German printed electronics company producing electrochromic devices and smart labels using industrial printing processes.
Ynvisible is a printed electronics company specializing in electrochromic devices — thin, flexible displays and indicators produced using standard industrial printing processes rather than semiconductor fabrication. Their core technology converts electrical signals into visible color changes through electrochromic materials, enabling low-power, paper-thin visual elements embedded in surfaces, packaging, and labels. In H2020, they contributed this industrial printing expertise first to decorative architectural applications (DecoChrom) and then to functional responsive smart labels for product authentication and condition monitoring (CHARISMA). Their value to consortia is bridging laboratory electrochromic chemistry with mass-manufacturable printed products.
Both DecoChrom and CHARISMA center on electrochromic materials and devices, with Ynvisible providing industrial printing know-how to translate electrochromic chemistry into manufacturable products.
DecoChrom explicitly lists industrial printing and printed electronics among its keywords, reflecting Ynvisible's role as a printing-process partner in a decorative surfaces project.
CHARISMA (2019–2024) targets smart label prototyping using irreversible chemical response mechanisms, marking Ynvisible's move into commercial packaging and supply-chain indicator applications.
DecoChrom focused on self-organized molecular electrochromic systems for decorative applications including high-pressure laminates and interactive surfaces in the creative industries sector.
In their earliest H2020 engagement (2018), Ynvisible was positioned at the intersection of creative industries and materials science — contributing printed electrochromic technology to decorative architectural and interior surface applications. By 2019, the focus shifted decisively toward functional, commercial end-uses: smart labels, optoelectronic devices, and responsive indicators for product tracking and authentication. The trajectory is clear: from aesthetics-driven surface decoration toward utility-driven, supply-chain-relevant printed electronics, which aligns with where the printed electronics market was heading commercially in this period.
Ynvisible is moving up the value chain from decorative novelty toward commercial printed electronics products with clear B2B use cases in packaging, logistics, and product authentication.
Ynvisible has not led any H2020 projects — they enter consortia as a specialist contributor (third party in DecoChrom, participant in CHARISMA), bringing their proprietary printing and electrochromic manufacturing capability to teams that need an industry-side technology provider. Their network of 24 partners across 13 countries from just two projects suggests they work within well-connected, multi-partner consortia rather than tight bilateral arrangements. This profile is typical of a technology company that joins research projects to validate and scale its core IP alongside academic chemistry and materials science partners.
Despite only two projects, Ynvisible has accumulated 24 unique consortium partners across 13 countries, suggesting both projects involved large, geographically diverse consortia. No strong geographic concentration is visible from the data — their European reach is broad relative to their project count.
Ynvisible occupies a rare position as a private company that can take electrochromic materials from laboratory chemistry all the way to industrially printed, manufacturable devices — a bridge that most academic partners in this space cannot provide. Their involvement in both decorative and functional applications gives them cross-domain credibility that pure packaging-tech or pure materials firms lack. For a consortium building around printed electronics, smart packaging, or visible indicators, Ynvisible offers a direct path from prototype to production-ready format.
