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%...

PVI expects EPD shipments to double in 2H09, says chairman

Jun 2, 15:05

Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) and LCD panel maker Prime View International (PVI) expects year-end holiday demand to double its EPD shipments in the second half of 2009...

PVI reaches agreement to acquire E Ink

Jun 2, 12:07

Prime View International (PVI) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink, a supplier of electronic paper display materials and intellectual property,...

PVI expects EPD shipments to more than double in 2009

May 27, 14:58

Taiwan-based Prime View International (PVI) expects its shipments of electrophoretic display (EPD) products to more than double in 2009 due to a continuing increase in demand, according...

PVI says to delay color EPD launch to 2010

May 7, 15:49

Prime View International (PVI) will push back the launch of color electrophoretic displays (EPDs) to 2010, as there are still barriers to achieving satisfying results, according to...

Qisda records 78% of 1Q09 revenues from LCD monitors

Apr 29, 15:40

Qisda shipped about 3.2 million LCD monitors in the first quarter of 2009, accounting for 78% of its NT$18.02 billion (US$539 million) in consolidated revenues. Front projectors and...

PVI reports losses for 1Q09

Apr 27, 16:55

Taiwan-based Prime View International (PVI) has reported first-quarter revenues of NT$1.8 billion (US$53.37 million), with operating loss of NT$16.06 million and loss of NT$400 million...

LG Display to vie for EPD orders from China vendors

Apr 23, 12:29

Korea-based LG Display (LGD) will reportedly offer lower-than-average prices for electrophoretic displays (EPDs) in order to land orders from China electronic reading device (e-book)...