NextFlex News

Dear Colleagues and Friends, I hope this letter finds you well despite the continued uncertainty ahead with COVID-19. In response to shifting conditions, we’ve opted to make our March meetings hybrid, meaning that we will have many of the presentations available online if travel restrictions continue to prevent folks from …

As a national Manufacturing Innovation Institute, NextFlex is not only chartered to advance the manufacturability of flexible hybrid electronics but also to help create the workforce of the future. Workforce development is an issue of national concern, and is headed toward a crisis. A recent Deloitte report indicates that in …

Dear Colleagues and Friends, As 2021 draws to a close, I take this moment to appreciate the progress that we’ve made together and the tremendous support we’ve received from members, government partners and the FHE community at large. Creating a strong industrial manufacturing base in the US for flexible hybrid …

By: Christina Moore, National Program Manager, NextFlex As a nation we celebrate manufacturing month in October. But at East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), celebrating manufacturing is not confined to a single month. EMCC is facilitating the development of a manufacturing community in the state’s Golden Triangle region – located between …

Greetings NextFlex Members and Friends, We have good news to share! First, Pradeep Lall of Auburn University reported that work based on NextFlex’s Project Call 5.6 was presented in a poster entitled, “Effect of Fold Diameter on State of Health Degradation of Li-Ion Batteries Subjected to U-flex-to-Install and Dynamic U-Fold …

Contributed by Chris Stossel, Sr. Manager, Process Development, Eastman Chemical Two high-profile talks at the annual conference of the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) briefed TechCon attendees on key aspects of Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) and the role of NextFlex in the FHE ecosystem. An invited talk by Dr. Art …