27 Jun 2012

Exploring Opportunities for Printed Electronics in East Asia
There have been three billion-dollar success stories in printed and organic electronics so far - and in each Asia has been a key driving factor.
25 May 2012

Highlights of Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe 2012 (Part Two)
Highlights of last week's IDTechEx conference, Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe in Berlin, part two.
2 Apr 2012

Flexible e-paper
The world's first plastic EPD from LG Display offers users a paper-like reading experience with a plastic substrate that is as slim as cell phone protection film, and a flexible design that allows bending at a range of 40 degrees from the center of the screen.
16 Nov 2011

E-readers - Market prospects and technology developments
Electronic paper technology has found its main application in the development of e-book readers, a market that has bloomed in recent years with successful devices such as the Amazon Kindle and the Barns & Noble Nook.
14 Oct 2011

E Ink September sales revenues jumped
E InkHoldings the pioneer of TFT and ePaper business, has experienced record high sales revenues in September, with September stand alone revenues totaling NT$ 3.802 billion, representing a growth of 143% compared to last year, and a growth of 44 percent compared to last month.
4 Oct 2011

There's more to life than OLEDs and electrophoretic displays...
At IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA in Santa Clara on the 30th of November and the 1st of December 2011, there will be a focus on technologies such as OLEDs and electrophoretic displays, with leading innovators such as Sumitomo, Panasonic and E Ink discussing their progress. But there's other display technologies emerging, at earlier stages of commercialization that promise performance enhancement, cost reduction and new possibilities. Two of these technologies, QD Vision's QLEDs and Opalux 's photonic crystal displays are described below.
31 Aug 2011

Printed Electronics: What can we do better?
IDTechEx has tracked the printed electronics market since 2002. We have conducted extensive research programs, run our own events internationally and attended most other relevant events. Being impartial, we state the good and the bad. So what have we learnt?
24 Aug 2011

E-reader sales triple annually
Sriram Peruvemba, Chief Marketing Officer for E ink, reported at a conference last week that E book readers could hit 25 million to 30 million units this year - about three times the number sold in 2010.
External press release
14 Jul 2011

E Ink Holdings reports 1H11 sales of NT$ 17.01 billion, UP 67% Y-O-Y
E Ink® Holdings (8069.TT) reported its June parent sales of NT$1.84 billion and consolidated sales of NT$ 2.38 billion, up 73% and 40% Y-o-Y respectively. Its year-to-date consolidated sales was NT$17.01 billion, up 67% Y-o-Y.
25 May 2011

Comments from S.I.D. 2011
S.I.D. is the successful display technology exhibition and conference. It was held last week in Los Angeles and had well over 5,000 attendees, and it included some aspects relevant to printed and flexible electronics. The show is often a great gauge of current interest in different display technologies and this year it was evident that the latest focus is on 3D television and touch screen technologies.
19 May 2011

E-Ink and Epson roll out world's highest resolution eReader
The highest resolution 300 dpi ePaper tablets in the world have been developed by E Ink and Seiko Epson. The new eReader is expected to attract the business and education community where huge amounts of data have to be processed, as well as in countries that use character-based text, including Japan and China, stated the companies in an announcement on Monday.
10 May 2011

Thinfilm phones could make current smartphones obsolete in 5 to 10 yrs
Queen's University's Roel Vertegaal predicts that thinfilm phones will make current smartphones obsolete in 5 to 10 years.
25 Mar 2011

New signage applications take E Ink electronic paper beyond eBooks
New retail displays using E Ink's Ink-In-Motion technology will be used by SinoPac Bank and Miramar department stores said the company in a recent statement.
9 Mar 2011

Printed electronics - Europe is different
Printed electronics is one of the most important new enabling technologies.
21 Feb 2011

Paper electronics ready for prime time
The term paper electronics refers to electronic and electric circuits printed onto paper - increasingly both at the same time. Paper electronics has its origins in the screen printing of electrodes onto battery separators for cylindrical batteries and it has been used for conductors and sensors in such things as T-Ink toys and novelties.
External press release
16 Feb 2011

E Ink Holdings announces fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010 results
Sales reach historical high of NT$9.7 billion and NT$25.2 billion respectively
24 Jan 2011

World's first colour e-reader?
Chinese manufacturer Hanvon unveiled the World's first color e-ink e-reader at CES 2011 earlier this month. The device uses e-ink technology and has the capability of displaying up to 4096 colours. This is achieved by overlaying a colour filter over the black and white screen to produce the colours. In addition the contrast ratio has doubled over the last year so that the black and white colours still show through the colour filter.
Although Barnes & Noble recently announced a color Nook and the Apple iPad has a color screen, both devices use LCD technology used for televisions and monitors.