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...

Shipments of 9.7-inch e-book readers to grow 300% on year in 2010, says Digitimes Research

Dec 31, 11:44

Shipments of 9.7-inch e-book readers are expected to grow 300-320% on year in 2010 and the surging demand may cause Prime View International (PVI) to face a capacity shortage, according...

PVI subsidiary Hydis enters into investment, cross-licensing agreements with LGD

Dec 28, 12:25

Prime View International (PVI) today announced that its Korea-based subsidiary Hydis Technologies has entered into investment and cross-licensing agreements with LG Display (LGD).

PVI to significantly expand EPD capacity in 2010

Dec 28, 11:49

Prime View International (PVI) plans to expand its electrophoretic display (EPD) capacity in 2010 by three to four times the volume in 2009, according to company chairman, Scott Li...

PVI expects only mild drop in December EPD shipments

Dec 25, 15:04

Despite December being the beginning of the slow season, Prime View International (PVI) expect its Electrophoretic display (EPD) shipments to drop only slightly due to fast growing...

PVI sets GDR price

Dec 14, 16:58

Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has set the price of its GDR (global depositary receipt) at US$23.5732 per unit, seeking to raise a total of over...

PVI revenues grow 264% on year in November

Dec 3, 15:09

Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has posted revenues of NT$1.56 billion (US$48.6 million) for November 2009, up 20% sequentially and 264% on year.

AUO ships e-book reader panels to China-based Hanwang

Dec 1, 11:56

AU Optronics (AUO) has started shipping 9-inch e-book reader panels to China-based Hanwang, with related products likely to hit the market in 2010, according to market sources.

PVI EPD production in full swing for year-end shopping, says chairman

Nov 23, 16:59

Prime View International (PVI) is gearing up its EPD shipments to clients for the year-end shopping season, company chairman Scott Liu has said, amid reports that two of its major...

Major price cuts for e-book readers unlikely in 2010, says PVI chairman

Nov 23, 11:37

Prices of e-book readers are unlikely to drop sharply to as low as US$100 in 2010, as the market has just started to take off, and there is little need for vendors to resort to price...

PVI chairman expects e-book reader market to more than double in 2010

Nov 19, 11:50

Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) chairman Scott Liu has forecast that the global e-book reader market will more than double in 2010, compared to...

CPT to offer 3D, multi-touch and EPD panels, says president

Nov 12, 16:18

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) plans to broaden its product lines and will start shipping 3D, multi-touch and EPD (electrophoretic display) panels as early as the end of 2009, according...

PVI, TPO see October revenues decline

Nov 11, 12:10

Small- to medium-size panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker maker Prime View International (PVI) saw October revenues decrease 11.47% sequentially to NT$1.3 billion (US$40.19...

PVI turns profitable in 3Q09; sets share exchange ratio for E-ink acquisition

Nov 2, 16:26

Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has posted net profit of NT$56.85 million (US$1.75 million) for the third quarter of 2009, according to data from...

PVI to ramp up flexible and color EPD in 2010

Oct 29, 15:02

Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) will ramp up production of its 6-inch and 9.7-inch flexible EPDs in the first half of 2010 and color EPDs in the...

PVI expected to ship up to 3 million EPDs in 2009

Oct 26, 16:24

Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) is expected to ship 2.5-3 million EPDs in 2009, accounting for about 90% of the global e-book reader market, according...

Delta to ramp up e-book reader EPDs in 2Q10

Oct 14, 15:18

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has begun shipments of e-paper panels for medical display devices, and expects to launch e-paper panels for e-book readers in the second quarter of...

Color e-book readers to become mainstream in 2011, says Digitimes Research

Oct 13, 14:06

Color e-book readers will account for 4-5% of the total global e-book reader shipments in the second half of 2010, and will become mainstream in 2011, according to Digitimes Resear...

PVI September revenues hit high

Oct 12, 14:33

Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has announced September revenues of NT$1.47 billion (US$45.57 million), up 9.06% sequentially from NT$1.35 billion...

PVI and CMO cooperate on e-paper production

Oct 2, 12:27

LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) have signed a memorandum of collaboration for EPD production. PVI has...

PVI to issue convertible preferred stocks to E-Ink shareholders

Oct 1, 11:49

Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has announced a new contract for the acquisition of E-Ink. Besides the original US$215 million both...

PVI expected to swing to profits in September, as Hydis reaches full capacity utilization

Sep 16, 15:53

Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) is expected to turn to net profits beginning in September, as its Korea subsidiary Hydis has reached...

E-paper display revenues to exceed US$9 billion by 2018, says DisplaySearch

Aug 27, 16:38

The global e-paper display market will grow to 1.8 billion units and US$9.6 billion in revenues in 2018, from 22 million units and US$431 million in revenues in 2009, for a CAGR (compound...

PVI to issue GDR to raise US$100-150 million

Aug 26, 12:12

Taiwan-based EPD (electrophoretic display) maker Prime View International (PVI), in order to raise funds for the acquisition of E-Ink at US$215 million, will issue GDR (global depositary...

SiPix to spend NT$10 billion expanding EPD capacity

Aug 25, 15:44

SiPix Imaging, an e-paper subsidiary of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), will invest NT$10 billion (US$304.09 million) to expand capacity in the next three years, said CT Liu,...

AUO receives government subsidy for flexible EPD development

Aug 14, 17:02

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has agreed to subsidize AU Optronics (AUO) for its development 3.5G flexible high-end electrophoretic display (EPD).

PVI July revenues up over 80% on year

Aug 11, 15:03

Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) and LCD panel maker Prime View International (PVI) has posted July revenues of NT$1.35 billion (US$41.15 million), up 26.45% from NT$1.07...

PVI subsidiary Hydis to reach full capacity for EPD in September 2009

Jul 20, 15:12

Hydis, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) and LCD panel maker Prime View International (PVI), is expected to reach 100% utilization at the end of September...

CPT needs new material suppliers for e-paper

Jul 15, 15:38

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will need to search for new material suppliers if the company plans to step into the development and production of e-paper...

PVI June revenues up more than 50% on year

Jul 13, 14:09

Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) and LCD panel maker Prime View International (PVI) has posted June 2009 revenues of NT$1.07 billion (US$32.29 million), an increase of 25.59%...