E-paper

Published by: IDATE

Published: Jan. 1, 2009 - 100 Pages

Table of Contents

1. Technology state-of-the-art

1.1. Major types of technologies

1.1.1. Electrophoretic or particle technology

1.1.2. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

1.1.3. Electrochromic

1.1.4. Electrowetting

1.1.5. Other technologies

1.1.6. Backplanes

1.1.7. Overview

1.2. Anticipated trends

1.2.1. Colour

1.2.2. Video

1.2.3. Flexibility

1.2.4. Cost

1.3. e-Paper compared to other display technologies

2. Key players

2.1. Primary technology companies

2.1.1. R&D laboratories

2.1.2. Primary frontplane technology companies

2.1.3. Primary backplane technology companies

2.1.4. Overview

2.2. Influential companies

3. e-Paper markets and uses

3.1. Press

3.1.1. Worldwide market for the press

3.1.2. The disappearance of the press

3.1.3. E-Paper applications in the press industry

3.1.4. Outlook for E-Paper in the press industry

3.2. Publishing

3.2.1. Publishing market status

3.2.2. Drivers behind digitizing books

3.2.3. Applications for E-Paper in the publishing industry

3.2.4. Publishing Outlook: next the end of paper?

3.3. Consumer electronics

3.3.1. Readers: finally taking off?

3.3.2. Watches

3.3.3. Peripherals and other accessories

3.4. Supermarkets and Logistics

3.4.1. Electronic labelling in supermarkets

3.4.2. Logistics

3.5. Advertising and Displays

3.5.1. Display advertising

3.5.2. Non-advertising billboards

3.5.3. Point of sale advertising

3.6. Telecoms

3.6.1. Mobile Terminals

3.6.2. Digital content distribution

3.6.3. Other markets for operators

3.7. New uses

4. Outlook and impact

4.1. Drivers and barriers for e-Paper

4.1.1. Drivers for adopting e-Paper

4.1.2. Impediments to e-Paper

4.2. Outlook

Summary of Tables and Figures

Table 1: Comparison of the major e-Paper technologies

Table 2: e-Paper technology advantages and disadvantages overview

Table 3: e-Paper roadmap

Table 4: Comparison of display technologies

Table 5: Overview of e-Paper technology companies

Table 6: Industrial investors in e-Paper

Table 7: Subscription types for Les Echos e-Paper

Table 8: Benchmark for e-Paper press projects

Table 9: Deployed e-Paper publishing projects

Table 10: e-Paper publishing projects in the test phase

Table 11: Commercially available readers with e-Paper screens

Table 12: Projects for readers with e-Paper screens

Table 13: Watches with e-Paper screens

Table 14: Other commercially available CE products with e-Paper screens

Table 15: CE products with e-Paper screens soon to be available

Table 16: Specialists in electronic labelling offering e-Paper solutions

Table 17: e-Paper label projects in supermarkets

Table 18: Billboard e-Paper projects

Table 19: e-Paper display projects in high traffic public and private locations

Table 20: Companies offering e-Paper POS solutions

Table 21: Commercially available telephones with e-Paper screens

Table 22: Mobile telephone projects using e-Paper

Table 23: Monthly ARPU for mobile services (voice and data) by geographic region, 2003-2007

Table 24: Telecom operators’ initiative in digital content on e-Paper

Table 25: e-Paper’s advantages in both “paper" and "electronics" technologies

Table 26: Integrators positioned in e-Paper

Figure 1: Segmented and matrix displays

Figure 2: Principle of electrophoresis technology

Figure 3: E Ink’s process for manufacturing an e-Paper screen

Figure 4: SiPix Microcup

Figure 5: Roll-to-roll printing process

Figure 6: BiNem structure in two liquid crystal states

Figure 7: Principle of the technology developed by Fujitsu

Figure 8: Principle of electrochromic windows

Figure 9: Principle of electrowetting

Figure 10: Opalux’s colour technology design

Figure 11: Liquavista’s ColorBright

Figure 12: LG Philips’ 16.7 million colour screen

Figure 13: Nemoptic’s BD 1000

Figure 14: Flexible e-Paper screens

Figure 15: Polymer Vision’s Readius

Figure 16: e-Paper value chain

Figure 17: Influential companies in e-Paper

Figure 18: Change in paid circulation for daily newspapers in Europe and the United States, annual growth rate(%)

Figure 19: Readers offered by Les Echos for their e-Paper offer

Figure 20: Worldwide publishing market (billion EUR)

Figure 21: Amazon’s Kindle

Figure 22: Estimated increase in worldwide reader sales

Figure 23: Fujitsu’s Flepia reader models

Figure 24: Example of commercialised readers with e-Paper screens

Figure 25: Example of communications watches (without e-Paper)

Figure 26: Citizen Watch’s mural clock with e-Paper screen

Figure 27: Seiko and Phosphor watches with e-Paper screens

Figure 28: Weather station with e-Paper screen

Figure 29: Storage peripherals integrating an e-Paper screen

Figure 30: Prototypes for laptops with e-Paper screens

Figure 31: Comparison between an LCD label and an e-Paper label

Figure 32: Tesco’s e-Paper electronic labelling test

Figure 33: Examples of Pricer’s electronic labels

Figure 34: Worldwide RFID market in billions of USD from 2008 through 2018

Figure 35: PARIFLEX Project

Figure 36: Worldwide advertising market and the outdoor advertising share (million USD)

Figure 37: Digital display’s market share compared to traditional display in Western Europe

Figure 38: Billboard with e-Paper screen

Figure 39: Examples of POS panels using Ink-In-Motion screens

Figure 40: Expansion of mobile terminal market worldwide, in value and units

Figure 41: Motorola’s Motofone F3

Figure 42: Mobile telephones with e-Paper screens

Figure 43: Mobile phone keypads using e-Paper

Figure 44: P-Per mobile telephone design

Figure 45: Most viewed mobile sites in France by category

Figure 46: Additional e-Paper screen for telephones

Figure 47: SoftBank Telecom’s e-Paper solution

Figure 48: Example of smart cards with e-Paper screens

Figure 49: Touch screen tablet with an e-Paper screen for the medical sector

Figure 50: Innovative e-Paper uses

Figure 51: Environmental impact of paper, web and e-Paper solutions for reading a newspaper

Figure 52: Projection for e-Paper market growth (billion USD)

Figure 53: Status of e-Paper adoption by sector

Abstract

The applications of e-paper cover a wide range of technologies and uses, some of which are already a reality. Through very precise analysis conducted worldwide, and based on an inventory of products and a large selection of case studies, this reports helps measure the stakes that e-paper represents for a number of sectors.

Key questions

• What are the key technologies used in e-Paper? Do they have preferred areas of application?
• Who are the key players in the e-Paper value chain, on both the technology provider and investor side of the equation?
• What are the areas of application spurring the development of e-Paper?
• What impact will the development of e-Paper have on the telecom sector?
• What is the outlook for e-paper in each industry sector?

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