Soligie, a market leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of Printed
Electronics, and Blue
Spark Technologies, a leading developer of flexible, printed power source
solutions, announced today that they have entered into an agreement for the
joint market development of Blue Spark’s thin battery technology and Soligie’s
printed electronics capabilities. The Companies anticipate that this agreement
will lead to a manufacturing collaboration for roll-to-roll volume production
of Blue Spark batteries.
Product developers and manufacturers are concerned with global trends of portability,
interactivity, product safety, security, and environmental impact. These trends
are driving companies to seek out new technologies and cost-effective solutions
that can help them bring exciting products to market faster with more functionality.
Printed electronics are increasingly utilized in product innovations including
interactive product labels with iconic displays, smart medical patches, functional
electronic devices, sensors, and radio frequency (RF)-enabled tags. Many of
these products need a safe, affordable and eco-friendly power source. By combining
Soligie’s proprietary printed electronics design and manufacturing processes
with Blue Sparks’ power solutions, brand owners will be able to offer
their customers a new level of value and function in their products.
Gary R. Johnson, President and CEO of Blue Spark said, “Making the exciting
new technologies of Printed Electronics more broadly known, convenient and rapidly
available to systems developers is essential to realizing the game-changing
potential of printing to the electronics industry. Adding the broad systems
development and manufacturing strengths of Soligie to Blue Spark’s market
development initiatives opens up exciting new paths to integrate Blue Spark
battery technology into innovations of huge market potential. We are delighted
to have this new agreement and look forward to working with Soligie to bringing
to market the mutual benefits we see.”
Matt Timm, President of Soligie notes, “Soligie is excited about working
with Blue Spark to develop the many market opportunities for a robust, thin
and flexible power source. By integrating Blue Spark’s patented power
technology into Soligie’s growing toolbox of printed electronics technologies,
functional and flexible smart products such as labels, medical patches, security
and access cards can become a reality in high volumes.”
Posted December 4th, 2008
