Bridging the Funding Gap Between the Lab and Manufacturing

The European flexible electronics sector is stepping up its efforts, with public sector assistance, to bridge the gap between laboratory and commercial-scale manufacturing in product development.   The existence of the gap, dubbed the “valley of death” by the research community because funds and other support tend to dry up when proof of concept has been achieved, is seen currently as being a major barrier to the commercialization of flexible electronic innovations, particularly advanced ones.  ...