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Thin Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”):
Commercialization of Printed Memories and Integrated SystemsMarch, 2012
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Thinfilm Product ProgressionM
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Standalone memory for toys and games
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Display tags
RFID & NFC
Sensor tags
Display tags
RFID & NFC
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Thinfilm’s history and achievements
► R2R production of unique memory technology• Based on ferroelectric polymer• Excellent rewritability and archival retention• Current production capability of ~10 million memories per month • Sustainable cost advantage for low capacity data storage
► Launching consumer products• Prototyping design services to the world’s leading toy &
games manufacturers• Toys & Games a proving ground market• Demonstrate volume, cost, safety, disposability
► Enabling integrated systems & smart tags• Announced 21 October 2011 working prototype of world’s
first scalable printed CMOS memory• Will enable low-cost, printed integrated systems & smart tags
for the “Internet of Things”
Memory(2008 ->)
Products(2010 ->)
Logic(2011 ->)
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The “building blocks” of printed integrated systems Example of tag types (integrated systems)
Sensor tag
(temperature)
Dynamic price display
RFID tag(contactless rewritable tag)
Battery
Display
• Co-development agreement with PST Sensors
Antenna
• Thinfilm proprietary
Logic
• Co-development and exclusive license
Memory
Sensor
• Licensed leading low-cost display
• Secured privileged access to custom battery
• Internal development and numerous external options
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Progressively unlock new markets
Timing
Thinfilm’s value proposition
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Promotional cards
2011 20132012
Toys & Games
Anti-counterfeit/ Secure archiving
Logistics(RFID)
Monitoring of perishable
goods
Vending machines
Interactivepackaging
2014
Anti-theft/self-checkouts
Personal health care
Market size ($ bn)
Dynamic pricedisplays
NFC&
“Internet of Things”($10 bn+)
Ticketing
Info-kiosks/education
1-2
0.1
1-4
5-10
2-5
~1
0.1
~1.5
~2
• Total addressable market for Thinfilmestimated to $25-35bn
• Key market trigger: Cost per functionality (e.g., bringing electronics to disposable products)
• Rewritable memory will be critical to meet functionality requirements from customers
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Volume Units sold, 2010; millions
Price$ per unit, 2010
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Source: Frost & Sullivan; BCC Research; Freedonia; Sensitech; Omega Engineering; Honeywell; ATI; Vitsab International; 2DI; ABB
ILLUSTRATIVE
“Labels”
• Price: $0.005-0.08• Volume: 3-6bn
“Time labels”
• Price: $0.1-0.4• Volume: 0.5-1bn
“Alarm tags”
• Price: $15-25• Volume: ~15mn
“Wireless & Integrated devices”
• Price: $250-1000• Volume: ~1mn
Share of market
10% 5% 25% 60%
Revenue potential driven by cost/functionality
($140mn) ($0.4bn) ($0.9bn)($70mn)
Example: Monitoring of perishable goods/drugs (Temperature Sensor/TTI market)
Total market of ~$1.4bn
(2010) Thinfilm TTI market size projections
Product/tagfunctionality
2013 2016 2020
Cost/tag
Addressablemarket, $bn
E.g., max/ min temp.(counter)
E.g., time-temp. exposure
E.g., wireless alarm tags
~$0.30 ~$0.20 ~$0.10
0.1 0.4 1.2
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Commercial break-through expectedaround 2013; ~$1.5bn in revenues by 2020Revenue scenario, 2011-2020; USD millions
Other (both contactless-and closed systems)
Interactive packaging (FMCG/retail)
Monitoring of perishable goods/drugs (temperature sensor)
Dynamic price displays(retail)
Ticketing (transportation)
RFID (retail/logistics)
NFC & “Internet of things” (smart tags)
2020
~1500
2011A
0.3
2016
~300
2013
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Contactless tags/systems
Closed systems
Key applications:
# tags sold(millions)
~0 40 5,000 22,000
Applications Market estimates (global) Thinfilm mkt. share
• ~$12bn in 2019 (source: IDTechEx: Printed/chipless tags)
• ~8% (2020)
• ~$500 in 2010, ~$2.5bn in 2020 (source: ODIN, VDC Research)
• ~5% (2020)
• LU tickets issued: ~9bn in 2009 (source: Innovision R&T)
• ~7% volume share (2020)1
1 Assuming no growth in number of LU tickets issued worldwide from 2009 to 20202 Time-Temperature Indicators (used in transportation/packaging, i.e., excluding other industries, e.g., automotive, HVAC/refrigeration etc.)
• TTI market2: ~$1.4bn in 2010, ~$3.2bn in 2020 (source: Frost & Sullivan, Freedonia, BCC+)
• ~4% (2020)
• Other applications/products: 20-bit memory, diaper humidity sensor, anti-theft , calibration sensors etc.
• 1-9% (2020)
• ~$5bn in 2020 (Thinfilmestimates)
• ~2% (2020)
• ~$10bn in 2020 (Thinfilmestimates)
• ~3% (2020)
• Change in product mix• Increased price as more
functionality is added
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Printed smart tags – Why now?The “Internet of Things”: a Megatrend
“….there has been an acceleration in the number and types of things that are being connected and in the technologies for identifying, sensing and communicating. These technologies are reaching critical mass and an economic tipping point over the next few years” October, 2011
Identifies Top 10 Strategic Technologies
“More objects are becoming embedded with sensors and gaining the ability to communicate. The resulting information networks promise to create new business models, improve business processes, and reduce costs and risks” McKinsey Quarterly, 2010
The Internet of Things
“The evolution of embedded systems from fixed function and disconnected systems to intelligent systems continues to gain momentum and puts intelligent systems on track to bring the Internet of Things to reality” September, 2011
Intelligent Systems: The Next Big Opportunity
+19%
2015
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1.3
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2010
0.9
CAGR, 2011-2015
Market size projections1
Intelligent system & Internet of Things, USD trillions
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Printed smart tags – Why Thinfilm?
“…. Norwegian company Thinfilm has been making headlines for its unique technology…once Thinfilm’s tags are integrated with sensing technology, food can let us know when its spoiled, based on temperature and ammonia levels..”December 14, 2011
Thinfilm CEO Wants Your Stuff To Talk To You
“…. Thinfilm offers a cheap way to give almost anything a memory….working towards a world where virtually every item that we use is tagged with memory and sensors, harvesting information locally that can then be gathered at leisure” December 15 , 2011
Even Bananas Could Have Memory
“Thinfilm has joined forces with a number of partners to develop a low-cost printed electronic sensor platform that could be used to monitor the temperature of perishable goods such as food and pharmaceuticals”January 24 , 2012
Plastic memory firm signs partners for printed systems
“The smart tag, an electronics device with basic computing components printed on a strip of plastic, features Thinfilm's memory with printable transistors from research company PARC, a sensor, a battery, and display”January 24 , 2012
Smart tag lets you print electronics on plastic
October 2011:
Successful prototype of first scalable printed CMOS memoryDemonstrated that addressable memory can be combined with sensors, displays and antennas
November 2011:
Organic semiconductor inks developed for high volume printingHigh quality semiconductor inks available. Partner with Polyera to bring printed CMOS memory to market
January 2012:
Established partnerships for display, sensor and battery technologySecured remaining “building blocks” for enabling smart tags (with Acreo, PST Sensors and Imprint Energy)
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