Enric Fontdecaba

Graduated in Telecommunications from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He holds a Diploma in Business Sciences from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. His studies are completed with a PhD in Computer Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. His thesis was about optimizing numerical methods on massively parallel platforms for the design of complex optical surfaces. For 20 years he has worked in the optics industry, 10 years in research and innovation for developing new products in the ophthalmic sector and 10 years in operations management. Currently, he is in charge of the Polymeric & Composite Processes Unit.

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Presentation

Plastronics - the revolution of smart plastics for automotive interiors

The speech aims to highlight the quantum leaps that plastronics is experiencing as a result of its integration into low-cost, high-performance printed electronics inside plastic structural parts. In addition, new use cases will be presented to explore the challenge of thermoforming processes in greater depth. Such is the case of the Púlsar Project, developed in Eurecat's plastronics pilot plant, which comprises a smart plastic surface of only 3 mm thick featuring an intuitive HMI interface with seamless LED lighting and a capacitive sensor. All this is, monolithically embedded inside a single piece of plastic.