Cut costs, not quality: Printed electronics by FLEXOO
Manufacturing printed electronics without compromising quality or cost? At FLEXOO, we've cracked that code.
Proven results: Customers save at least 10%.
Contract Manufacturing for Printed Electronics
Cost-effective, fast, and customized
Cut costs, not quality: Printed electronics by FLEXOO
Why can FLEXOO manufacture printed electronics so cost-effectively?
And in Germany, no less?
- Highly automated roll-to-roll printing processes
- Top machining speed of 160 m/min with no downtime for product changes
- Unique worldwide machine specialization, 7 printing stages in one run
- Consolidated production steps
- Additive manufacturing saving material
You benefit directly from this enormous cost savings!
FLEXOO is an ISO-certified contract manufacturer
The machines in our ISO-certified production impress with quality and performance: more than 20 km of sensors, heating elements, antennas, or flexible PCBs are ready for shipment at the end of a shift.
Whether simple or highly complex, we execute your print order precisely according to your specifications. Our employees are recognized experts who learned their craft at world market leaders in the printing industry.
We supply renowned customers in demanding sectors such as automotive, medical technology, aerospace, and more.
From precise sensors to powerful antennas and flexible PCBs to efficient heating elements – our portfolio covers the entire range of modern printed electronics. You determine the specifications, we implement them.
Why is FLEXOO's contract manufacturing so fast?
To illustrate what "fast" means for you concretely, a simplified calculation:
At maximum production speed, we produce within 8 hours:
1 Million pieces of 2-layer 40x50 mm flexible PCBs
We achieve this because we maximize a very decisive advantage of additive manufacturing, the low number of process steps. We produce multilayer electronics in just one run.
Applying the ink and curing – the printed electronics are ready.
We have other effective accelerators:
- Machines and processes are networked. This applies from prototyping to setting up the production machine to quality monitoring. All steps are geared towards efficiency with consistently high quality.
- Access to process alternatives that optimize and shorten production time.
How can FLEXOO customize printed electronics?
You have the choice: You either provide finished specifications that we transfer directly into production, or you use our expertise for joint development projects.
If desired, we optimize existing specifications in terms of function, cost, degree of integration, and quality level. Numerous market leaders already successfully use this service.
With us, you get design freedom without compromise. Additive processes allow the realization of complex geometric shapes that would not be manufacturable or only with considerable effort using conventional methods. This design freedom opens up new possibilities for your products. You benefit from higher individualization and thus unique advantages in competition.
Our contract manufacturing for your printed electronics
The production lines operate in ISO Class 7 cleanrooms. This cleanroom classification ensures a low-particle atmosphere with minimal contamination rate, which is essential for the production of high-quality electronic components.
Our high-performance specialized production lines offer maximum flexibility for your individual requirements:
7 printing stages in one run with a high layer to layer accuracy of up to <100 µm
With 7 printing stages and the techniques of rotary screen printing, flexographic printing, and slot die coating, we achieve the highest precision. Drying is done using IR, hot air, and UV mercury lamps. For finishing, hot stamping, inline punching, inline die-cutting, as well as laminating and delaminating are available. All processes are register-controlled and continuously monitored by web tension, edge guiding, and contactless conductivity controls.
Contract manufacturing for printed electronics with maximum flexibility in inks and substrates
We continuously push the boundaries of what is technically feasible in printed electronics. The following overview shows a selection of the materials we work with. Depending on project requirements, we develop customized solutions and also use unconventional materials if necessary. Our technology enables exceptional flexibility in combining different inks and substrates.
Types of inks (printing inks)
Metallic inks:
- Gold (Au)
- Silver (Ag) and silver nanoparticles
- Solderable silver (Ag)
- Copper (Cu)
- Aluminum (Al)
- Nickel (Ni)
Carbon-based inks:
- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
- Carbon black (C)
Polymer-based organic inks:
- PEDOT:PSS (Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-doped polystyrene sulfonate)
- PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride)
- PVA (Polyvinyl alcohol)
- PVP (Poly-4-vinylphenol)
Substrates (carrier materials)
Polymer substrates:
- Polyimide (PI)
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
Other substrates:
- Paper (including Teslin paper)
- Textiles/fabrics
Discover the superpowers of our contract manufacturing for printed electronics
The superpowers of our production are the maximum performance values we achieve in categories important to you. The following selection provides a perfect orientation as to whether we are the perfect contract manufacturer for printed electronics for you. We think we most certainly are.
- Maximum machining speed: 160 m/min
- Minimum distance print lines: 50 µm
- Minimum width print lines: 50 µm
- Maximum print quality: fine line
- Maximum substrate width: 430 mm
- Maximum substrate length: no limitation
- Maximum substrate thickness: 500 µm
- Minimum substrate thickness: 2 µm
Challenge accepted!
You want to be and stay competitive. And we deliver quality at attractive prices.