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Delivering on the promise of Electronics on Everything

We are engineers. Designers. CTOs. CEOS. R&D Rock stars. Geniuses. Leaders. Hundreds of the best & the brightest. We are here. We are ready.

We are the pioneers of tomorrow. An elite team of thought leaders, innovators, problem solvers and manufacturers — At the ready.

NextFlex is turning the large-scale manufacturing of flexible hybrid electronic systems into a reality.

The formation of NextFlex has been a benefit to the rapidly expanding field of Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE). Formed in 2015 through a cooperative agreement between the US Department of Defense (DoD) and FlexTech Alliance, NextFlex is a consortium of companies, academic institutions, non-profits and state, local and federal governments with a shared goal of advancing U.S. Manufacturing of FHE. Learn more.

We are manufacturers.

We are innovators.

We are educators.

It takes people coming together from across the United States in industry, academia and state, local and federal governments to collaborate and coordinate their efforts to move what are a series of good ideas from R&D, into commercial production, and to then have a skilled and available workforce able to manufacture the solution at the other end. And at the center of all of these efforts, acting as the connective tissue binding everything together, is NextFlex.

What are the benefits of joining NextFlex?

Gain competitive advantageBecoming a member of NextFlex positions your organization for recognition as a member of a small community of thought leaders that are driving manufacturing innovation.
Enhance your supply chainYou’ll create connections with a wide array of “first movers” that are likely to play a critical role in your company commercializing its next big product. You’ll be able to leverage NextFlex expertise to move along the experience curve faster, at less cost, with reduced chance of project failure.
Identify best practicesNextFlex is developing the competencies and capabilities across multiple disciplines including control, information, process, safety and manufacturing operations that will become the standard used by all FHE players.

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“NextFlex will advance flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing, enabling domestic production of this critical technology.”Malcolm Thompson, Ph.D. // Executive Director, NextFlex

“... hybrid electronics has the potential to bring significant performance improvements and new design standards for aerospace and defense applications.”Jeff Wilcox // Vice President, Engineering & Program Operations, Lockheed Martin

“With FHE, we can take a product that already exists or one that is an idea, and design a novel wearable product that provides unique functionality that previously was not realized.”Dan Gamota // Vice President, Hardware Innovation Group, Jabil Circuits

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News

NextFlex Recognizes Heroes of Flexible Hybrid Electronics with 2019 Fellow Award

NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, acknowledged nine dedicated individuals who have made remarkable …

NextFlex and Profusa Unveil Skin-worn Reader Prototype for Continuous Oxygen Monitoring at FLEX 2019

A reader worn on the skin and working in conjunction with an injected hydrogel sensor for real-time oxygen monitoring in tissue is being unveiled …

NextFlex Member Meetings at FLEX 2019

February 20–22
NextFlex members and government partners convene for a slate of member meetings once again at the annual FLEX Conference in Mo …

NextFlex News — February 2019 Newsletter

Greetings to all,
Big news! We recently piloted our newest Workforce Development program here at NextFlex in San Jose. FHE PRO is a professional …

NextFlex’s FlexFactor Concludes an Active Semester

By Mikayla Ridi, NextFlex Workforce Development Project Manager
In early December NextFlex co-hosted the FlexFactor Finals: Silicon Valley events …

As NextFlex Members, Companies large and small are teaming up with academic institutions, nonprofits and governments with one mission — to advance the flexible hybrid electronics’ manufacturing ecosystem in America.

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