PETEC - a division of CPI
...The next generation of consumer products


About PETEC

The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is a new design, development and prototyping facility. It provides help to bring new printable electronics products to market quickly by offering facilities and expertise that are rarely available in-house. This reduces the client’s level and risk of capital investment.

PETEC, a division of CPI, has brought together leading experts in design, development and prototyping for printable and printable electronics. Senior engineers and scientists have 45 papers and 100 patents between them in the area of Organic Thin Film Transistors (OTFT), electronic materials and display backplane fabrication.

PETEC is located across two sites, PETEC NetPark in Sedgefield, and PETEC Wilton on Teeside.

PETEC Sedgefield - Design, Development and Prototyping Facility

PETEC Sedgefield is home to some of the world’s most advanced prototyping equipment and laboratories for developing printed electronics. The facility includes a 600m2 class 1000 cleanroom (class 100 lithography area) and is supported by fully equipped formulations and electrical test laboratories. The initial focus of work is development of printed transistor backplanes for flexible displays. This versatile equipment set will also allow proof of concept products to be made in the area of solid state lighting and organic photovoltaics in the near future. Additional investments in process equipment are being made to support this expansion in capability.

PETEC Wilton - The Flexible Electronics Substrate Facility

PETEC Wilton houses the Flexible Electronics Substrate Facility. This includes a Class 1000 Clean Room housing a Reel-to-Reel Vacuum Sputter Coater and facilities for testing the barrier properties of plastic substrates. Recent innovations and development at the Wilton Centre have included tailored substrates that are used in the manufacture of flexible photovoltaic cells (solar panels), thin film transistor displays (TFT screens) and solid-state energy-efficient lighting.