Electrophoretic displays

Consumer electronic devices are evolving fast and there is a constant need for display technologies with new features. This week we look at e-paper (reflective) display technologies and assess their strengths in the consumer electronics market.

IDTechEx's Technology Analyst, Dr Guillaume Chansin comments on recent news on electrophoretic displays.

E Ink and LCD technologies has signed a definitive agreement to buy shares of SiPix Technology and its wholly owned subsidiary SiPix Imaging, the maker of electronic paper displays.

Plastic Logic has postponed the launch of Que

E-reader maker IRex Technologies has filed for bankruptcy. According to some press reports, the device was too technology focussed, repeatedly delayed (missing out on key sales seasons) and not enough effort was given to services, the critical factor as Sony had learnt to their cost initially and as Amazon had achieved so well.

Several press reports indicate that Polymer Vision has been bought by an Asian company.

There are huge opportunities for companies providing inorganic chemicals to printed and potentially printed electronics. Here, Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, summarises some of the findings from the new IDTechEx report "Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics 2009-2019."

Prime View International ("PVI"), a small and medium display provider and the world's highest volume supplier of ePaper display modules, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink Corporation, the leader in electronic paper display materials and intellectual property for approximately $215 million.