PolyIC: Custom Sensor Solutions
Touch-free mobile devices, smart home devices, or vending HMI displays? Unthinkable today? Practical operation by gentle touch has become an integral part of our everyday life. Whether in the office or at home, touch screens, touch sliders, and touch wheels impress with their intuitive operation.
What mostly means convenience for the end user is important for product manufacturers for a completely different reason: Touch applications give you greater freedom in product design. By eliminating mechanical components such as switches, rotary wheels, or an entire keyboard, designers can adapt the variable size and format of their electrical device to customer requirements.
Be inspired by our flexible touch solutions and discover our range of sensor foils – Made in Germany.
And there are more features that will delight your customers:
- Time-saving input and device control
- Individual input screens possible (without restrictions due to mechanical control elements)
- Space and weight savings
- Price advantage as mechanical elements are eliminated
- Hygienic advantage due to the easy-clean surface
- No unwanted deposits in gaps between mechanical components
- Possibility of atmospheric backlighting effects
- Harmonious integration into the holistic design concept
- Made in Germany
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Functional Sensor Solutions for Your Industry
Are you ready to leave the familiar behind? Then you have come to the right place! PolyIC opens doors to the world of smart sensor technology. With our 100% customizable sensor foils, you can equip your products with tailor-made touch sensors without compromising on form and format. We implement a wide range of requirements for your specific industry. In addition to special flexibility, our touch-sensitive sensors also boast maximum transparency, top results in the climate change test, and consistently high functionality in case of vibration or shock.
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Our Touch Application Portfolio
Touch applications can be used for a wide range of electrical devices. The advantages are clear: Convenient and intuitive operation, forward-looking designs with a harmonious overall appearance, quick cleaning, and the elimination of tedious spare parts ordering, as there are no mechanical buttons, switches, and rotary wheels that could be damaged with touch applications. At PolyIC, we distinguish between three application groups: Touchscreens for operating displays, highly functional touchpads and control elements in the form of capacitive sensor buttons, and elegant touch sliders with fascinating backlighting effects. Immerse yourself in the world of PolyIC touch sensors and be inspired by our breathtaking design concepts.
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PolyIC and Nanomade Unveil the World’s First Transparent Combined Touch and Force Sensor
Fürth/Germany, March 31, 2026: PolyIC, a leading provider of printed electronics solutions and a subsidiary of LEONHARD KURZ, is collaborating with Nanomade to develop a new solution for the next generation of interactive surfaces in human-machine interface (HMI) applications. Nanomade is now presenting the joint project of both companies for the first time at Touch Taiwan 2026, showcasing the world’s first fully transparent film that combines capacitive touch detection and highly sensitive force measurement in a single system at exactly the same location. The combined sensor enables transparent, flexible, and illuminated user interfaces - without any limitations on function, design, or industrial scalability.
Transparent Force & Touch Architecture
PolyIC produces transparent, flexible capacitive sensor films with printed, transparent, and conductive electrodes. Nanomade has developed a proprietary, transparent nanoparticle-based ink that enables ultra-sensitive force measurement. By combining both components, the companies have developed a sensor that, thanks to its ultra-thin, transparent force-and-touch architecture, offers functionalities that go beyond those of conventional capacitive touch sensors. The light transmission of the sensor and its optical clarity further expand the design possibilities.
Seamless integration brings new design freedom
Minimalist designs with integrated lighting effects and seamlessly integrated displays are becoming increasingly common in product design. Conventional sensor technology often reaches its limits in terms of both design and functionality. The new sensor from PolyIC and Nanomade meets these requirements for transparency, flexibility, and functionality. It can be integrated into fully transparent or ‘hidden-til-lit’ user interfaces and can also be incorporated into curved and three-dimensionally shaped control elements. Manufacturers can use it without the need for costly new developments or complex additional component integrations..
Additional features that simplify the utilization of user interfaces in everyday life and enhance the user experience include the ability to operate the interface while wearing gloves, as well as reliable performance in damp or wet environments. The sensor can distinguish between contact and targeted pressure, enabling a differentiated evaluation of touches and thus reducing false activations. It also enables safety-critical applications where two physical quantities must be evaluated independently of one another.
Wide Range of Applications
The transparent force-and-touch sensor film is suitable for a wide range of applications across various industries, such as the automotive sector. Furthermore, the solution is suitable for medical devices that combine force sensing with touch functionality. With the new transparent Force & Touch sensor film, PolyIC and Nanomade are expanding the technical and design options for HMI applications where the combination of transparency, light, and intelligent force measurement is relevant.