Substrates and Coating
Plastic electronics is a means of using lower cost, more sustainable technology to manufacture tomorrow’s electronic equipment. Projected world sales of £30 billion by 2015 demonstrate the size of the market for early entrants to the sector. A key opportunity for delivering this technology is the flexible substrate.
The Wilton Centre houses a Flexible Electronics Substrate facility. This includes a Class 1000 Clean Room and Reel-to-Reel Vacuum Coater. Recent innovations in development at the Wilton Centre include flexible photovoltaic cells (solar panels); thin film transistor displays (TFT screens); energy-saving electronic sensors, and solid-state energy-efficient lighting.
