Organized by Changzhou Institute of Printed Electronics Industry (CZIPEI), the 6th Flexible and Printed Electronic China (6th FPE China) and the 1st Printed Electronics Industry Summit have taken place in Changzhou, China from Oct 24-25, 2016. Affiliated to the conference, the first printed electronic industry round-table discussion, as a part of the summit, was held on Oct 23rd.

The round-table discussion was focused on printed and flexible electronics commercialization challenges, needs, and supply chain development. Director Wang WW from Ministry of Information Technology has participated in the discussion and pointed out the importance of the new technology industrialization and government policy support. He has emphasized that in next 10 year Chinese central government is leading China economic reforms from labor intense industry to technology infused industry development. It provides great opportunities for technology-rich printed electronics commercialization in many applications, e.g. large area flexible electronics/optoelectronics, supply chain/cold chain management, anti-counterfeiting.

The participants in both round-table discussion and conference were world and domestic leaders in printed and flexible electronics community. IDTechEx and OEA gave comprehensive overviews of printed electronics market and roadmap, while CZIPEI and PERC introduced PE commercialization and R&D activities in China.

One highlight of the meeting is that CZIPEI has announced that the 1st Printed Electronics Industry Park is opening to public on May 2017 at Changzhou, China. The PE Industry Park is operated by CZIPEI with six PE industrialization platforms, namely PE technology incubation, scale-up process and manufacturing facility, central test lab, public service platform, standardization, and PE exhibition and education center. For more information on Changzhou Institute of Printed Electronics Industry and PE Industry Park, please visit www.czipei.com External Link or phone at +86 (0)519-69885590.(printedelectronicsworld)