The ME Innovation Fund of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has invested in Elephantech Inc., the company announced today. As the first business in the world to effectively mass-produce printed circuit boards employing metal inkjet printing, the firm. This is the fourth investment the fund has made in a target firm.
Elephantech manufactures and sells P-Flex® flexible printed circuit boards (PCB) using its metal inkjet printing and copper plating technologies as part of its objective to "Make the world sustainable with new manufacturing technologies."
The business has created a distinctive manufacturing process called Pure AdditiveTM that is less harmful to the environment than traditional production techniques. The business is pursuing environmentally responsible and sustainable production with this technology.
PCBs are essential to industry, but their traditional production generates a lot of trash. The traditional technique is a subtractive technique in which copper foil is first completely laminated on the substrate and then the excess is removed to create a circuit.
But a lot of water is needed for this technique. In contrast, the metal can only be printed on a substrate when it is essential thanks to Elephantech's metal inkjet printing technology. This eliminates waste produced during the production process as well as the consumption of water and natural resources.
Established on January 15, 1921, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing business with its headquarters in Tokyo. It is one of Mitsubishi's foundational businesses. Elevators and escalators, luxury home appliances, air conditioning, factory automation systems, train systems, electric motors, pumps, semiconductors, digital signage and satellites are just a few of the goods made by MELCO.