COVID-19’s Impact on the Flexible and Printed Electronics Industry

In late February, I attended the 2020 FLEX conference in San Jose. Coronavirus, or COVID-19, had already been a topic of talk, but there was no talk yet of curfews and business shutdowns, not to mention conference cancellations. The tragic death tolls and massive numbers of infected people across the globe had yet to become a daily reality. There had been a number of speakers who canceled their presentations at 2020 FLEX, and quite a few badges were not picked up. LOPEC 2020 was still on at tha...