Signage

Digital signage innovator Praevar launched a new family of signage solutions based on E Ink displays. These ePosters are all based on 32-inch 2560x1440 E Ink Spectra 6 displays, engineered for indoor advertising and retail environments.

Praevar says that these ePoster are designed as a smart replacement for traditional paper posters, combining vibrant, full-colour displays with impressively low power consumption, helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint while delivering an eco-friendly and energy-efficient alternative to static signage.

Papercast announced that Rīgas Satiksme (Riga municipality's public transportation authority) has decided to go ahead with the second phase rollout of Papercast' E Ink display solutions. 

Driven by the success of its initial deployment and buoyed by positive feedback from passengers, Rīgas Satiksme will deploy a further 60 units of Papercast' 23" E Ink displays (this is an extension of the first phase of the project, that also had 60 units). 

During a trade show in the US (Infocomm 2024), Samsung showed its first color ePaper display, aimed towards advertisement applications - in restaurants, malls, offices, retail stores, etc.

The EMDX color ePaper TV is based on a 32" 2560 x 1440 color E Ink panel. The display also offers 8GB of internal storage, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and USB-C ports. 

Himax Technologies and E Ink Holdings announced a new collaboration to a revolutionary ultralow power battery-operated smart retail solution. The solution incorporates Himax's leading-edge WiseEye ultralow power AI sensing technology with E Ink’s signage EPD, featuring industry-leading E Ink’s Kaleido displays.

Leveraging WiseEye, the smart retail solution deploys context-aware AI in human presence and shopper insight detection while also significantly enhancing the already impressive battery life of an ePaper display and enabling real-time personalized marketing. Himax WiseEye ultralow power AI sensing technology incorporates Himax proprietary ultralow power AI processor, always-on CMOS image sensor, and CNN-based AI algorithm, offering state-of-the-art ultralow power, always-on sensing, on-device context-aware AI and has been widely deployed in consumer electronics and AIoT related applications. 

Electrochromics display developer Ynvisible announced that it has mass produced and shipped 25,000 large-format digital signage displays for Fortech S.r.l., Italy's leading provider of bespoke solutions for the fuel retail sector.

Fortech uses these displays to show average fuel prices at gas stations, as part of its PriceLink solution. Fortech chose Ynvisible's innovative display solution as it is battery-operated for wireless convenience, lightweight for ease of installation, and durable enough to withstand outdoor conditions.

PPDS launched a new E Ink signage display, the 31.5-inch (16:9) Philips Tableaux 5150I Series using E Ink Spectra 6. This product is the first one to adopt E Ink's new 31.5" Spectra 6 module. The Philips Tableaux 5150I can be used as a standalone solution or as part of a fleet of displays across multiple locations around the world, and can be managed manually, or remotely using third-party or PPDS’s inhouse software.

Due to E Ink’s unique image stability, the 32-inch 5150I model can display static imagery without drawing on any energy source, only requiring low power when content is being updated. Details on availability and pricing will be announced by PPDS in early 2024.

ePaper passenger information display developer Papercast launched two new products, both based on 13" E Ink displays. These are battery-powered flag and compact displays, that Papercast says were engineered to meet the specific needs of bus stop flags in North America and Europe.

Papercast says that these displays can operate for 3 years, or even more, on a single battery charge. At the heart of this innovation is Papercast’s in-house developed advanced e-paper driver circuit board, that increase the power efficiency of the system.

Papercast LTD announced that it is partnering with Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) in a transformative public transportation project in Bali, Indonesia. TMF leads this initiative, that aims to address critical urban mobility challenges, including congestion, parking availability, public transport utilisation and air pollution.

The project has two core components: Dynamic Bus Schedule Displays and Smart xEV Park and Ride solution (which includes a deployment of an app-powered fixed route shuttle service).  The first component will include Papercast's 23” outdoor solar-powered e-paper displays that will be strategically installed at bus stops to show real-time bus arrival information, route details, marketing content and other essential updates, in both Indonesian and English.

Earlier this year, E Ink announced a partnership with Sharp to bring ePaper posters to the market. Sharp and EIH has been collaborating for three years, and this is the first commercial step in that collaboration. Sharp released the first 42" monochrome E Ink displays (or e-posters as they call them) in the Japanese market in April 2023.

The two companies now announced that Sharp is also introducing color ePoster displays - the company will release 13.3" and 25.3" models in September and October 2023. 

E Ink announced that Mercury Innovation deployed its E Ink Kaleido 3 Outdoor displays as smart transit signage, in Sydney, Australia. This is the world's first installation of E Ink's new outdoor displays.

The project features twelve signs that are equipped with solar-power 13.3" color E Ink panels, enabling a zero-emission digital display that optimizes curbside management for the greater Sydney community.