E-paper Market

E-paper Market

The applications of e-paper cover a wide range of technologies and uses, some of which are already a reality. Through very precise analysis conducted worldwide, and based on an inventory of products and a large selection of case studies, this reports helps measure the stakes that e-paper represents for a number of sectors.



Key questions


What are the key technologies used in e-Paper? Do they have preferred areas of application?
Who are the key players in the e-Paper value chain, on both the technology provider and investor side of the equation?
What are the areas of application spurring the development of e-Paper?
What impact will the development of e-Paper have on the telecom sector?
What is the outlook for e-paper in each industry sector?

1. Technology state-of-the-art
1.1. Major types of technologies
1.1.1. Electrophoretic or particle technology
1.1.2. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
1.1.3. Electrochromic
1.1.4. Electrowetting
1.1.5. Other technologies
1.1.6. Backplanes
1.1.7. Overview
1.2. Anticipated trends
1.2.1. Colour
1.2.2. Video
1.2.3. Flexibility
1.2.4. Cost
1.3. e-Paper compared to other display technologies


2. Key players
2.1. Primary technology companies
2.1.1. R&D laboratories
2.1.2. Primary frontplane technology companies
2.1.3. Primary backplane technology companies
2.1.4. Overview
2.2. Influential companies


3. e-Paper markets and uses
3.1. Press
3.1.1. Worldwide market for the press
3.1.2. The disappearance of the press
3.1.3. E-Paper applications in the press industry
3.1.4. Outlook for E-Paper in the press industry
3.2. Publishing
3.2.1. Publishing market status
3.2.2. Drivers behind digitizing books
3.2.3. Applications for E-Paper in the publishing industry
3.2.4. Publishing Outlook: next the end of paper?
3.3. Consumer electronics
3.3.1. Readers: finally taking off?
3.3.2. Watches
3.3.3. Peripherals and other accessories
3.4. Supermarkets and Logistics
3.4.1. Electronic labelling in supermarkets
3.4.2. Logistics
3.5. Advertising and Displays
3.5.1. Display advertising
3.5.2. Non-advertising billboards
3.5.3. Point of sale advertising
3.6. Telecoms
3.6.1. Mobile Terminals
3.6.2. Digital content distribution
3.6.3. Other markets for operators
3.7. New uses


4. Outlook and impact
4.1. Drivers and barriers for e-Paper
4.1.1. Drivers for adopting e-Paper
4.1.2. Impediments to e-Paper
4.2. Outlook


Summary of Tables and Figures
Table 1: Comparison of the major e-Paper technologies
Table 2: e-Paper technology advantages and disadvantages overview
Table 3: e-Paper roadmap
Table 4: Comparison of display technologies
Table 5: Overview of e-Paper technology companies
Table 6: Industrial investors in e-Paper
Table 7: Subscription types for Les Echos e-Paper
Table 8: Benchmark for e-Paper press projects
Table 9: Deployed e-Paper publishing projects
Table 10: e-Paper publishing projects in the test phase
Table 11: Commercially available readers with e-Paper screens
Table 12: Projects for readers with e-Paper screens
Table 13: Watches with e-Paper screens
Table 14: Other commercially available CE products with e-Paper screens
Table 15: CE products with e-Paper screens soon to be available
Table 16: Specialists in electronic labelling offering e-Paper solutions
Table 17: e-Paper label projects in supermarkets
Table 18: Billboard e-Paper projects
Table 19: e-Paper display projects in high traffic public and private locations
Table 20: Companies offering e-Paper POS solutions
Table 21: Commercially available telephones with e-Paper screens
Table 22: Mobile telephone projects using e-Paper
Table 23: Monthly ARPU for mobile services (voice and data) by geographic region, 2003-2007
Table 24: Telecom operators’ initiative in digital content on e-Paper
Table 25: e-Paper’s advantages in both “paper" and "electronics" technologies
Table 26: Integrators positioned in e-Paper
Figure 1: Segmented and matrix displays
Figure 2: Principle of electrophoresis technology
Figure 3: E Ink’s process for manufacturing an e-Paper screen
Figure 4: SiPix Microcup
Figure 5: Roll-to-roll printing process
Figure 6: BiNem structure in two liquid crystal states
Figure 7: Principle of the technology developed by Fujitsu
Figure 8: Principle of electrochromic windows
Figure 9: Principle of electrowetting
Figure 10: Opalux’s colour technology design
Figure 11: Liquavista’s ColorBright
Figure 12: LG Philips’ 16.7 million colour screen
Figure 13: Nemoptic’s BD 1000
Figure 14: Flexible e-Paper screens
Figure 15: Polymer Vision’s Readius
Figure 16: e-Paper value chain
Figure 17: Influential companies in e-Paper
Figure 18: Change in paid circulation for daily newspapers in Europe and the United States, annual growth rate(%)
Figure 19: Readers offered by Les Echos for their e-Paper offer
Figure 20: Worldwide publishing market (billion EUR)
Figure 21: Amazon’s Kindle
Figure 22: Estimated increase in worldwide reader sales
Figure 23: Fujitsu’s Flepia reader models
Figure 24: Example of commercialised readers with e-Paper screens
Figure 25: Example of communications watches (without e-Paper)
Figure 26: Citizen Watch’s mural clock with e-Paper screen
Figure 27: Seiko and Phosphor watches with e-Paper screens
Figure 28: Weather station with e-Paper screen
Figure 29: Storage peripherals integrating an e-Paper screen
Figure 30: Prototypes for laptops with e-Paper screens
Figure 31: Comparison between an LCD label and an e-Paper label
Figure 32: Tesco’s e-Paper electronic labelling test
Figure 33: Examples of Pricer’s electronic labels
Figure 34: Worldwide RFID market in billions of USD from 2008 through 2018
Figure 35: PARIFLEX Project
Figure 36: Worldwide advertising market and the outdoor advertising share (million USD)
Figure 37: Digital display’s market share compared to traditional display in Western Europe
Figure 38: Billboard with e-Paper screen
Figure 39: Examples of POS panels using Ink-In-Motion screens
Figure 40: Expansion of mobile terminal market worldwide, in value and units
Figure 41: Motorola’s Motofone F3
Figure 42: Mobile telephones with e-Paper screens
Figure 43: Mobile phone keypads using e-Paper
Figure 44: P-Per mobile telephone design
Figure 45: Most viewed mobile sites in France by category
Figure 46: Additional e-Paper screen for telephones
Figure 47: SoftBank Telecom’s e-Paper solution
Figure 48: Example of smart cards with e-Paper screens
Figure 49: Touch screen tablet with an e-Paper screen for the medical sector
Figure 50: Innovative e-Paper uses
Figure 51: Environmental impact of paper, web and e-Paper solutions for reading a newspaper
Figure 52: Projection for e-Paper market growth (billion USD)
Figure 53: Status of e-Paper adoption by sector