Hullo all,

Not really the right forum, but couldn't really find a better place for this post so here goes...

Where are the various e-ink devices made? Who's the ODM/OEM (if known?)

Jinke - almost certainly their own factory.
Sony PRS-xxx - Own factories in Japan?
Bookeen CyBook & NAEB - ? PVI...?
iRex Iliad - Own factory(?) as it's custom hardware (Wacom digitizer)

Just idly wondering! :)

Looking forward to the answers!

Hullo all,

Not really the right forum, but couldn't really find a better place for this post so here goes...

Where are the various e-ink devices made? Who's the ODM/OEM (if known?)

Jinke - almost certainly their own factory.
Sony PRS-xxx - Own factories in Japan?
Bookeen CyBook & NAEB - ? PVI...?
iRex Iliad - Own factory(?) as it's custom hardware (Wacom digitizer)

Just idly wondering! :)

Looking forward to the answers!I think it's safe to assume these are OEM products created by factories in China.

NAEB is a custom version of the Bookeen Cybook. PVI makes displaya, not full devices. Bookeen is contracting manufacture to someone.

Same deal with iRex: they aren't big enough to have their own plant. Assembly is done on a contract basis.

I suspect even the Sony Reader is actually made in China. Sony is big enough to have their own plants, but manufacturing costs in Japan will be much higher. Sony already sources stuff from China. They had an issue a while back with batteries from a Chinese supplier.

Jinke is the only one that might actually make the reader in its own plant.
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Dennis

Every one of the eInk readers gets its screen from PVI in Taiwan - they are the only manufacturer of such screens.

PRS-500 was made in Japan, the 505 is made in China.

Every one of the eInk readers gets its screen from PVI in Taiwan - they are the only manufacturer of such screens.

Indeed. The reason why I put "Bookeen/NAEB - PVI(?)" is because I VAGUELY seem to recall reading somewhere that they opted to use PVI's reference design. Ditto for the STAReBOOK.

I notice from the wiki that apparently "EREAD" makes those, so at least that's answered.

Sony's prs505 made in China Shenzhen, Amazon's Kindle made in China Hangzhou, Cybook,StareBook,Naeb made in China Shenzhen, Jinke's Hanlin made in China Tianjin, iRex's iLiad made in Philippines.