E Ink and AUO Enter into Strategic Partnership to Develop Large-Size Color ePaper Displays
23 Abril 2024 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
This collaboration focuses on advancing the
companies’ offerings in smart retail solutions via low-power and
energy-efficient display technology
E Ink (8069.TW) the originator, pioneer, and global commercial
leader in ePaper technology, today announced a strategic
partnership and memorandum of understanding with AUO, a global
leading supplier of display and smart application solutions, to
develop large-size color ePaper displays. E Ink will provide
full-color ePaper modules, while AUO will provide integrated
software and hardware technologies along with the TFT backplane
components.
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E Ink today announced a strategic
partnership and memorandum of understanding with AUO, global
leading supplier of display and smart application solutions.
Pictured on the left is Dr. Feng-Yuan Gan, President of E Ink, and
on the right, Andy Yang, GM of the Smart Retail Business Group at
AUO. (Photo: Business Wire)
"E Ink has been dedicated to the development of ePaper
technology and applications, with years of research efforts that
have redefined industries like retail," said Dr. FY Gan, President
of E Ink. "Currently, ePaper technology is advancing towards
full-color and large-size displays. With qualities resembling
printed posters, ultra-low power consumption, and no light
pollution, ePaper is highly suitable for retail advertising or
public information displays. We are eager to collaborate with AUO
to expand the use of color ePaper in applications for retail and
grow our ecosystem of partners."
AUO’s Smart Retail Business Group has cultivated a global demand
through its subsidiaries, deploying technologies like digital
signage and electronic shelf labels to enable retail’s digital
transformation. Despite the priority of implementing digital tools
in retail environments, retailers often rely on in-store
advertising via printed posters, which lacks dynamic content
management for use cases like promotions or discounts. E Ink’s
Spectra™ 6 color ePaper offers an alternative to paper posters.
With its vivid, high-saturation colors and ultra-low power
consumption, the display quality matches traditional printed
posters. Integrated with AUO's software and hardware platform,
retailers can manage all consumer-facing points of purchase on a
single cloud platform, encompassing LCD, LED, electronic shelf
labels, and large-size color ePaper displays.
"Paper posters in retail stores incur significant costs related
to production, transportation, and manual installation,” said Andy
Yang, General Manager of AUO’s Smart Retail Business Group.
“Changing these posters, especially under the constraints of
challenges related to labor shortages and supply chain disruptions,
poses significant challenges to retailers. The strength of AUO
Smart Retail is our ability to address these pain points for our
clients. Through our close collaboration with E Ink, we are working
together to develop a color ePaper solution ideal for displaying
static marketing materials. We believe this not only addresses
several paint points for our clients but also reduces wastes
associated with paper posters, contributing to carbon reduction
efforts and supporting the global trend towards decarbonization
through a paperless digital experience."
AUO is dedicated to providing solutions for sustainable
transformation. At this year's Touch Taiwan exhibition, AUO will
launch a cloud-based platform solution that integrates digital
signage and electronic shelf labels. Its integrated CMS serves over
30,000 client nodes globally. Looking forward, AUO plans to
introduce additional large-size, ultra-low power consumption,
energy-efficient display solutions using ePaper technology, aiming
to expand their partner ecosystem in smart applications to build a
sustainable future together.
E Ink has researched the CO2 effects of using paper versus
ePaper displays and found significant CO2 savings with the use of E
Ink ePaper displays. Over the past seven years, 600 million
three-inch electronic shelf labels (ESLs) have been installed
worldwide. If it is assumed that the price and information are
changed four times a day, ePaper tags can reduce CO2 emissions by
32,000 times when compared to a single-use paper price tag. These
findings compare the amount of CO2 emitted in producing the
electricity necessary to run 600 million ESLs for seven years with
the amount of CO2 emitted in producing 600 million paper price tags
of the same size changed four times a day for seven years.
About E Ink
E Ink Holdings Inc. (8069.TWO), based on technology from MIT's
Media Lab, provides an ideal display medium for applications
spanning eReaders and eNotes, retail, home, hospital,
transportation, logistics, and more, enabling customers to put
displays in locations previously impossible. E Ink's
electrophoretic display products make it the worldwide leader for
ePaper. Its low power displays enable customers to reach their
sustainability goals, and E Ink has pledged using 100% renewable
energy in 2030 and reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040. E
Ink has been recognized for their efforts by receiving, validation
from Science-Based Targets (SBTi) and is listed in both the DJSI
World and DJSI Emerging Indexes. Listed in Taiwan's Taipei Exchange
(TPEx) and the Luxembourg market, E Ink Holdings is now the world's
largest supplier of ePaper displays. For more information please
visit www.eink.com. E Ink. We Make Surfaces Smart and Green.
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