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Selected for NEDO’s FY2022 “Technology-based Startup Support Program”

Elephantech Inc. has been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization for the "Technology-based Startup Support Program" for the fiscal year 2022. The program will provide grants of up to approximately 200 million yen.

Elephantech’s Environment-friendly P-Flex® Flex PCB Adopted for DaikyoNishikawa Corporation’s Bumper Millimeter-wave Radar Concept

Elephantech Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Shinya Shimizu, hereinafter "Elephantech") is pleased to announce the adoption of its P-Flex® Flex PCB by DaikyoNishikawa Corporation.

Shinkiba R&D Center begins operations

Elephantech Inc. is pleased to announce that the company has completed the installation of equipment and construction work at its Shinkiba R&D Center, where research and development of the P-Flex® Flex PCB have been conducted since January 2022. The facility has now started full operation.

Electrolytic Gold-plated Surface P-Flex® PI Samples Now Available

Elephantech Inc. is pleased to announce that it has begun offering samples of P-Flex® PI with electrolytic gold plating surface treatment.

Elephantech cofounder and SVP Masaaki Sugimoto talk was featured on TechBlick’s Youtube channel!

Elephantech cofounder and SVP Masaaki Sugimoto talk was featured on TechBlick’s Youtube channel! Elephantech | Electronic component fabrication with inkjet additive manufacturing.(digest) Related article Elephantech cofounder and SVP Masaaki Sugimoto will be giving a talk about Printed, Hybrid, InMold, and 3D Electronics at Tech Blick’s March event

Announcing the Appointment of a New Director of the Additive Manufacturing Center From Mitsui Chemicals

Elephantech Inc. (represented by CEO Shinya Shimizu) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Hiroshi Miyao from Mitsui Chemicals Inc. as the new director of its Additive Manufacturing Center. The new appointment took effect on April 1, 2022.

Changes to our Outside Director and Outside Auditor

Elephantech Inc. (CEO Shinya Shimizu) announces that it has changed its Outside Director and Outside Auditor as of March 30, 2022.

Joint Development with NICCA CHEMICAL of “Neochromato Process” Polyester Fabric Discharge Printing Technology for Zero-Waste Fashion

Elephantech Inc. is pleased to announce the joint development with NICCA CHEMICAL CO., LTD. of the “Neochromato process” polyester fabric discharge printing technology with the aim of achieving zero-waste in fashion textile.

Elephantech Publishes Quantitative Evaluation of Life Cycle Assessment Based Reduction in CO₂ Emission and Water Consumption

Elephantech Inc. is pleased to announce that the company has published an estimate on LCA-based reductions in 1) CO₂ emission, 2) water consumption, and 3) toxic substances when using the company’s Pure Additive™ processing as compared to conventional PCB manufacturing methods.

Elephantech cofounder and SVP Masaaki Sugimoto will be giving a talk about Printed, Hybrid, InMold, and 3D Electronics at Tech Blick’s March event

Tech Blick’s Printed, Hybrid, InMold and 3D Electronics event will be held online on March 9 and 10. Elephantech cofounder and SVP Masaaki Sugimoto will be giving a talk on March 9 at 1:56PM (CET). His presentation, titled “Electronic component fabrication with inkjet additive manufacturing”, will cover Elephantech’s P-flex and IMPC technologies as well as the progress made in the development of Ni nanoink for MLCC and 3D printed EMI shields for electronic components as e […]

The official SNS account of the government of Japan just gave us an introduction!

The official twitter account of the government of Japan just gave us an introduction. #InnovationJapan #GlobalGoals #FlexPCB #FPC #printedelectronics #flexibleelectronics twitter https://twitter.com/JapanGov/status/1490622713655820293 #UniversityOfTokyo-born @elephantech_en, led by CEO SHIMIZU Shinya, has created a #sustainable way to print flexible circuit boards. Its "additive processing" tech uses metal nano-ink, cutting resource use & production time. https://t.co/ZXXsHXopZ9#In […]

Announcing the ISO9001 and ISO14001 Certification
of the AMC Nagoya Large Mass-Production and Research Complex

Elephantech Inc. is pleased to announce that, as of December 13 2021, the AMC Nagoya large mass-production and research complex where Elephantech manufactures its P-Flex® Flex PCB has achieved ISO9001 (quality management system) and ISO14001 (environment management system) international standards certifications.

Focus NEDO No.82 Special Edition NEDO Startup Future

Our company was featured in “Focus NEDO” No.82 published by NEDO* as a noteworthy start-up company that continues to grow toward the future. *NEDO: National Research and Development Agency New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

[Media Coverage] Startup Info : Realizing Lean and Clean Manufacturing for Sustainable Electronics

The article “Realizing Lean and Clean Manufacturing for Sustainable Electronics” was live on Startup Info.

Large-scale mass production demonstration base (AMC Nagoya)

Having raised a total of JPY 1.8 billion in October 2019 and established a large mass-production and research complex within the Nagoya factory rented from Mitsui Chemicals Co., Ltd. since July 2020, we started production and shipment of mass-produced products in April 2021. As for production capacity, the monthly production capacity will be 5,000m² in 2021 and we will expand our equipment to secure a monthly production capacity of 20,000m² in 2024. The maximum capital investment amount includin […]

JVA2021 Award Ceremony: A short speech by our CEO, Shinya Shimizu.

Here is a short speech from our CEO, Shinya Shimizu, at the “Japan Venture Awards 2021” ceremony held on March 1. At Elephantech, we develop mass production technologies that are environmentally friendlier and have succeeded in cutting the environmental impact caused by the manufacturing of our electronic circuits by more than 90%. The electronics industry continues to grow rapidly on the back of global trends such as IoT and 5G. Under such circumstances, the industry’s impact on the […]

P-Flex® Flexible Circuits mounted with a QFP

Held in Shinya Shimizu’s hand is a sample of a P-Flex® Flexible Circuits mounted with a QFP. This mounted sample circuit board (polyimide substrate) is formed in a pattern that allows the mounting of a 0.5mm Pitch QFP, enabling connections to FPC Connectors and making it suitable for use in a flexible variety of use cases. Equipped with a 32-bit microcontroller (48 pin TQFP), the circuit board is designed to control USB signal information and charge status by illuminating LEDs. To ensure h […]

Our vision for the future of AM (Additive Manufacturing)

This article explains the advantages of AM (additive manufacturing) in the production of Elephantech's flexible printed circuit board, P-Flex®.

Biosensor：Launch of the Additive Manufacturing Center (3)

Hello there! I ended my previous post by commenting on how I was going to look into what everyone had to say on the utility of inkjet in making biosensors. But before I get into that, I thought I’d share a little fun story about something that happened to me recently. The enzyme behind the blood sugar sensor So, I was doing some research on what biosensors are actually used for and, although there are all sorts of biosensors, it became apparent that the most familiar or the most commonly u […]

[Inkjet Lab Vol.2] Printing and analyzing liquids you can find at home!

Hello everyone, this is Mai! My work involves using the EPSON inkjet machine for R&D to conduct experiments and ink evaluations. When hearing the word “inkjet machine”, you might imagine a machine that requires specialized ink cartridges for printing. That isn’t the case for this inkjet machine for R&D as it can print with even standard ink just as long as it complies with certain conditions such as viscosity.This means that we can even use liquid household items such a […]