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Motorists who drive through Lawrence, MA, USA on Interstate 495 will learn easily what takes place inside the white building beside the highway. The name is Techprint, and in large white letters are the company's specialties: labels, graphic overlays, custom membrane switches, and contract assembly. What is not mentioned on the outside of the plant is a technology that is well known to a growing group of companies who are customers of Techprint: printed electronics.
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Techprint has been involved in the printed electronics business for more than half of its 36 years, quietly blazing trails in an industry that today is beginning to attract global attention. The company's capabilities include a broad range of printing and converting processes: rollfed and sheetfed screen printing, flexographic printing, hot stamp printing, digital printing, pad printing, laser diecutting, rotary diecutting, CNC routing, embossing, laminating, plastic molding, and contract product assembly. Unlike companies that focus on making parts of the assemblies, Techprint specializes in manufacturing the entire product.
Armed with a background in printing, Paul J. Durant Sr. launched the company in 1973. "We started printing on plastic films, making durable product identifications such as graphic overlays. My customers would say, 'I don't want to put this graphic overlay or applique onto the metal backer or onto the PC board, so can you assemble it for me?' That's what drove me to more value added applications. Then they might ask for a display built into...
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