UK economy watch: Plastic Electronics
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ndustry: Plastic or Organic Electronics
Market Size
2010 . . .USD2bn (GBP1.3)
2020 . . USD120bn (GNP80.2)
Growth = 60x or 6000% in ten years
Government Subsidies
#1 8 projects to build the supply chain and “overcome barriers to UK exploitation of plastics electronics technology”
GBP7.4m including CBP800K from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC
#2 5 projects to develop commercial prototypes
GBP1.0m by Technology Strategy Board
Products
Circuits are printed cheaply onto rigid or flexible surfaces and rival silicon-based electronics in lighting and solar panels.
People
As at July 2010
David Willetts, Univesities and Science Minister
Iain Gray, CE of Technology Strategy Board
Websites
PRW.com
Plusplasticelectronics
Announcement from January 2007
British Interests
Plastic Logic (with Merck in Dresden and management in Mountain View
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