The Spectra panels are aimed
for electronic shelf label (ESL) retail applications.
E-Ink has signed up close to 20 different customers since 2013
for electronic shelf labels.
The rest comes mostly from e-paper
for electronic shelf labels and LCD displays.
Not exact matches
Sales of e-book readers and e-paper notebooks together accounted
for 70 % of E Ink's third - quarter revenues, with the remaining 30 % from IoT applications including smart cards,
electronic shelf labels (ESL), e-paper display solutions, and mobile and wearable devices.
«Epson's new 16 - bit microcontroller driving E Ink SURF displays aims at a large and growing market segment that include applications such as smartcards,
shelf labels, battery indicators, wrist watches and
electronic signage» said Sriram Peruvemba, Chief Marketing Officer
for E Ink Holdings.
This is a boon
for E-inks
Electronic shelf labels division which accounted
for 17 % of their revenue in 2017.
Electronic shelf labels currently account
for 12 % of E Inks total revenue stream.
Although this device can be used eventually in an e-reader it is billed as a solution
for ESL (
electronic shelf labeling), Point of Sale, office automation, and healthcare market applications.
After exiting the lower - margin LCD industry last quarter, the company said it is now concentrating on expanding uses
for e-paper displays to diverse applications such as e-notebooks, smart cards and multicolored
electronic shelf labels for retailers and logistics operators.
Ko forecast that e-notebooks and
electronic shelf labels would be the bright spots, with e-paper displays
for those two categories showing annual growth in the first two quarters of this year as customers launch more products to take advantage of an uptake of those applications.
CLEARink is a leader in reflective display technology
for eSchoolbooks, wearables, IoT and
electronic shelf labels (ESLs), outdoor signage and automotive.
E-paper also holds promise
for applications such as
electronic signage and
shelf labeling.
E Ink says that the new venture will provide its services
for applications such as smartphone back covers,
electronic shelf labels and e-paper billboards.