Founded in 1997 as a spin-off from the MIT Media Lab, E Ink Corporation is the world-leading developer and provider of electronic paper displays (EPD) for “paper-like” e-Books embedded in Amazon Kindle and Sony e-reader.
The Company is the world’s leading innovator of digital signage and electronic paper display technology (EPD), delivering its advanced display products to the world’s most influential brands and manufactures and enabling them to install extremely durable, low power displays in previously impossible or unimaginable applications and environments.
With E-Ink, prominent brands including Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Casio, Citizen, Lexar, Kobo, Motorola, Pricer, Samsung, Sony, and Yota Devices are able to bring to market new and exciting consumer and industrial products ranging from eReaders and mobile phones to electronic shelf labels, public information and promotional signs and smart watches.
Products made with E Ink electronic paper displays possess attributes that enable new advancements in the mobile electronics market:
- A paper-like high contrast and appearance
- Ultra-low power consumption
- A thin, feather-light form