FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GS
to Speak on Sustainable Flexible Electronics for Smart Surface,
Wearable, and FHE Applications
How
FHE Mass Production with Green Silicone Rubber Prevents Future E-Waste
Liabilities
Hsinchu,
Taiwan, December 10, 2021 - General Silicones (GS), a
member of the FlexTech Taiwan steering committee of SEMI Taiwan, has
the pleasure to announce it will be sharing how silicone rubber is
ready to play a crucial role for manufacturers for preventing future
e-waste liabilities in electronics industry.
The presentation will be at the SEMI Taiwan conference on December 17,
10 AM Taiwan time, by Dr. Anupam Mukherjee, Technical
Director at the
R&D Center of General Silicones. (2 AM UTC, 6 PM PST Dec. 16)
The presentation will be accessible to international attendees through
live streaming. This recording will be available for those unable to
attend due to time differences.
Preventing
Sustainability Crisis by Taking Action Now
Electronic products are one of the fastest-growing components of waste.
UN forecasts amount to an astounding 120 million tonnes annually by
2060.
Predictably, legislation will be requiring the supply chain to tackle
this challenge to achieve global sustainability targets. GS will share
how product managers can prevent their company from unnecessary crisis
management by taking action today and adapting a 6R strategy.
The
Rise of Flexible Hybrid Electronics
FHE will clearly play a major role in future products, creating new
ways for human-machine interaction, medical applications, and many hard
to foresee innovations. For FHE technology to gain a foothold in a
sustainable manner, sustainability has to be planned into the entire
lifecycle of this product category.
How
Silicone Rubber Is Ready To Play a Key Role
Silicone rubber is an environmentally neutral material. It is not
toxic, does not pose any risks when discarded or burned. Recycling is
possible, and the material is well suitable for integration into the
entire product lifecycle planning process.
So far, the mass adaptation of silicone in electronics and emerging
flexible hybrid electronics was restricted by the low adhesion and
printing of cured silicone. To circumvent the problem, liquid PDMS had
to be used until recently, limiting mass production and scalability
opportunities.
GS will be sharing how it offers a sustainable solution of printable
Compo-SiL®
silicone film for the high-volume R2R production of
wearable, e-skin, and HMI automotive electronics at an industrial scale.
Based on the 50 years of experience in manufacturing silicone products,
Compo-SiL®
rubber sheets/film are manufactured to be printable,
laminable, and wearable to textile and skin.
For more detailed information, register for the presentation at
https://www.semicontaiwan.org/en/node/2976
Sourcing managers and manufacturers interested in more information on
Compo-SiL®
can contact General Silicones as well at
[email protected].
About
General Silicones
General Silicones (GS) was founded in 1970 in Taipei, Taiwan, and is
now represented worldwide – including Europe, China, Japan, and
South-East Asian countries. GS is a major distributor of silicone
materials and an active silicone products manufacturer with ISO 9001,
IATF 16949, and ISO 14001 certifications. The company has manufacturing
plants in Hsinchu, Taiwan; Wujiang, China; and Bac Giang, Vietnam. With
decades of experience in this field, GS has the ability and capacity to
provide a wide range of silicone products for many industries,
including medical, automobile, consumer products, electronics, and IT.
For more information about GS, please visit www.generalsilicones.com.
For more information on Compo-SiL®,
please
visit www.compo-sil.com