Last update: Wednesday 22 May 2013 [119 news items]
E Ink November revenues exceed NT$3 billion
Dec 8, 01:15
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$3.28 billion (US$109 million) for November 2010, an increase of 18% sequentially...
Hanwang color e-book reader to launch in 1Q11
Dec 1, 01:25
Hanwang Technology will launch a color e-book reader using an EPD panel from E Ink Holdings (EIH) at the end of the first quarter of 2011, and will start e-book reader trails in junior...
Small- to medium-size panel makers have strong sales in November, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 30, 16:27
Due to strong demand for handsets, DSCs and e-book readers, small- to medium-size panel makers Wintek and E Ink Holdings (EIH) expect record revenues in November, while revenues of...
E Ink monthly revenues to top NT$3 billion in November and December
Nov 29, 12:46
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) expects monthly revenues in November and December to exceed NT$3 billion (US$98.37 million) on strong year-end...
E Ink 4Q10 revenues may reach NT$9 billion
Nov 11, 15:36
Small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) expects revenues to increase 60-70% to NT$9 billion (US$298.38 million) in the fourth...
Hanvon color e-book reader to hit the market in February 2011
Nov 11, 01:35
Hanvon will start selling its new 9.7-inch color e-book reader featuring E Ink Holding's latest color e-paper, Triton, in February 2011 with a selling price of 3,500 yuan (US$527.59)...
E Ink eyes non-English speaking markets for e-book readers
Nov 5, 01:10
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) is actively developing the non-English speaking market for e-book readers...
Global sales of 20-25 million e-book readers projected for 2011, says E Ink chairman
Oct 28, 16:15
Global e-book reader sales in 2010 are expected to reach 10 million units at least, and the forecast for 2011 is upward adjusted from 18 million units originally, to 20-25 million...
E Ink hits record net profits in 3Q10
Oct 28, 15:33
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings recorded net profits of NT$709 million (US$22.2 million) in the third quarter of...
Chi Lin introduce E Ink-based e-tag products
Oct 22, 01:35
Eyeing the commercial display market for e-paper, Chi Lin Technology, a subsidiary of the Chi Mei Group, has launched a series of e-tag products based on E Ink Holding's (EIH's) EPD...
E Ink invests in IC driver supplier UltraChip, says report
Newswatch - Oct 19, 16:11
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) has decided to invest in LCD driver IC supplier UltraChip as part of its...
E Ink reports revenue growth in September
Oct 11, 12:18
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) saw its September consolidated revenues increase 33% sequentially and 42.35%...
E Ink 4Q10 revenues to increase 70% sequentially, says report
Newswatch - Sep 15, 16:16
Small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holding (EIH) is expected to see September revenues increase by over 50% sequentially amid surging...
E Ink announces August revenues of NT$1.6 billion
Sep 13, 10:51
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.6 billion (US$50.3 million) for August 2010, increasing 2.57% sequentially...
AUO, CMI, CPT seeking other business to ease oversupply of small- to medium-size panels
Sep 3, 15:56
Panel makers AU Optronics (AUO), Chimei Innolux (CMI) and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) are transferring their small- to medium-size production capacity to other production such as...
No effect from Samsung quitting e-paper business, says E Ink
Aug 26, 15:57
Commenting on Samsung Electronics' recent decision to quit the e-paper business, electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) noted that although Samsung is one of the...
Tapping educational e-book reader market needs 2-3 years, says E Ink chairman
Aug 18, 15:01
While many vendors of e-book readers have begun looking to the large educational market, tapping the market will take two to three years to see fruition, but demand will grow rapidly,...
E Ink to promote EPD applications beyond e-book readers
Aug 17, 15:23
Taiwan-based EPD (electrophoretic display) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH), in view of Samsung Electronics' adoption of EPD for use as keypads of handsets, will tap markets for EPD applications...
E Ink to increase production of FFS panels at Hydis
Aug 11, 17:05
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings will increase the production of FFS (fringe filed switching) panels at its Korea-based subsidiary Hydis to 75% of its...
Global e-book reader shipments to be 2-3 times higher in 2H10, says E Ink chairman
Aug 11, 11:47
Price-cut competition for e-book readers among global vendors including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and Hanvon is expected to stimulate demand in the second half of 2010, with...
SiPix EPD production yield rates to reach 80-85% in August-September
Jul 13, 12:16
SiPix Technology, an EPD (electrophoretic display) subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has recently overcome its production bottleneck and expects yield rates to reach 80-85% in August-September,...
E Ink June revenues down 3% sequentially
Jul 12, 12:09
Small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holding, previously known as Prime View International (PVI), has posted consolidated revenues of...
E Ink announces next generation display platform
Jul 2, 16:09
E Ink Corporation, the leading developer and marketer of electronic paper display technology, has announced the release of its next generation display technology, Pearl. With Pearl,...
Jul 2, 11:09
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has signed a strategic agreement with Hitachi Displays for IPS technology for medium-size panels, with market sources expecting the Taiwan-based company to start...
iPad spurs e-book reader price war, says iSuppli
Jun 25, 15:40
The move by Barnes and Noble as well as Amazon to slash the prices of their e-book readers reflects a fundamental change in their business strategy intended to counter the rising...
AUO, CMI reportedly looking to license FFS technology from E Ink for iPad panels
Jun 25, 11:30
AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux (CMI) are reportedly in talks with E Ink Holdings, previously known as Prime View International (PVI), for its FFS (fringe field switching) technology...
PVI changes name to E Ink Holdings
Jun 21, 12:25
Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has changed its name to E Ink Holdings and all products will be sold under the brand name of E Ink, according to...
Global e-book reader shipments reach 740,000 units in April-May, says Digitimes Research
Jun 21, 11:53
Global e-book reader shipments from manufacturers to vendors in April-May 2010 reached 740,000 units, with Barnes & Noble's nook accounting for 37% and Amazon's Kindle trailing...
E Ink production unaffected by lab fire, says PVI
Apr 26, 11:29
Prime View International (PVI) has revealed that a fire broke out in a lab at its US-based subsidiary E Ink on April 23, but there were no injuries or major losses.
PVI consolidated profits grow 169% in 1Q10
Apr 22, 16:46
Prime View International (PVI) has announced consolidated net profits of NT$702 million (US$22.37 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up 169% on quarter.
PVI to invest US$500 million to expand EPD business in China
Apr 19, 14:57
Prime View International (PVI) has announced to invest US$500 million to expand its electrophoretic display (EPD) business in China and to cooperate with China-based fanshu.com and...
Feb 12, 09:00
Prime View International (PVI) has announced revenues of NT$1.26 billion (US$39.33 million) for January, down 6% sequentially from NT$1.31 billion, but up 154.55% on year from N$495.76...
PVI likely to report large profit for 4Q09
Feb 3, 14:34
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) is expected to report a large profit for the fourth quarter of 2009 and help narrow its net loss to...
Asustek to launch two e-book readers in 2Q10, say sources
Jan 26, 11:23
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer is expected to launch a 6-inch e-book reader (DR-57) and a 9-inch model (DR-950) for sale in the US and Europe markets as soon as the second quarter...
LG Display targets 20% of EPD market in 2010, says CEO
Dec 29, 11:23
LG Display (LGD) expects its share of the global e-paper display (EPD) market to reach 20% in 2010, up from 15% in 2009, according to company CEO Kwon Young Soo at the signing of...

- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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