Henkel and Teca-Print have announced a partnership in the pad printing field of printed electronics. The collaboration aims to further drive the adoption of pad printing solutions in emerging technologies such as antenna, digital healthcare, 3D electronics, and smart mobility by supporting customers in accelerating their projects. Based on the partners’ combined expertise Henkel and Teca-Print will offer seamless product recommendations from R&D to final production processes as well as joint trial possibilities and feasibility studies.
Henkel is an industry-leading supplier of printed electronics materials and services. The broad Loctite portfolio of functional inks includes conductive inks and paints as well as resistive and dielectric inks. Henkel’s portfolio and four decades of material formulation expertise enable the company´s partners to develop printed electronics applications tailored to the specific properties demanded by industrial customers – for example in the manufacturing of membrane switches, flexible circuits, force sensors, heating elements, and medical biosensors for solutions in healthcare, automotive and consumer electronics. To further address the challenge of 3D parts functionalisation, the company has recently developed a new range of functional inks that can be applied by pad printing technology.
Comprehensive product line
For more than 50 years, Teca-Print has played a leading role in the evolution of pad printing technology. The company’s equipment and systems are developed to meet the specific needs of its customers. Teca-Print not only ensures the highest quality and accuracy with its pad printing systems but also provides cutting-edge software for process enhancement. The comprehensive product line features complex automation solutions, specialised and standard pad printing machines, along with a full range of peripheral equipment, accessories and consumables including printing pads, inks and cliché plates.
“At Henkel, we strongly believe in the value of close collaborations and a broad and diverse ecosystem of partners to further unlock the enormous potential of printed electronics across industries,” explained Anna Ryzhova, Business Development Manager for Printed Electronics at Henkel. “Teca-Print is a proven and well-renowned leader in pad printing technologies for decades. Together, we want to combine our different expertise to help customers overcome challenges and accelerate their projects for new market opportunities in fields such as smart living, healthcare, mobility, electronics and more.”
Extensive ink formulation expertise
“We are thrilled to partner with a leading material specialist such as Henkel,” said Dominik Aeschbach, Expert for Printed Electronics at Teca-Print. “Their extensive ink formulation expertise for pad printing applications combined with our machine and matching consumables know-how will enable us to transfer our pad printing capabilities into the field of printed electronics. By commonly providing seamless development and production support as well as a broad variety of trial and study offerings we are convinced to achieve optimum printing results that will help bring this technology to a new level.”
Both companies will demonstrate their partnership and showcase their combined capabilities at the upcoming TechBlick Berlin on 23-24 October. Henkel and Teca-Print will present their leading material portfolio at booths D02 and D03. In addition, the partners will engage in a speaking session under the title “Advancing Pad Printable Solutions with Henkel Materials” on 23 October 12:40 pm, Room 3, Track C.