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By Alexander Neumann
The OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) has published the 10th edition of its “Roadmap for Flexible and Printed Electronics.” The updated, 310-page study provides a comprehensive overview of the current state, applications, and future development of flexible and printed electronics.
The new roadmap, developed with the input of over 100 experts from industry and research, delivers short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts for technologies, applications, and markets. It aims to reflect the increasing maturity, diversification, and industrialization of flexible and printed electronics across a wide range of industries.
The key findings were already presented at LOPEC this February, and now the whitepaper is available for download on the OE-A website. It is available free of charge to all members of the non-profit organization; non-members can purchase it for €3,745.
The study is structured according to key industry and end-user markets, including automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare, printed electronics for packaging, smart buildings, and the Internet of Things. For the first time, defense and aerospace are treated as a separate sector, highlighting the growing importance of robust, secure, and specialized printed electronics solutions in these areas.
In addition to market perspectives, the roadmap provides a comprehensive overview of applied and future technologies. The topics range from flexible and OLED displays to energy generation and storage, with a new section dedicated to fuel cells. Active and passive components, as well as integrated intelligent systems, are also covered. For each technology area, the roadmap outlines both historical developments and future projections.
A key innovation in the 10th edition is the dedicated chapter “Sustainability & Green Electronics.” This section highlights sustainability as a central criterion for materials, design, manufacturing processes, and applications. According to OE-A, printed electronics offers significant advantages in this area through additive, material- and energy-efficient production methods, as well as improved compatibility with circular economy concepts, whose importance is steadily growing.
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