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Flexible and printed electronics has established itself as a competitive growth industry and offers new applications and opportunities for numerous industries. This young technology has by now reached mass production and is set to further expand.

OE-A Business Climate Survey

The semi-annual OE-A BusinessClimate Survey sheds light on the anticipated growth of the flexible and printed electronics industry. During each survey, OE-A members – from material suppliers to end users – are asked to provide qualitative data on the state of the industry and their expected sales development.

OE-A Competition 2027

OE-A Competition 2027 will be launched in June 2026!

All OE-A members are invited to participate in the OE-A Competition 2027. You can participate by submitting your new product and/or prototype. The resulting demonstrators and design concepts will be exhibited at LOPEC 2027 (March 02-04, 2027), where the best demonstrator of each category will be awarded.

Categories

The OE-A Competition consists of the following categories:

  • Prototypes & New Products
  • Freestyle Demonstrator
  • Publicly Funded Project Demonstrator

All projects are automatically part of the Public Choice Award and will be on display at the OE-A booth at LOPEC 2027.

Application Form and General Information

Application form will be available End of June.

Contact

You are interested in the OE-A Competition Working Group ? Please contact:


Isabella Treser

Head of Communications OE-A

Isabella Treser

Head of Communications OE-A

+49 69 6603 1896
isabella.treser@oe-a.org

Flexible and printed electronics has established itself as a competitive growth industry and offers new applications and opportunities for numerous industries. This young technology has by now reached mass production and is set to further expand.

The semi-annual OE-A Business Climate Survey sheds light on the anticipated growth of the flexible and printed electronics industry. During each survey, OE-A members – from material suppliers to end users – are asked to provide qualitative data on the state of the industry and their expected sales development.

Read latest OE-A Business Climate Survey

Development of overall printed electronics market

The flexible and printed electronics industry made significant progress over the last few years. It has been proven, that more and more products have matured onto the global market. Numerous market research organizations also attribute the flexible and printed electronics industry a continuous growth, with the potential to reach US$ 65 – 75 Bn by 2032. OE-A regularly aggregates this market data in relevant industry sectors for its members.