SHIFT Project (Smart High-Integration Flex Technologies)

The SHIFT Project consortium consists of R&D institutes, industrial flex manufacturers, end-users and a technology support agency. Co-funded by the European Commission, the project is developing flexible, highly integrated packages for emerging electronic systems, including medical devices, portable communication tools, smart cards and aerospace applications. 

Zarlink's participation in the SHIFT Project is based in its Caldicot, UK site. The company's work will be initially focused on developing flexible packaging technology for the personal medical device market.

With the increase in electronics systems that are located near, on or even implanted in patients, product manufacturers are seeking lightweight, flexible and compact designs to increase product functionality, user comfort and convenience. The embedding of components in flexible materials such as polyimides will be used as the basis of these products. To boost the combination of high functionality and compactness as well as user comfort, there is a need for substantial development in the use of embedded components in flex substrates.

For more information about SHIFT, please visit http://www.shift-project.org/.