Press Release
E INK NAMES MICHAEL MCCREARY VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Former Eastman Kodak Executive to Lead E Ink's Talented Research and Development Team
Cambridge, MA. - September 25, 2000 – E Ink Corporation, the leading developer and marketer of electronic ink technology, today announced that Michael D. McCreary has joined the company as Vice President of Research and Development. In this role, McCreary will be responsible for creating a portfolio of advanced technologies that will enable a new generation of novel display products. He will work directly with Jim Iuliano, president and CEO of E Ink to help set the company's overall research strategy.
"Michael is a valuable addition to E Ink," said Jim Iuliano, president and CEO of E Ink. "His experience and track record blending research with a strong understanding of competitive markets and customers made him the ideal candidate to lead our research and development team. With Michael heading our R&D efforts, we are confident in our ability to meet the needs of our three major target markets: public messaging, personal devices and publishing."
"E Ink is the leader in a market that is really starting to take off," said McCreary. "I look forward to working with E Ink's sophisticated and accomplished R&D team to further develop the company's innovative electronic ink technology and products such as Immedia displays that allow retailers and advertisers to communicate with consumers in entirely new ways."
McCreary, a 26-year veteran of the imaging industry, held a number of leadership positions with Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) prior to joining E Ink. He recently served as the General Manager of the Company's Microelectronics Technology Division. In this role, McCreary had responsibility for Kodak's solid state imager business, including research and development, engineering, manufacturing, business development, marketing and sales. McCreary also served the Company's Image Sensor Solution Division. In that role, McCreary held worldwide responsibility for the creation of strategies, strategic relationships and alliances, new business development and cross-licensing agreements.
McCreary earned a B.S. with honors in Chemistry from Principia College and a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has attended the University of California, Berkeley Strategic Marketing Executive Program, and The Wharton School of Marketing's Business Simulation Executive Education Program.
About E Ink Holdings
Founded in 1992 by Taiwan's leading papermaking and printing group YFY (1907.TW), E Ink Holdings Inc. "E Ink" (8069.TW) is the pioneer of TFT and ePaper business in Taiwan. Its corporate philosophy aims to deliver revolutionary products, user experiences, and environmental benefits through advanced technology development. This vision has led to its continuous investments in the field of ePaper display as well as its 2008 acquisition of Hydis Technologies, manufacturer of the world's best wide viewing angle LCDs and its 2009 acquisition of E Ink Corp., the worldwide leader in ePaper. Listed in Taiwan's GreTai Securities Market and the Luxembourg market, E Ink is now the world's largest supplier of displays to the eBook 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.