E-paper

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