history
E Ink Corporation was founded in 1997 as a spin-off of the MIT Media Lab. E Ink is the world's leading developer and provider of electronic paper displays (EPD) to the market.
Products made with E Ink's revolutionary electronic ink possess a paper-like high contrast appearance, ultra-low power consumption and a thin, light form. E Ink's technology is ideal for many consumer and industrial applications spanning eBooks, eNewspapers, eTextbooks, watches, smartcards, electronic shelf labels, battery/memory indicators and public information and promotional signs. E Ink's customers include Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Casio, Citizen, Hanvon, Hitachi, Lexar, Motorola, Plastic Logic, Samsung, and Sony.
E Ink has won a number of significant industry awards and has registered over 150 patents. In addition, E Ink has a history of world's firsts for the EPD industry:
| 1999 - | printed display (with Lucent Technologies) |
| 2000 - | flexible display with plastic transistors |
| 2001 - | active matrix display |
| 2002 - | color active matrix display (with Philips and TOPPAN) |
| 2004 - | consumer application: Sony's ebook reader, LIBre |
| 2006 - | capacity meter display in a USB device by Lexar |
| 2006 - | display in a cellular phone by Motorola |
| 2007 - | 14.1-inch flexible color display (with L.G. Philips) |
| 2007 - | world's largest (40') active matrix display on glass (with Samsung) |
In 2009 E Ink Corporation was purchased by Prime View International (PVI), a leading small and medium sized TFT-LCD and electronic paper display (EPD) provider. PVI was subsequently renamed E Ink Holdings, Inc.
E Ink Holdings is now the world's largest supplier of EPD displays to the eReader market. For corporate information, please visit www.einkgroup.com; for EPD information, please visit www.eink.com / tw.eink.com; and for FFS information, please visit www.hydis.com.
