TechBlick Boston 2025 delivered what the printed and hybrid electronics community actually needs right now: real data, real process talk, and a crowd that’s still clearly building. The show was larger, the conversations were sharper, and the energy on the floor pointed toward practical progress—cheaper materials, cleaner processes, finer features, smarter workflows.

Market Highlights

Here are some important trends found in the show:

The show was noticable larger, which talks about additional interest in the printed electronics market. As a general consensus, the industry had a rough Q4 2024 and Q1 2025. Government still finances most stakeholders in our ecosystem, and there has been a serious deceleration on the investment.

Reducing silver migration and cost is at the heart of the new silver-coated copper nano-particle inks. NovaCentrix presented Inkjet printable inks in beta stage. Altium presented it’s approach to agile electronics development. It is centered on integrating it’s ECAD tools with product lifecycle tools ( like JIRA ) to keep everyone involved in the product development in the loop.

Hybrid printed electronics got attention. Presentations from NextFlex, Raytheon, ACI Materials amongst others showed applications and improvements.

Companies that are worth looking out for:

TracXon - Enabling double-sided, high-density printed electronics with printed VIAs

Greensource Fabrication- Environmental Innovation Meets Reshoring: Advancing US PCB Production Capability with Zero Liquid Discharge Systems

Satosen - Next Generation of Stretchable PCB with Liquid Metal

Irisi Light Technologies - Printed opto-electronic devices based on nanomaterial semiconductor inks

Bottom line: cheaper, cleaner, finer, smarter—that’s where the momentum is. TechBlick Boston showed the community leaning into that path, and that’s good news for anyone serious about building in this space.

— BotFactory