Epic announces a new thin film process that will revolutionize the Printed Circuit Board Industry with working circuits printed on paper or film using traditional offset lithographic printing press process.

Using proprietary nano-particle catalytic ink the process enables the electroless plating of micron patterned features.

Leading a team of engineers, physicists and chemists, company president Dr. N. Edward Berg says that the company’s process costs as little as 2 cents per square inch per layer as compared to 25 cents for traditional printed circuit boards. Epic’s process has no hazardous waste disposal requirements. Using Litho-press printing technique or ink jet printing with conductive seeded ink and printing on a substrate of paper or plastic, the new process requires approximately sixty minutes per layer to produce high grade interconnect.

With resolutions of 13 microns, they are solderable and will easily fit into present manufacturing techniques. They feature resistance values equal to copper (approximately one ohm per square).

“We think that we have invented and perfected something that the industry will love for its low cost and fast production time,” Founder Dr. Berg explains, “Best of all, the process is environmentally friendly.”

The polymer printed electronics field has attracted scientific attention due to its ease of production and low costs. “This is essentially electronics at newspaper prices,” notes Dr. Berg. “Our company is the only firm that can make high resolution press printed images that have conductivity high enough for making connections between electronic components.”