Display Development News articles from January 2001

Display Development News archives from January 2001

OUTLOOK 2001: Looking Back . . . and Ahead.(Technology Information)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... In an annual analysis of the display industry, BCC looks at the key events and trends of the past year for the various display technologies that were covered (CRTs and the various flat panel models). Then, the best evidence of future...

Highlights of 2000.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 1, 2001... Several significant trends in the world of displays were highlighted during the past year, beginning with new display applications and products and ranging through new technology, better process equipment to a lot of industry news. Here are...

The Future.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 1, 2001... Displays are literally growing in both directions--larger panels are in demand for HDTV applications, stadium viewing, transportation terminals, and larger desktop monitors, and smaller panels are also in heavy demand for cell phones, PDAs, and...

2001 and Beyond.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 1, 2001... Following are the major factors seen in the future of the display market. They are examined by technology: Cathode Ray Tubes. The technology will remain in a slowing growth mode over the next decade. The CRT is entrenched for several...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: Dell Offered Special Panel for Holidays.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Dell Corp. (One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682; Contact: Anne Camden; Tel: 512/723-7689, Website: www.dell.com) offers what it calls a "perfect gift" for home or office-a cutting edge 15-in. flat panel display for $899. The company announced...

Sharp to Cut Prices by 40%.(Company Business and Marketing)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Sharp Corp., headquartered in Tokyo, says it will cut suggested retail prices in Japan of its flat panel televisions by about 40% in an effort to increase sales. According to the Asian Wall Street Journal, the company is expected to also...

PLASMA PANELS: Sony Display Has Flexible Viewing.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Sony Electronics (1 Sony Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656; Contact: Scott Gardiner; Tel: 201/930-7436 or 201/369-3467) introduced a "stylish" display called the SuperSlim monitor. Setting the latest design trend in flat panel plasma displays with...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS Universal Gets SBIR Contract.(Government Activity)
January 1, 2001... Universal Display Corp. (375 Philips Rd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel: 800/599-4426, Website: www.universaldisplay.com) says it has been awarded a $730,000, two-year contract for phase II of an ongoing R&D program that focuses on building prototypes...

eMagin Gets SID Award.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 1, 2001... The Society of Information Display (SID) has named eMagin Corp. (2070 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533, Tel: 914/892-1900, Fax: 914/892-1901) the winner of the SID Information Display Magazine Display of the Year Gold Award. This award...

Kodak Gets OLED Technology Award.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 1, 2001... OLED technology got another boost in annual awards when Industry Week honored Eastman Kodak with its prestigious technology of the year Award. The award honors Kodak for its development of the OLED technology that provides a high-brightness,...

ELECTROLUMINESCENT: Daimler Chrysler Says Planar Wins.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Human factors engineers from Daimler Chrysler Research and Technology North America presented the results of a study of the Planar Systems (1400 NW Compton Fr., Beaverton, OR; Tel: 503/690- 1100, Fax: 503/690-1493. Contact: Erik Peterson; Tel:...

MICRODISPLAYS: Colorado MicroDisplay Teams with Polaroid.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Polaroid Corp. (2 Osborn St., Cambridge, MA 02139; Tel: 781/386- 3354, Fax: 781/833-1260. Contact: Skip Colcord; Tel: 781/386-6624) announced a strategic alliance with Colorado MicroDisplay (CMD. Contact: Rainer Kuhn; Tel: 303/544-5133,...

Microvision Gets Four New Patents.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Microvision, Inc. (19910 North Creek Pkwy., Bothell, WA 98011; Tel: 425/415-6847, Fax: 425/415-6600, Website: www.mvis.com) announced it was issued four new U.S. patents relating to a variety of unique techniques for producing high resolution...

MATERIALS: Dow Wins USDC Contract.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC, San Jose, CA. Contact: Maya Thornell; Tel: 408/277-3729) announced a contract award to the Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, MI. Contact: Eric S. Moyer; Tel:517/496- 8982) to develop a high temperature dielectric...

PROCESS NEWS: Alliance Develops Monitoring System.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Luxell Technologies (5170A Timberlea Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Tel: 905/206-1708, Fax: 905/206-9174) announced a strategic alliance with Markham-based Image Processing Systems, Inc. (IPS; Contact: Jan Moir; Tel: 416/860-5230) to...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Planar to Acquire AllBrite Technologies.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Planar Systems, Inc. (Beaverton, OR; Contact: Steven J. Buhaly; Tel: 503/690-6935, Website: www.planar.com) and AllBrite Technologies (Poway, CA) says they had entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Planar will acquire AllBrite,...

. . . and Makes Equity Investment.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Planar also says it made an equity investment in Topvision Display Technologies, Inc., a Taiwan-based company that currently manufactures flat panel monitors for the company's medical, industrial and commercial markets. The decision to...

Philips Sets Sales Record.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Breaking its past company record and an industry record as well, LG Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea. Contact: Bruce Berkoff; Tel: 011-82-2-3777-0707, or Contact: Stacey Voorhees, Associate of MCA; Tel: 650/968-8900) sold over one...

NEC Expands in ICs, Flat Panels.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... NEC Corp. discussed new plans for its semiconductor and flat panel display businesses which include the construction of a 300 mm wafer plant in the U.S. NEC intends to form a joint venture with Samsung Electronics Corp. to develop organic...

UDC Completes Private Placement.(Company Financial Information)
January 1, 2001... Universal Display Corp. (Ewing, NJ; Website: www.universaldisplay.com) says it completed a private placement of its securities for about $5.5 million on December 18, 2000, with a small group of accredited investors. The placement was in the...

Photon Dynamics Finalizes Acquisition.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Photon Dynamics, Inc. (San Jose, CA. Contact: Beth Popham, Communications Manager; Tel: 714/426-0444) a supplier of yield management solutions for the flat panel display, electronics, and other selected markets, announced the closing of its...

PixTech Settles with Futaba.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... PixTech (Santa Clara, CA) and Futaba Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; Website: www.futaba.com) announced they have agreed and settled all disputes between the companies. They have come to a mutually beneficial agreement that resolves the allegations stated...

CALENDAR.(Calendar of Events)
January 1, 2001... April 23-28, 2001, Microtechnology (at Hanover Fair), Hannover, Germany. Contact: Website: www.hannovermesse.de. April 30-May 3, 2001, International Reliability Physics Symposium, IEEE, Orlando, FL. Contact: Website: www.irps.org. June...