Electronic paper (or e-paper) is a portable, reusable display medium which has paper-like properties such as a wide viewing angle, good readability, high flexibility, and no backlight.
The displays consume little power, are lightweight and durable, which makes them perfect for the education sector.
The global market for electronic paper screens in education is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16.69% from 2014-2019, reaching a total market value of $1.5 billion in 2019.
Blended learning has upped demand for education hardware
Blended or hybrid learning combines traditional classroom teaching with web-based learning. It allows instructors share their resources and instructions online, which enables students to access these resources at their convenience.
And as more and more classrooms turn to blended learning, there has been a related surge in demand for education hardware like e-paper screens.
Global education hardware market 2014-2019 ($ billions)
Source: Technavio 2015
While large industry players like Sony, LG Display and Samsung Display are certainly driving forces behind market growth, Technavio analysts have identified eight other top companies expected to impact the grow of e-paper screens for education over the forecast period.
Top companies in the e-paper for education market
AU Optronics
The demand for new ways of enriching user interaction grows hand in hand with the desire for rich, immersive visual stimulation. AUO has utilized diverse applications and technologies, including ultra high resolution, high color saturation, curved display, AMOLED, integrated touch solutions and super narrow bezel, to transform people’s visual experiences through our displays. Every technological advancement effort we make is to meet your demands. Fabrication plants from Gen 3.5, Gen 4, Gen 4.5, Gen 5, Gen 6, Gen 7.5 to Gen 8.5 have been established to develop a full lineup of applications, offering TFT-LCD panels in sizes ranging from 1.4 inches to 85 inches.
BOE Technology Group
BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., founded in April 1993, is the world’s leading supplier of semiconductor display technologies, products and services. BOE’s display products are widely used in a broad spectrum of applications such as mobile phone, tablet, notebook, monitor, TV, vehicle display and digital information display.
BOE sticks to the innovation concept of “Technology Leadership， First-global-launch Products, Value Co-creation”. BOE’s First-global-launch products coverage exceeds 38%, and its yearly new-patent applications amounted to 5116 in 2014. In the first half of 2015, BOE’s new-patent applications amounted to 3250. BOE has over 32000 usable patents, ranking No.1 globally in the industry. BOE ranks No.1 in terms of market share of panels for mobile phone and tablet.
E Ink
E Ink is the world’s leading innovator of digital signage and electronic paper display technology (EPD). The company delivers its advanced display products to the world’s most influential brands and manufactures, enabling them to install extremely durable, low power displays in previously impossible or unimaginable applications and environments.
Embedded Artists
Embedded Artists (EA) ensures simpler and shorter design & development cycles when using NXP processors, by providing reliable products, services and knowledge to our customers.
EA designs, produces and distributes evaluation & OEM platforms based on NXP processors to customers globally.
EA works in close co-operation with NXP, ensuring superior knowledge, high quality and availability of new products, as well as providing superior customer support.
EA helps companies with customization services to meet specific demands and to ensure cost efficient solutions.
Epson
Epson display controllers reduce the load on the main CPU in drawing process. The original image processing engine performs high-speed drawing while achieving the industry’s top class low power consumption. Not only for LCD panels, the product lineup covers a wide spectrum of display devices ranging from electronic paper displays to NTSC/PAL standard TV screens. Epson can offer best solutions for embedded equipment, mobile terminals, automotive equipment and other applications.
Opalux
Opalux has developed and patented Photonic Ink, a bi-stable pigment that changes its reflected colour in response to the application of electrical charge. It is working with leaders in a variety of industries to develop unique, reflective, low-power colour-changing surfaces.”
Plastic Logic
Plastic Logic Germany has achieved many technological firsts in making plastic electronics a reality. We were the first to fully industrialise the mass production of plastic electronics in the world’s first purpose built factory, achieving production yields of plastic electronic displays comparable to the LCD industry.
Plastic Logic Germany has also broken new ground with what is possible with plastic electronic displays. Today we develop and manufacture ultra-thin, ultra-lightweight and high-quality monochrome plastic displays of various sizes. These plastic displays offer huge advantages over conventional screens being extremely flexible and hard-wearing with proven lifetimes of over five years and more than ten million page updates.
Visionox
Visionox, established on the basis of Organic Light Emitting Display(OLED) technology of Tsinghua University, is a high-tech enterprise integrating R&D, mass production, marketing and sales.
Aiming at building China OLED industry by technology innovation, Visionox attaches great importance to science and technology, and push forward the independent innovation so as to promote development of the OLED technology and industry in China.
