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Holst Puts Touch and OLEDs into Plastic Mould

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, the Holst Centre in the Netherlands released information about a demonstration car centre console that it has made based on ‘In-mold electronics’ or IME and with space for storage …

Tags:Automotive| Holst Centre| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 15

CE Companies Move Away from CE

by Bob Raikes

Our front page story this week is about Toshiba and its travails. It’s not the first of the big Japanese CE companies to get into trouble, most of them have been in trouble over …

DFF Automotive Meeting is in Munich

by Bob Raikes

The DFF is running an event in its Automotive Display Platform series on April 27th in Munich. The meeting will be hosted by Instrument Systems GmbH, a Konica Minolta company. You can download the …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 14

CE Firms Look into Automotive

by Bob Raikes

While Panasonic has decided to boost its share in Ficosa, a Spanish automotive company, from 49% to 69% to take control and operate the company as a subsidiary, Samsung Electronics, having already bought Harman, …

Tags:Automotive| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Zecotek Says Interest in HUDs

by Bob Raikes

Zecotek Photonics Inc. of Singapore, a developer of said that that another major European automobile manufacturer has expressed interest in integrating Zecotek’s 3D technology into a brand specific 3D head-up display (HUD) and entertainment …

Vehicular Displays and SID Display Week

by Ken Werner

As I write this, OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and university researchers are reimagining the automobile. Those reimaginings include a wide variety of displays, including displays that do not yet exist. Already an important market …

Tags:Automotive| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Japan Display to Increase Automotive LCD Production

by Alan Spencer

Japan Display has announced that it will increase LCD glass panel production capacity at its Tottori Plant from November 2017. This month, the company is building a new automated assembly line for prototypes and …

Tags:Automotive| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Lincoln Continental Adds HUD with TI Chip

by Norbert Hildebrand

Lincoln (the luxury car division of the Ford Motor Company for those outside of the USA) has announced that it has put a HUD system based on a TI DLP chip in the upcoming …

The Holst Centre Demonstrated Flexible OLED Lighting for Touch Controls

by Alan Spencer

The Holst Centre has demonstrated an in-mold technology that can be used in automotive electronics and consumer appliances for human-machine interfaces. One of the technologies included in the demonstration model is flexible OLED lighting, …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 12

GM Insists on Digital Signage for US Brands

by Alan Spencer

According to a report in Automotive News, General Motors is insisting that from 2018, US dealers of their vehicles, must use digital signage to advertise the GM brands, Chevrolet, GMC and Buick. Automotive Broadcasting …

Pegatron Lands Control Computer Orders for Tesla Model 3

by Alan Spencer

Digitimes has announced that Tesla is planning to increase production orders for its Model 3, and has given Pegatron Technology orders for control computers, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. US-based Jabil …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Mitsubishi Extends LCD Life and Operating Conditions

by Bob Raikes

Mitsubishi had plenty of news at the event, as it has most years when it shows its range of industrial displays at this event. First we had a look at a range of transflective …