EPD shelf edge labels in the supermarket freezer aisle E-paper technology has advanced rapidly over the last 15-20 years and is now recognised as a proven technology with genuine use cases across a number of industries, so much so that the market is expected to reach $28.87 billion by 2022. Retail is one those industries…
E-paper displays transforming the smartphone experience The e-paper market has come a long way since its inception in 1970s and has matured into a proven technology with a genuine business case and a huge breadth of different successful applications. However, one area where EPDs have made less impact is the smartphone market. Despite e-paper…
Flexibly fashionable – a new generation of clothing Delving into the world of fashion, some of the industry’s most exciting developments are currently happening far away from the runways of London, Milan and Paris. A new age of fashion technology, or ‘FashTech’, is approaching with innovative lab-based work involving the use of bacteria to dye clothing,…
Celebrating engineering achievement How Plastic Logic industrialised large-area printed organic electronics and catalysed the e-paper display market Earlier this month we were pleased to learn that the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) — one of the world’s largest engineering institutions with over 168,000 members in 150 countries — had shortlisted Plastic Logic in…
What’s new in wearables and how can e-paper displays improve existing devices? The wearables market has certainly encountered its ups and downs over the last few years. The boom of fitness trackers and smartwatches coming onto the market has certainly made waves, but wearable tech in general has had a mixed reception. The marmite of…
E-paper displays explained We so often eulogise about the limitless possibilities e-paper displays enable and the exciting opportunities the technology creates for market growth, differentiation and competitive advantage — but for the uninitiated reader, we thought it might be helpful in this blog to take a step back and look at how e-paper works. E-paper…
The benefits of switching to e-paper for outdoor digital signage With the digital signage market expected to be worth over 32.4 billion dollars by 2023, we wanted to take a closer look at some of the key driving factors for this market. Commonly used for wayfinding, retail signage and indoor and outdoor advertising, digital signage requires…
Making smart cards smarter with e-paper From healthcare and retail to security and FinTech, the smart card has become an integral part of our everyday lives. But, rather than just stopping at embedding a computer chip, integrating an e-paper display can offer huge benefits to businesses in terms of flexibility, improved security and wallet slimming.…
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Aggressive growth forecast for e paper market According to a recent industry report, the e-paper market is growing at an unprecedented rate and is expected to hit US$3.1 billion by 2022. Although the concept of e-paper was first developed over thirty-five years ago, this positive growth forecast can be attributed to the global demand for…