MOSCOW (MRC) -- Henkel expands strategic partnership with Quad Industries for driving printed electronics solutions, said the company.
Henkel Adhesive Technologies and Quad Industries, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, today have announced the expansion of their strategic partnership to offer capacities and support for technological value creation and prototyping with printed electronics solutions across multiple industries. The companies started their collaboration in 2019 and since then successfully worked on different projects such as the development of the innovative COVID-19 smart health patch introduced by Byteflies that was launched in 2020. With the advancement of the partnership Quad Industries has become a strategic partner in Henkel?s ecosystem for design creation, prototyping and manufacturing of printed electronics via flatbed screen printing.
With more than 35 years of experience in printed electronics across multiple industrial markets Henkel Adhesive Technologies offers a broad material expertise, market know-how and partner network to support the commercialization process for smart product solutions. The business unit is a leading provider of a broad portfolio of conductive inks and coatings that enable flexible, cost-efficient and high-performing applications.
"At Henkel we believe in a differentiated partnership approach across the entire value chain,” explains Stijn Gillissen, Head of Printed Electronics at Henkel. “Our network enables us to provide customers not only with products and knowledge, but also connecting them with circuit designers, printing manufacturers or external IoT specialists. Together we can leverage the potential of digital transformations by utilizing the benefits of printed electronics."
Quad Industries has been at the forefront of applied electronics for more than 25 years and is well-known as a trusted partner in the development and manufacturing of user interfaces, control panels and sensing devices for both consumer and industrial applications. In recent years, the company has extended its activities in the domain of printed electronics, using its extensive knowledge to develop and manufacture printed, flexible sensor solutions.
Together with Henkel, Quad Industries and four other medical and technology companies, Belgium-based Byteflies, a medically certified B2B-services company, has developed a smart health patch for remote patient monitoring. The system was initially set up to monitor the vital functions of patients with heart failure and epilepsy. After the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 the partners leveraged the patch’s potential for coronavirus patients. This new COVID-19 smart health patch allows continuous, remote, and wireless monitoring of patients’ respiration, heart rate, and temperature and is already applied by numerous hospitals in Flanders, Belgium, to monitor up to 300 patients infected with the virus.
Henkel solutions ensure the optimal material performance of the COVID-19 smart health patch and other digitally enhanced medical applications, for example for point-of-care diagnostics or wound care. The company has developed medical electrodes and conductive inks that enable the patch to be used for five days rather than just one. Quad Industries printed the electronic circuit on a very thin and stretchable foil and integrated the technology into the wearable patches. With the expansion of their strategic partnership the two companies now bundle their expertise to enhance the support of manufacturers in the development, commercialization and production of smart printed electronics solutions in markets such as healthcare, hygienics, automotive and furniture and building.
Quad Industries is a leading technology provider specialized in the manufacturing of customized printed electronics. For more than 25 years we have been serving well-known, international customers in in a broad range of markets such as medical, automotive, home appliance and industrial markets. With a competence center in Belgium and a production location in Slovakia, we are in the heart of Europe. Ready to support you with contract development and contract manufacturing – from lab-scale prototypes to high volume manufacturing.
As per MRC, Henkel Adhesive Technologies strengthens its capabilities for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) solutions by investing in Feelit, Haifa, Israel. The start-up has developed a unique sensor technology for predictive maintenance for various applications in manufacturing. With the investment Henkel aims to further expand its leading MRO portfolio for its broad customer base in industrial markets.
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