SID,
Boston, MA 24 May 2005. NTERA today announced
that it has successfully transformed an existing
LCD facility in Taipei, Taiwan, into a production-ready
NanoChromics display factory. NanoChromics technology
combines superb optical performance and ink-on-paper
readability with low power consumption, and overcomes
the production environment and cost challenges
posed by existing LCD, OLED and other display technologies.
“We are very pleased with the ease, speed and cost
of how the NTERA technology transformed our LCD facility
to make NanoChromics products. NTERA's manufacturing
process is uniquely convergent with our expertise
in LCD production, making it familiar to implement
and yet easier to deal with. By way of example, NanoChromics
technology is an order of magnitude less sensitive
to critical parameters in LCD manufacturing such
as tight cell gap control, a traditionally yield
impacting process step ,” said Frank Tzeng, General
Manager of Mesostate Ltd. “Moreover, the production
technology is solution-processable, unlike OLEDs
and hence does not incur the high capital costs.
As one of the first companies in Taiwan to bring
LCD to market and subsequently transfer the production
to China, we are delighted to have successfully completed
the new technology set-up in Taiwan. We are well
on the way to simultaneously increasing volume and
reducing cost at our facility to meet the burgeoning
demand.”
“The real product differentiation offered by our
display technology is driving huge demand from marquee
consumer facing and industrial brand names as well
as best-in-class small to medium product companies,” said
Nick How, President, NTERA Ltd. “Because NTERA has
successfully deployed an LCD-convergent manufacturing
process, we can now quickly scale our production
capacity in line with customer demand.”
NanoChromics displays are ideal for use in a wide
range of consumer-facing and industrial applications.
From home automation (e.g. thermostats) to intelligent
appliances and white goods; electronic textbooks
to test kits (e.g. pregnancy, diabetes); car navigation
systems to airplane cockpits and industrial controls;
consumer electronics to time pieces, e-billboards
and shelf labels, each of the many applications takes
advantage of unprecedented visual impact at low cost.
About NTERA Ltd.
NTERA
Ltd. is a material science and applications company
commercializing its patented NanoChromics™ family
of technologies. Made using proprietary nanostructured
materials, NanoChromics displays look like ink on
paper and act with the intelligence of an electronic
display. NanoChromics technology offers superb optical
performance and is more cost-effective than existing
LCD, OLED and other display technologies. Paper white
or translucent backgrounds give the NanoChromics
displays four times the contrast and reflectivity
of other display technologies. The NanoChromics technology
bi-stability, 1vDC operation, and high reflectivity
deliver 10 times longer battery operation than existing
display technologies. The technology supports direct
drive, flexible, and high-resolution active matrix
applications. In business since 1997 through a relationship
with University College Dublin in Ireland, NTERA
has offices in suburban Philadelphia USA and Dublin
Ireland, as well as manufacturing facilities in Taiwan
and Dublin. www.ntera.com
Trademarks
NTERA and NanoChromics are trademarks of NTERA Ltd.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
For further information please contact:
Padraic Marren
NTERA Ltd.
Tel: + 353 1 2137525
Cell: + 353 87 6980943
Email: padraic.marren@ntera.com
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