Profile Plastics Licenses TactoTek® Technology

OULU, FINLAND/CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA USA APRIL 11, 2024 – TactoTek®, the Finland-based company that develops Injection Molded Structural Electronics (IMSE®) technology, and Profile Plastics announced that Profile Plastics has licensed TactoTek IMSE technology.

Profile Plastics is a TactoTek Design and Innovate licensee with rights to sell, design, and produce parts that use TactoTek’s intellectual property which includes 44 patent families with over 130 granted patents, as well as extensive trade secrets and know-how for designing and producing IMSE parts.

Profile Plastics will create and deliver IMSE solutions for its customers in North America and around the world from manufacturing facilities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA.

For decades Profile Plastics has manufactured world class plastic parts for the automotive, medical and appliance industries.

TactoTek IMSE technology is an advanced form of IME that incorporates electronic components such as LEDs for illumination, and system-in-package (SiP) electronics for intelligence, within 3D injection molded structures, expanding the capabilities and use cases for smart surfaces.

"With this alliance, Profile Plastics enters the next generation of manufacturing, integrating electronic components within smart surfaces, creating unique user experiences with sustainable, smart molded structures."

TactoTek’s Design and Innovate licensing includes rights to commercially use TactoTek intellectual property, training materials for designing and manufacturing IMSE parts, detailed design and production information for TactoTek reference designs, information on materials, components, and material stacks verified to automotive and aviation industry standards for producing IMSE parts, and engineering support services.