Quad Industries

What Quad Industries does

Quad Industries nv/sa is a Belgian privately-held contract manufacturer founded in 1998 and headquartered in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, with wholly-owned production operations in Slovakia through QUAD-SLOVAKIA s.r.o. The company specializes in screen-printed electronics, human-machine interfaces (HMI), and functional materials, serving OEMs in the medical, industrial, home appliance, and automotive verticals. Its offerings are organized into three product categories: (1) wearable adhesive electrodes for ExG monitoring (ECG, EEG, sleep diagnostics) and stimulation (TENS/EMS); (2) HMI solutions comprising capacitive touch sensors, membrane switches, silicone rubber keypads, and graphic overlays; and (3) printed electronics including thin-film heaters, force-sensitive resistors, moisture sensors, and smart textiles.

The company's core technology is precision screen printing, which deposits conductive, resistive, and dielectric inks onto flexible and rigid substrates (PET, PC, TPU, PMMA) to build functional layers for heaters, sensors, and interfaces. Notable technical validations include products functional down to -40°C that have passed NATO special operations forces testing, and a COVID-19 smart health patch deployed in 10 Belgian hospitals through collaboration with Byteflies and Henkel. Quad Industries holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016, and ISO 14001:2015 certifications, supporting qualification for regulated medical and industrial supply chains.

Quad Industries operates a B2B direct sales model with consultative engineering engagement from early concept through scalable production. Revenue is generated through project-based custom manufacturing agreements and co-development partnerships with enterprise OEMs and material suppliers (e.g., Henkel, Mentech, Byteflies, Carver Scientific, Pilotfish). Pricing is quote-based and project-specific; no public pricing is disclosed. The company has 101–250 employees, is privately held with no disclosed institutional ownership or funding rounds, and is led by Director of Sales and New Business Development Arne Casteleyn and R&D Director Wim Christiaens.

Name

Quad Industries

Legal name

Quad Industries nv/sa

Website

https://quad-ind.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Quad Industries is a Belgian B2B manufacturer founded in 1998 that co-develops and produces screen-printed electronics, wearable medical electrodes, and HMI components for medical, industrial, automotive, and home appliance OEMs, with production in Belgium and Slovakia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sint-niklaas

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Manufacturing Services: B2B custom manufacturing of printed electronics, HMI components, and wearable medical devices. Revenue generated through project-based engagements from concept development through production, with both low-volume prototyping and high-volume series production capabilities.
2. Co-development Partnerships: Revenue from collaborative product development agreements with partners where Quad Industries provides engineering, prototyping, and manufacturing expertise for custom electronic solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Quad Industries is a B2B concept-to-production partner that designs and manufactures printed electronics, wearable adhesive electrodes, and human-machine interface (HMI) components. Using screen printing processes, the company deposits functional inks (conductive, resistive, dielectric) on flexible and rigid substrates to produce film heaters, printed sensors, smart textiles, capacitive touch sensors, membrane switches, and graphic overlays. Production is carried out at European facilities (Belgium headquarters and Slovakia manufacturing) under ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and ISO 14001 certifications.

Product overview

Quad Industries is a concept-to-production partner specializing in printed electronics, human-machine interfaces (HMI), and functional materials. Their product portfolio consists of three core categories: (1) Wearable Adhesive Electrodes including ExG monitoring applications for ECG/EEG/sleep diagnostics and stimulation electrodes (TENS/EMS) for therapeutic use; (2) HMI solutions comprising capacitive touch sensors, membrane switches, silicone rubber keypads, and graphic overlays; and (3) Printed Electronics featuring film heaters (including PTC technology), printed sensors (FSR, moisture), and smart textiles. These products are manufactured using screen printing technology that deposits functional inks (silver, carbon conductors, resistive pastes, dielectrics) on flexible substrates. The company serves medical, industrial, home appliances, and automotive industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wearable Adhesive Electrodes Custom-manufactured adhesive electrodes for wearable medical and sports applications including ExG monitoring (ECG, EEG, sleep diagnostics) and stimulation electrodes (TENS/EMS) for therapeutic use. Sold to medical device manufacturers and healthcare technology companies.
• Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) Suite of interface solutions including capacitive touch sensors, membrane switches, silicone rubber keypads, and graphic overlays for medical, industrial, home appliance, and automotive applications. Sold to OEMs and device manufacturers.
• Printed Electronics Printed electronic components including thin-film heaters (including PTC film heaters), printed sensors (force-sensitive resistors and moisture sensors), and smart textiles produced via screen printing on flexible and rigid substrates. Sold to industrial, medical, defense, and consumer product OEMs.
• Screen Printing Services Contract screen printing services that deposit conductive, resistive, and dielectric inks onto flexible and rigid substrates for building functional electronic layers in heaters, sensors, and interfaces. Available as prototyping and high-volume series production for B2B customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products passed NATO special operations forces extreme cold weather testing, functional down to minus 40 degrees Celsius
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Carver ScientificcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 December 2024Co-development partnership to transform extreme cold solutions for military applications. Partners are co-developing man-wearable heaters and battery warmers that keep electronics functional down to minus 40 degrees Celsius. Products have passed NATO special operations forces extreme cold weather testing and are now being sold throughout NATO, with field exercises conducted in the US, Canada, and Norway. The partnership emerged from growing NATO and European demand driven by the war in Ukraine and Arctic strategy adoption.
• HenkelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 November 2020Material partnership with Henkel's printed electronics division. Henkel supplies conductive inks and materials while Quad Industries provides manufacturing expertise. Collaboration includes smart patch development (COVID-19 health patch deployed in 10 Belgian hospitals), test strips, and EKG monitoring solutions. Henkel's global head for printed electronics noted the expansion of smart sensing devices that increase patient comfort.
• BytefliescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 November 2020Byteflies partnered with Quad Industries and Henkel on smart patch development. Byteflies developed the smart health patch solution deployed in Belgian hospitals for COVID-19 monitoring, measuring temperature, respiration, and heart rate. Byteflies recently launched a dedicated website for the solution and is commercializing the technology.
• MentechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of electrode patches for measuring skin conductance for stress detection in patients with severe intellectual disabilities. Developed foot-patch electrodes and ECG chest patches integrated with Mentech's HUME platform for real-time stress detection using physiological signals and AI models.
• PilotfishminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership focused on printed electronics for cardiac mapping applications. Development of wearable medical devices for improved cardiac mapping using printed electronic technologies.
• ImecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on security badge demonstrator project. Development of flexible RFID tags for security applications using Quad Industries' printed electronics capabilities combined with Imec's technology.
• SipWellminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with SipWell on a project that was reported as a great success, though specific details of the collaboration were not disclosed.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Imec: Belgian-based leading semiconductor and nanoelectronics research center that develops flexible and printed electronics technologies, including RFID and thin-film electronics. Imec is a documented partner of Quad Industries (security badge demonstrator) and operates as an enabling R&D institution in the printed electronics ecosystem.

Direct peers

• LOOMIA: US-based company developing soft electronic circuits and heating elements for textiles, directly comparable to Quad Industries' smart textiles and film heater product lines. Both target wearable, automotive, and industrial heating/sensing applications.
• TactoTek: Finnish company specializing in structural electronics and in-mold electronics using printed electronics on films, directly comparable to Quad Industries' film-based printed electronics and HMI solutions. Both serve automotive, industrial, and consumer OEMs with integrated electronic structures.
• Sensing Tex: Spanish company specializing in printed sensors and smart textile electronics, directly comparable to Quad Industries' printed sensors (FSR, moisture) and smart textiles product lines. Both serve wearables, medical, and industrial sensing markets with flexible substrate electronics.
• ynvisible Interactive: Canadian/Portuguese company developing printed electrochromic displays and printed electronics, directly comparable to Quad Industries' screen-printed functional inks on flexible substrates. ynvisible is also a documented partner of Quad Industries (NFC tag demonstration), indicating close technology overlap.

Emerging players

• Butlr Technologies: US-based company developing printed sensor-based occupancy and activity detection systems for smart buildings, with partial overlap to Quad Industries' printed sensor and smart textile capabilities. Both serve sensing applications using flexible/conformable electronics, but Butlr focuses on software-integrated building intelligence.

Broad incumbents

• DuPont: Global diversified chemicals company with a significant printed electronics materials portfolio (silver inks, substrates, circuit materials) serving the same downstream markets as Quad Industries. DuPont operates broadly across multiple industries and is a broad incumbent materials supplier in the printed electronics ecosystem.
• Henkel: Global chemical and consumer products company whose printed electronics materials division supplies conductive inks and functional materials to Quad Industries. Henkel operates broadly across adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings, with printed electronics as one segment, making it a broad incumbent rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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