FlexiblePlastic Logic got a $700 million investment to build a flexible e-paper factory in RussiaPlastic Logic announced a major investment from Russia's RUSNANO. The $700 million (!) investment will be used to build a mass-production factory for thin, light and flexible plastic-based e-paper displays. Those displays will be used in Plastic Logic’s first commercial consumer electronics product, a next-generation electronic reader for business that is currently under development. This isn't the Que e-reader which was canceled in 2010.
LG Display plans to mass produce color 9.7" and flexible 19" E Ink panelsLG Display plans to begin mass production of color 9.7" e-paper panels, and 19" flexible monochrome ones (most likely both are based on E Ink). We don't know LG's plan for the displays, but we can assume they're targeting e-readers, and perhaps newspaper-sized ones, too (for the 19" flexible panels).
LG has unveiled their 19" flexible E Ink panels back in January (shown above). The panels are only 0.3mm thick, and weight just 130 grams. It uses metal foil, and so it can recover its original shape after being bent.
LG plans to introduce their own e-reader in AprilLG's CEO KW Kim revealed today that LG will soon launch a new e-reader product, hopefully by April 2010. It will compete with Amazon's Kindle and Apple upcoming iPad. That's all we currently know. We do know that LG Display are making E Ink based displays, and have recently shown a 19" flexible prototype. A few months ago they have also shown an e-reader with a built-in thin-film solar cell. So perhaps LG will unveil a flexible solar-powered e-reader?
PVI plans color, flexible, touch and video enabled E Ink displays in 2010PVI's chairman says that they plan to release color and flexible E Ink displays. They are also working on touch-enabled E Inks, and ones that support video. They predict that the market share of touch-capable e-readers will increase sharply in 2010. PVI wants to place the touch sensors behind the display, so image quality will be better. PVI also reveals that E Ink's response time has increased, to the point where animation can be played. Via E-Ink-Info
New e-readers and e-paper webinar coming next monthIntertechPira and +plasticElectronics have announced an upcoming webinar (18 of February) called "e-readers and e-paper: technology and applications" that will discuss the evolution of e-paper for the e-reader market. The webinar will be given by Ian French, a principal scientist at Prime View International (PVI), the company that has acquired E Ink. The webinar will provide an overview of e-readers to date, technology advances in three key areas: flexibility, color and video and will also discuss future applications for e-paper displays.
PVI, AUO and Delta all plan to introduce color e-paper in 20103 Taiwanese companies are planning to release color e-paper in 2010. PVI (who recently bought E Ink) will start making color e-paper in the second half of 2010. They also plan to ramp-up their 6" and 9.7" flexible e-paper in the first half of 2010. AUO plans to offer flexible e-paper samples in 2010, but estimates that the market shrare of color and flexible e-paper will be low in 2010. Delta expects to launch color e-paper panels in the second quarter of 2010. via Digitimes
Wistron plans to launch a flexible e-reader based on the Readius in 2010Engadget reports that a Wistron manager says they plan to launch a flexible e-paper (5- to 6-inch) reader, based on the Readius in 2010.
The Readius
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