Interview to Josep Lluís Checa, director attach to the presidency of Cetemmsa
Which are the ‘macrotendencias' that appreciate in the sector of the electronic impresa?
The concept of ‘macrotendencia' is not natural in the field of the technology in general and much less in the field of the electronic impresa. As such, have been pioneering in creating bonds between him and the applications, in this case to products that incorporate elements of electronic impresa. It is thus that think in the manufacturing of a work detailed that splitting of a proposal of ‘macrotendencias' will carry us to identify specific products. This frame of reference carried us to identify the following tendencies: Awakening –make the familiar strange; Switch – play Smart; Heritage – make the strange familiar; Performance – beyond of human boundaries; and Nowtopia – Do it yourself.
In what measured these innovations can “change our lives”?
Like technology considered disruptiva, the changes expected can be of diverse índole. If it had to stand out a field where expect a big change is in the field of the health and the welfare. The systems of teleasistencia, of prevention and of medical assistance contemplate already applications of the electronic impresa, emanating of the base of application to sensors of all type, and especially those that deposit on textile substrate. In this sense, have already of prototypes that evaluate the pattern of movement in his steps of a greater person, or products with systems of monitoring of anaesthesia in operating theatre that integrate new functions in traditional elements, as it is the manguito of pressesure and current cardiac rhythm, incorporating systems of measure of neuromuscular relaxation of the patient.
In which sectors of activity can have the electronics equipment dealers equipment dealers impresa a greater field of development? It could put some examples of future developments in these fields?
As it said, the fields of application are diverse, but if we think in basic application, the sensors are the greater hope of application to multiple products and segments of activity, including the derivative of the biosensor, which will be able to react to biochemical stimuli in addition to the traditional mechanics.
More specifically, the sectors of the health, the welfare, the automotive sector, the graphic arts, the transports and the architecture can be the big tractor trucks sectors of applications of the electronic impresa.
In a situation of economic crisis like which live, how can the electronics equipment dealers equipment dealers impresa contribute to the wished reduction of costs?
Prefer to think that more than contributing a vision only of reduction of costs the true contribution of the electronic impresa goes through the creation of new opportunities of product, in some case by functional evolution of something existent or by the creation of new products that occupy spaces no existent in the actuality. Said the previous, one of the intrinsic values to the technology of the electronic impresa is the simplification of processes in the funcionalización of determinate products, in addition to constituting in productive processes more ecological and therefore of lower cost, so much in time of process as in impact of treatment ulterior of waste.
The European Union foresees that the sector of the electronics equipment dealers equipment dealers impresa could arrive to a volume of business of 60 trillion euros in the 2020. Which growth would suppose this figure on the levels in which it moves at present?
In the actuality could say that the activity of business is still incipiente and with some delay with regard to the forecasts, to a large extent by the economic context that no favourable exercises of expensive risk to new products, in the frame of a market recesivo in all Europe. Said the previous, does not remove that yes they discern already technologies eat SMELL in his phase of ramp-up productive, applied to products of flat visualisation in different formats and sizes.
It could resumir which evolution has followed the electronic impresa in these years? How they arose the first investigations? Which degree of development has reached with the step of the time?
Along these years have devoted a lot of efforts in the field of the materials and in the development of the technology of impressesion. In the case of the materials, has worked in the development of soluble and printable materials where big chemical companies have involved , and by the part of the technology, has worked in adapting the existent technology and improve it to achieve print devices of big area and in continuous processes.
The first products arrived to the market in the 2005-2006 and were of the type cards of passive identification impresas in mass on paper for control of entrances, as well as applications in the sector toy. At present it exists a wide variety of available applications like product. In these moments is important to work in the standardisation of the materials and follow improving the equipment looking for the advance of the own technology. It is key that the manufacturers of materials and of equipment go to one.
I understand that the electronic impresa goes to improve the interaction with determinate products, no?
Certainly are speaking in a lot of cases of interaction of the individual with the products and elements of our surroundings, especially through the sensors, but also through different experiences with daily elements that will feed of the application of the electronic impresa, as it will be able to be in the field of the Smart Cities and the possible systems of harvesting electrical.
It shares a lot of products/processes the electronic impresa with the sector of the traditional graphic arts (digital/offset)? In which measure could happen these businesses to the world of the electronic impresa?
In the actuality could say that still no. It is necessary to think that although the technologies of deposition of the inks used in electronic impresa are very similar, already was by silk-screening or by injection, everything and that the first is the most widespread, the traditional sectors of the offset have not assumed still the possibilities to incorporate new functionalities to his productive processes. I want to say that it is not trivial to do the jump between creating products that split of the conventional ink with a result linked to the design to products that incorporate new functionalities like light, sensors, circuits, etc.
Ours forecast is that the curve of incorporation was relatively low, representing adaptations to the existent devices, minimising the impact in costs when avoiding the execution of new and important investments. We have showed in our installations that this is possible, having already of devices of continuous impressesion that come from of the market of the graphic arts, adapted to the world of the electronic impresa, being the main adaptations in the treatment and fixation of the inks. Whereas in product of graphic arts speaks of dried, in the electronic impresa speaks of cured and of multilayered deposition.
Cetemmsa, of the hand of ACC1Or, has presented recently the conclusions of the European program Horizon2020. It could resumirlas?
Think that refers to our presentation of the study Printed Electronics equipment dealers equipment dealers & Emerging Macrotrends in Brussels of the past 15 May. It is true that everything aims to that the technology of the electronic impresa is one of the Key Enabling Technologies and, therefore, one of the technologies on which the new program Horizon 2020 will put more emphasis to the hour to give support and subsidise European programs of R&D.
Like this, have been able, with the support of ACC1Or, to gather in the capital of the European government to companies and responsible authorities to define and apply politics of support to the investigation and development of innovative products to know, at first hand, how the electronic impresa joined to the macrotendencias social can revolutionise the offer of products and especially the improvement of the quality of life of the people in a half term. We speak of future, but no far.
Finally and like summary, which perspectives of development open for the electronic impresa in Spain to short, half and long term?
Is difficult to issue opinion with a vision of Spanish State, since there is multiple initiatives and of diverse typology under way, some of them in technology centres and others already with business development. Everything and with this understand that his development with global character is still incipiente and subjected to a lot of uncertainties.
If we speak like technological centre Spanish, situate us in an ecosystem where ours references are fundamentally European. In this sense, consider us very positioned and with differential technology when the deposition of electronics equipment dealers equipment dealers exerts on textile substrate, which is one of the most difficult, when treating of irregular surfaces, absorbent, elastic, that in some cases interact with the human body, that require of wash and folded, etc.
Is in this field where is us recognising a differential positioning in relation to other European centres, as it can be the presents in Finland, Germany and Holland.
