Electroninks Incorporated

Electroninks Incorporated is a for-profit small business manufacturer based in Austin, Texas, specializing in advanced materials and printed electronics technologies. The company develops innovative solutions in conductive inks, printed circuit board manufacturing, solar cell materials, and related technologies tailored for defense, aerospace, and renewable energy applications. Electroninks has established itself as a significant federal contractor and grant recipient, with a robust portfolio of awards primarily from the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Department of the Army, the Marine Corps, and the Department of Energy, demonstrating its expertise in solving complex manufacturing and materials challenges for government agencies.

Electroninks has secured substantial federal contract funding through both the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, with awards totaling over $16 million across multiple phases of development. The company's contract work has encompassed the development of temperature-resilient conductive inks for satellite, space, and hypersonic applications; liquid crystal polymers and compatible conductive inks for tunable antenna arrays; advanced materials for soft robotics and non-destructive inspection; American-manufactured conductive inks for advanced semiconductor packaging; high-performance particle-free conductive inks for aerospace weight reduction; and printed circuit board manufacturing capabilities for mission readiness and supply chain awareness. Most recently, Electroninks received a $1.25 million firm fixed-price purchase order from the Air Force Research Laboratory in July 2025 for developing an all-in-one printed circuit board maker for obsolete parts and prototyping applications, with completion scheduled for May 2027. The company has also received a $249,974.31 Phase I SBIR contract from the Department of the Army in July 2025 addressing shop tools and enablers. All contract awards have been designated as Total Small Business set-asides, reflecting Electroninks' qualified small business status, and have been performed at the company's Austin, Texas facility.

Electroninks has diversified its federal funding sources to include grant awards beyond traditional defense research and development programs. The company received a Cooperative Agreement grant from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy with an award date of January 15, 2024, and a completion date of January 14, 2025, for the development of metal complex inks for low-cost photovoltaic material metallization. This grant project focuses on developing screen-printed reactive metal complex pastes to significantly lower the cost of metallization and improve device efficiencies in photovoltaic applications, with objectives including the development of copper-based metal-complex inks with appropriate resistivity for photovoltaic applications and testing these inks on advanced solar cell surfaces such as tunnel oxide passivated contact and silicon heterojunction cells for contact resistivity and reliability. This grant award demonstrates Electroninks' expanding role in supporting the federal government's renewable energy initiatives while maintaining its core competencies in advanced materials and ink formulation technologies.