David Savastano, Editor07.21.21
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of article on sustainability and the flexible and printed electronics industry. The first, the overview, can be found here. The second, on reuse and recycling, can be found here. The third, on the benefits of flexible and printed electronics industry in terms of sustainability, can be found here.
Sustainability is a topic of increasing interest worldwide, and in the growing area of flexible and printed electronics, there are important benefits to the technology. However, there are also challenges that need to be met.
Industry leaders report they are hearing questions about sustainability from their customers.
Melissa Grupen-Shemansky, CTO for SEMI, and executive director of SEMI FlexTech and SEMI NBMC, said that SEMI believes the biggest challenges will be reducing the waste stream of critical solid-state components and creating a recyclable or biodegradable substrate material.
“We hope to create and build awareness of the p
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