presents the technological possibilities, advantages and development potential of printing electronic functions based on both conventional and organic materials.

Day one covers mobility: besides lighting OLEDs and energy supply (OPV), the technology is used in integrated conductive structures such as antennas or sensors. For capacitive touchscreens and touch-sensitive surfaces, printed electronics offers easily integrated, flexible and lightweight solutions that also allow free forms through injection moulding and 3D printing. Design freedom, energy efficiency, lightweight construction and ease of integration are key arguments.

Day two, life science, presents uses in medicine, healthcare and sports, where solutions must be as thin, light and flexible as possible, up to stretchable: wearables, fitness trackers, sensor patches for temperature monitoring, and data acquisition for ECG and EEG. The two-day conference ranges from novel materials to manufacturing questions. Fee: EUR 890 plus VAT (booking; discount code available via info@mswtech.de).

The 6th Scientific Symposium of the CRC/TR 39 PT-PIESA is an open forum for discussion between experts from the PT-PIESA projects, scientists from other institutions and experts from industry. Wolfgang Mildner gives a keynote on printed electronics on March 28.

Printed Electronics Now featured the US Olympic team jacket in an article on the present and future of flexible, hybrid and printed electronics.

Talk “Flexible, thin and (partially) printed – printed electronics applications: an overview” at the ITENE Open Day, ITENE, Valencia, Spain.

MSWtech exhibits at LOPEC 2018, March 14–15. Watch out for exciting new products and projects.

Wolfgang Mildner speaks at the Bayern Innovativ event “Innovation+: Papier, Textil & Folie” in Regensburg about applications and products based on printed electronics. Programme (German)

Printed electronics helps the sporting goods industry achieve thin, flexible, lightweight products. The ISPO Academy features this topic on January 29 – Wolfgang Mildner connects ISPO with LOPEC.

The WORTH Partnership Project supports creative minds: it creates and supports transnational collaborations between fashion designers, creative people, manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and technology firms developing innovative products or processes. Event video · Steering board members

Talk about flexible printed electronics at the electronics forum of electronicAsia (Hong Kong) on October 16.

Wolfgang Mildner speaks about smart packaging at the AIPIA conference in Amsterdam: “IoT platform for packaging – interacting with the customer”.

MSWtech (Wolfgang Mildner and Thomas Reitter) takes part in the next OE-A meeting in Cambridge.

Wolfgang Mildner introduces printed electronics for packaging and labelling applications at drinktec 2017 (seminar on September 14).

iOS 11 now supports NFC. This example of a printed label uses NFC power to light up embedded LEDs.

A great step for interactive documents: NFC links books to the internet.

Wolfgang Mildner speaks about “Printed Electronics – state of the art and applications” at the electronics forum of Rapid.Tech on June 20.

Wolfgang Mildner talks about wearable applications of printed electronics at Wear-IT in Berlin on June 8.

Wolfgang Mildner talks about interactive packaging at interpack 2017 in the seminar of the OE-A: May 4, 2:10 pm, booth 5J39.

Free networking meeting on printed electronics for sports and healthcare applications, with talks by Bernhard Dümler, adidas (sports applications), and Wolfgang Mildner, MSWtech (medical applications with printed electronics). Thursday, April 6, 2017, 5:00–7:30 pm, Energie Campus Nürnberg, Fürther Straße 250, 90429 Nuremberg.

A busy MSWtech team at the LOPEC 2017 exhibition in Munich, booth 602. Contact MSWtech at info@mswtech.de for more information.

MSWtech exhibits at LOPEC 2017 in Munich – the largest event for flexible and printed electronics. If you plan to attend, schedule a meeting with us.

Just in time for LOPEC 2017, the regional cluster Printed Electronics Franken has a new website (in German).

Printed electronics provides building blocks for wearables – thin, flexible, lightweight and easy to integrate. Wolfgang Mildner speaks at the ISPO Academy on February 6, 2017, 2:45 pm.

The Future of Sports and Electronics – thin, flexible, easy to integrate and wearable

• Wearable applications require new forms and shapes of electronics
• Printed electronics delivers the building blocks for wearable electronics
• Examples of state-of-the-art applications and future opportunities from leading organisations
• Printed electronics roadmap for wearable applications
• LOPEC in Munich is the leading conference and exhibition for printed electronics

View the detailed programme on the CES 2017 website. MSWtech: January 6, 3:30–4:30 pm, LVCC, North Hall, N264.

MSWtech speaks about wearables and printed electronics at the CES conference (Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas) on the afternoon of January 6, 2017, in the OE-A session “Printed Electronics: Enabling the Future” – “Printed Electronics Advancing Healthcare and Wearable Innovations”, 3:30–4:30 pm, LVCC, North Hall, N264.

Printed electronics offers its highest value by combining functions and components. See the article in OPE journal #17.

Session on printed electronics at the 3D-MID Congress in Würzburg, September 28–29.

“Nano meets Future 2016 – Die Zukunft liegt im Kleinen”: German-language talk at the event in Saarbrücken on September 16.

New article on why the Internet of Things and printed electronics require thinking in systems.

Implemented for packaging integration: up to 10 LEDs in parallel, powered wirelessly. Get in touch for details.

OPE journal 15/2016 – “Powering up mobile applications”: new article about energy concepts for mobile applications.

Printed electronics enables packaging to become part of the “Internet of Everything”. Talk at drupa cube, June 2, 2016.

OE-A session, June 2, 2:30 pm: printed electronics enables interactive packaging.

• Smart functionality: thin, flexible, lightweight
• Integrated sensors, light and logic
• Hybrid integration enables silicon performance (e.g. for NFC communication)

Successful collaboration: four members teamed up for a joint booth at LOPEC 2016.

A local network to enable regional collaboration has been established. Its goals are local networking, identifying common targets, and discussing and enabling projects. It is called Printed Electronics Franken.

Sino-Europe Flexible & Printed Electronics Forum: talk about LOPEC 2016.

German-language seminar “Elektrisch leitende Kunststoffe” (electrically conductive plastics): intrinsically conductive polymers – composites with conventional conductive additives – nanocomposites. Seminar at Technische Akademie Esslingen

MSWtech speaks on Wednesday, January 27, at the Wearable Technologies Conference in Munich (alongside ISPO 2016) to introduce printed electronics, the OE-A and LOPEC.

New video podcast: what to expect and why to attend LOPEC 2016, April 5–7.

New article in OPE journal 13/2015: Find added value for your product through better performance or functionality – not just cost advantages.

MSWtech / Wolfgang Mildner attends the 36th OE-A Working Group Meeting in Limoges.

“Industrie 4.0” business trip to the Brabant/Eindhoven region, November 11–13, 2015.

The 2nd meeting of Printed Electronics Franken at Fraunhofer IISB was a success. The exhibition of local players showed examples of the printed electronics competence in Franconia, Germany – including the MSWtech booth.

MSWtech presents at the 40th MKVS in Munich (October 26–28, 2015). Talk: “Printed Electronics – New Intelligent Systems Enabled by a Hybrid Combination of Printed and Conventional Electronics. The Key Role of Adhesives”.

An overview of recent MSWtech customer projects and references is available on the references page.

MSWtech exhibits at the 2nd networking meeting and exhibition: October 14, 2015, 4:00–6:30 pm, Fraunhofer IISB, Erlangen. Registration

Up to 10 LEDs integrated and powered by NFC (e.g. a smartphone). Available thin, flexible and lightweight. Demo video (YouTube)

MSWtech offers seminars for everyone interested in printed electronics:

• Successful printed electronics applications
• Becoming part of the printed electronics value chain

Interested? Get in touch for the next seminar.

Nanora Masterclass: Automotive and printed electronics, July 1–2, 2015, Frankfurt.

June 24: kick-off meeting of Printed Electronics Franken, a regional network of activities around printed electronics. Dr. Jens Hauch (ENERGIEregion Nürnberg) and Wolfgang Mildner (MSWtech) answered questions from business and research. Article

Organic photovoltaics (OPV) demonstrated as part of the German pavilion at EXPO 2015 in Milan.

MSWtech joins the OE-A as a member on March 1, 2015. The OE-A is the leading international industry association for printed electronics, with more than 230 members at that time.

After several months of preparation, MSWtech is demonstrating products, product concepts and its new company profile and network. Customers and users increasingly see printed electronics as a solution to their problems: it offers easy integration, reduced weight and cost, or new functionality. So far, the performance of printed components has sometimes not been sufficient, or suitable components have not yet been available.

The MSWtech solution: “It’s so easy”

• Use of silicon electronics
• Hybrid combination of printed and conventional components

What is needed?

• Understanding of customer requirements and system-level problems
• Conception and design with great degrees of freedom
• Development of new system concepts and designs
• A network of competence to solve the challenges
• Competence in interconnection and joining technology

MSWtech offers solutions together with its partners Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS); InnovationLab, Heidelberg; and NFC.KONTOR, Munich. MSWtech offers this network of expertise to take customer applications based on state-of-the-art printed electronics and the latest silicon components to the next level.

MSWtech is located at LOPEC on booth B0.412. Co-exhibitors are the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and InnovationLab Heidelberg.

About MSWtech: MSWtech develops and markets products for customers based on printed electronics in combination with conventional electronics. The portfolio ranges from flexible conductive lines and structures for passive components to simple circuits for many fields of application. Integrated smart systems create new opportunities such as radio-activated displays or LEDs for marketing or authentication. MSWtech was founded in 1983 and has been reorganised with additional business goals.

See hybrid solutions – discuss projects – understand the opportunities of printed electronics.

Workshop on Organic Photovoltaics, 11 December 2014, Energie Campus Nürnberg. Talk: “Printed Electronics – Players and Applications”. Programme details

Talk during electronica 2014 on November 12, 2:30 to 4:00 pm, as part of the OE-A Seminar.

The OE-A celebrates its 10th anniversary at its 10th Annual General Assembly, combined with a Working Group Meeting at Janssen Pharmaceutica in Beerse, Belgium.