SMYRNA, GA – The third annual Virtual PCB, the industry’s only virtual trade show and conference for the PCB design, fabrication and assembly markets, will take place March 2 - 3.
AUSTIN – The total e-paper display market will grow to 1.8 billion units and $9.6 billion in revenues by 2018, a CAGR of 41% for revenues and 64% for units, says DisplaySearch.
E-book displays currently account for the majority of e-paper revenues. Nearly all e-book devices currently in the market use E Ink’s electrophoretic display technology, with a small number – such as Fujitsu’s FLEPia – using cholesteric LCD technology. Other electrophoretic display suppliers, SiPix and Bridgestone, will also commercialize e-book displays, according to the research firm.
The number of e-book/e-textbook models went from one model in 2003-2004 to three in 2006, to about five in 2007. In 2009, the number of models jumped to about 20. The e-paper display market for e-books and e-textbooks (5" to 10") is forecast to grow from about 1 million units in 2008 to 77 million units in 2018.
Color e-book displays recently entered the market with Fujitsu’s 8" FLEPia e-book. Because of the high price and technical challenges, DisplaySearch forecasts color e-books will not reach high volumes before 2011.
Electrophoretic was the leading technology in 2008, and DisplaySearch forecasts the technology will continue to lead the e-paper display market growth for this forecast period, and reach $5.8 billion by 2018.
Bi-stable LCD was the second largest e-paper display technology by revenues in 2008, and is forecast to reach $2.5 billion by 2018.
MEMS display technology will expand from small-size mobile phone displays to color and medium-size e-book displays over the next few years.
Electrochromic displays are targeting low-cost, high-volume smart label and card display applications. DisplaySearch forecasts electrochromic will become the leading technology in terms of unit volume for e-paper displays by 2013.
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s industrial output grew 12.4% year-over-year in July, as the key electronics sector continued to recover.
Singapore’s electronics manufacturing output dropped 5.6% for the month, a big improvement on the 19.2% drop in June.
Sequentially, industrial output grew a seasonally adjusted 23%; this contrasts with a revised 9% drop seen in June.
Year-to-date, industrial output fell 10.3% compared to the same seven months in 2008.
ST. LOUIS-- Northrop Grumman has awarded LaBarge Inc. $2.6 million in add-on orders for electronics subsystems for the Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array radar.
ST. PAUL, MN – Accu-Tronics Manufacturing Inc., a contract assembly based here, has gone out of business and is selling its assets.
JUAREZ, MEXICO – LG Electronics selected Flextronics to manufacture LCD TVs at its Juarez, Mexico facility, the company said today.