New Flint Ink Division For Conductive Inks

Flint Ink launched its new business, Precisia LLC, in its $ multi-million drive conjunction to be the leading provider of conductive and advanced printing inks, and printed electronics.

Flint Ink launched its new business, Precisia LLC, in its $ multi-million drive conjunction to be the leading provider of conductive and advanced printing inks, and printed electronics.

The new subsidiary is responsible for building the company's radio frequency identification (RFID) business, in addition to other printed electronics applications, including packaging, printed electronics, lighting and displays.

Flint Ink president Dave Frescoln noted that the widespread interest in printed electronics applications has validated and reinforced the company's business strategy in launching Precisia.

"The fact that Precisia has substantial dedicated resources, both financial and intellectual and the potential to call on Flint Ink's existing relationships, positions the company at the forefront of providing leading-edge products and services to this emerging market," he said.

Conductive inks, which contain particles of conductive silver or carbon, can serve as channels for the wireless flow of electronic signals.

The most well known application for conductive inks is in antennas for RFID (radio frequency identification) product coding technology.

Conductive inks are also used in labelling and packaging applications.

The company's name Precisia was derived by combining the words precious metals (used in the manufacture of conductive inks) and precision.

Earlier this year, Flint Ink announced a multi-million dollar commitment to support its initiatives in the printed electronics segment.

This commitment, including staff expansion and development of a printed electronics resource centre, has positioned Precisia to capture a significant share of this emerging market, the company believes.

Precisia's leadership team is now complete and the company has formed strategic alliances with businesses and organisations whose products and services complement or enhance Precisia's offerings.

The company is also in the final stages of completing its new printed electronics resource centre.

At Precisia's helm is president Jim Rohrkemper, who was previously the vice president of emerging business segments at Flint Ink.

Precisia's management team also includes Dan Lawrence, director of technology and commercialisation and Bob Thompson, director of the resource centre.

Mark Raymond, Jason Brewer, Tom Judge (Europe) and Rychee Parmann serve in sales and business development positions, whilst Matthew Newman and Sayantan Bose occupy technical applications roles.

In addition, the team will be supported by staff at Flint Ink's research centre, including Cathy Ehehalt, Michael Fein, Dan Tonchev, and technical director Jim Rogers.

"The demand for RFID, intelligent packaging and other printed electronics applications has been intense since the announcement earlier this year of our decision to invest in conductive and advanced materials and markets," said Rohrkemper.

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