HELSINKI — Incap Electronics Estonia was named The Foreign Investor of The Year at the Estonian Business and Innovation Agency (EAS) and the Confederation of Estonian Employers Annual Entrepreneurship Awards Ceremony. An Entrepreneurship Award is the highest national recognition for businesses in Estonia.

Greg Grace, Managing Director of Incap Electronics Estonia, stated that the company appreciates the acknowledgment. “We are honoured to be recognised with the award and thank the judging panel. Despite a challenging global business environment and supply chain challenges, we have performed well and are upgrading our production facilities to respond to the growing market demand. I would like to thank our partners and the amazing team at Incap Estonia. We wouldn’t have succeeded without you,” he added.

Chairman of the jury and head of the joint institution of EAS and KredEx, Lauri Lugna, commented that one of the reasons why Incap won the foreign investor category was that the company is a leader and advocate of the entire sector. "Incap has made considerable investments in Estonia over the years and also continuously invested in young talents, in the development of the region and in innovation, green and digital revolution," said Lugna.

Kristi Tiivas, Chairman of The Supervisory Board at EAS added: “This company is clearly looking into the future, but soon also to the Moon. Their priority is to contribute to green technology, for example they have a role in the production of light electric vehicles and solar cars. Besides all this, they contribute significantly to the local community as well as to the generation of young capable professionals.”

Organised by the Estonian Business and Innovation Agency and the Confederation of Estonian Employers, the entrepreneurship competition with the longest history in Estonia took place for the 27th time this year. The competition recognised Estonian companies that, despite challenges, have achieved success through ingenuity and consistent work. The Foreign Investors category specifically recognises enterprises that have shares held by international investors, are active in Estonia, and have made an important investment in the last three years.

The Entrepreneurship Award followed a two-phase application process. In the first phase, candidates submitted their financial data and arguments for winning their selected category. After the first phase, a TOP 10 ranking was drawn up and visitations were arranged with the selected enterprises to specify their accomplishments according to the statute. On this basis, three nominees in each category were shortlisted and submitted to the Entrepreneurship Awards 2022 jury to select the winner of each category.

For more information about the Entrepreneurship Award, please visit https://eas.ee/ettevotluseauhind/en/

Photos of Greg Grace, Managing Director of Incap Estonia: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7h6P3vkjzpxdXZtu8

Photos of Incap Estonia factory: https://photos.app.goo.gl/As4ywa69uGUydux68

INCAP CORPORATION

For additional information, please contact:

Greg Grace, Managing Director of Incap Electronics Estonia, tel. +372 516364

Mr Otto Pukk, President and CEO of Incap Corporation, tel. +372 508 0798

INCAP IN BRIEF

Incap Corporation is a trusted partner and full-service provider in Electronics Manufacturing Services. As a global EMS company, Incap supports customers ranging from large multinationals and mid-sized companies to small start-ups in their complete manufacturing value chain. Incap offers state-of-the-art technology backed up by an entrepreneurial culture and highly qualified personnel. The company has operations in Finland, Estonia, India, Slovakia, the UK, and Hong Kong and employs approximately 2,500 people. Incap’s share has been listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd stock exchange since 1997.

American Standard Circuits has passed their most recent AS9100:D and ISO 9001:2015 audits which cover all interconnect products for military, aerospace, medical, communications and other high-tech markets.

“Passing these intensive audits is a tribute to the entire team at American Standard Circuits,” commented president and CEO Anaya Vardya. “Because we are so heavily invested in working with the defense and aerospace market it is important that we are always up to date with our specs and qualifications. It is important to pass these audits and retain our qualifications, but it is critical that we sustain and continually improve the processes that these systems control. This is another proud achievement for our ever-growing company.”

NCAB Group has a long successful track record of profitable growth. This is partly due to a strong business concept, but also the continuous development of NCAB’s ability to cater for customers’ needs and sell value to them.

“With a continued growth ambition, targeting to reach 8 BSEK in sales by 2026 (3,2 BSEK in 2021), we are investing in our sales capability and ability to onboard new acquisitions, says Peter Kruk, CEO of NCAB Group. Michael Larsson, currently VP of Sales for the Group will step into a new role as Global Sales Director focusing specifically on developing the sales concept and training the organization. The aim is to further increase our ability to provide value to our customers and notably increase our capability to onboard acquired companies in our sales concept.”

Howard Goff, currently VP for Europe, will take over as VP Sales, leveraging his global experience of managing a sales company as well as a regional segment to further accelerate our focus on growth and profitability in all regions. Simultaneously Benjamin Klingenberg will take over the responsibility for Segment Europe. Benjamin has demonstrated strong leadership and has developed the German business by growing profitably organically as well as playing an active role in making acquisitions.

The changes imply that Michael Larsson will leave the Group Management, as Howard Goff takes over his former position, and that Benjamin Klingenberg will join the Group Management as a new member by Nov 1st.

Kitchener, Canada — Voltera, a global leader and manufacturer of additive and printed electronics technology, has announced the launch of NOVA, a groundbreaking manufacturing platform for printing flexible hybrid electronics. NOVA uses direct-write technology to print circuits on soft, stretchable, and conformable surfaces.

“This first-of-its-kind benchtop machine unlocks rapid flexible hybrid electronics prototyping and the ability to experiment with custom inks and a wide variety of substrates,” said Alroy Almeida, CEO and co-founder of Voltera. “NOVA is already being used to innovate how humankind explores deep space, to develop printed, on-skin sensors for medical imaging, and to prototype clothing that can measure your heart rate yet can go through the gentle cycle in your washing machine.”

NOVA’s precision extrusion technology makes it easier and faster to conduct research and develop the products of the future by enabling rapid benchtop iteration, leading to more reliable results, faster development times, and lower costs.

"With NOVA, we can make devices and align them to sub 10-micron precision, which is essential to everything that we do,” said Alex Kashkin, Graduate Researcher, Velasquez Group at MIT, who is using NOVA to develop printed electron sources for neutralizing ionic thruster plumes in low-earth orbit. “If we have a 20-micron deviation, our devices explode. We need a lot of precision, we need to have tuned materials, and NOVA enables both."

Technological advancement involves pushing the boundaries of what is known. NOVA crosses the bridge between what researchers can do and what they wish they could do.

“I think where this sort of technology, NOVA, will shine is in applications that were not possible before. You shouldn't fight or try to compete with silicon chips or PCBs. You should try to make something that's impossible with those technologies,” said Gerd Grau, Director of the Electronics Additive Manufacturing Lab at York University, who is using NOVA to develop on-skin biomedical tattoo electrodes.

While subtractive methodologies are great for traditional electronics, the future of electronics is flexible — and that means the future of electronics is additive. As a direct-write, digital printer, NOVA enables innovation without requiring the tooling and high costs associated with screen printing. This allows for rapid design iteration while offering higher performance than other additive prototyping options, such as inkjet. It is also better for the environment because there is significantly less waste and material contamination, and NOVA can print circuits on eco-friendly materials, such as biodegradable substrates.

Other features of NOVA include:
• Materials freedom: Simply fill NOVA’s Smart Dispenser cartridge with the desired material and use its semi-automated calibration procedure to start printing in minutes.
• Quick-swap work areas: Mount flexible substrates using the Vacuum Table module, or mount rigid substrates using custom fixturing.
• Precision dispensing: Print high-resolution features with realtime, closed-loop pressure feedback — no tooling or screens required.
• Integrated vision system: Align, print, and inspect quickly using an intelligent camera-based alignment and AR print overlay features.
• Modular platform: Built to include two quick-swap module ports, drop-in fixturing, and optional ethernet/USB/WiFi connectivity. Two modules are currently available with additional modules on the product roadmap.

For more information on NOVA, please visit voltera.io/nova.

About Voltera:

Voltera is a rapidly scaling and profitable Canadian tech company that is driving substantial change in the additive electronics industry. Its inaugural product, the V-One desktop PCB printer, modernized circuit board prototyping by exponentially increasing the pace of innovation and decreasing long lead times caused by supply chain disruptions.

With the recent addition of NOVA into Voltera’s product line, innovation is no longer limited by materials — or the technology required to print with them. Voltera makes tools for every electronics project and enables innovation at the desks and in the labs of organizations and academic institutions all over the globe.