Plastic Logic Opens Its Manufacturing Facility

Timoleon · 09-18-2008, 08:18 AM

Just read this on BetaNews: (Sounds like they are serious!

)

"Plastic Logic, flexible e-paper display company, cut the ribbon today on its own factory in Dresden, Germany. This will be the factory that manufactures its e-reader device which will compete with Sony's Reader and Amazon's Kindle.

Just as the company announced at the debut of its own e-book reader at DEMO in San Diego last week, the Plastic Logic facility opened today.

The company's focus is "plastic electronics" -- most notably the polymer substrate it has designed for E Ink's trademark VizPlex imaging film which renders it flexible and highly shock resistant. Naturally, the company is excited that it will be able to begin production of its e-reader, which is expected to ship in the first half of 2009.

Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta announced that his company's has become the world's first "commercial-scale plastic electronics manufacturing facility." Indeed, many of the processes and technologies used to make Plastic Logic's products have not been used anywhere outside of Cambridge's R&D lab."

HarryT · 09-18-2008, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timoleon

Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta announced that his company's has become the world's first "commercial-scale plastic electronics manufacturing facility."

Are Polymer Vision not commercially manufacturing screens for the Readius?

mattgb · 09-18-2008, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Are Polymer Vision not commercially manufacturing screens for the Readius?

I think the point is that they are the first comercial 'plastic electronics' manufacturing plant - i.e. not just the screen but actually (some of?) the electronics are plastic - cool huh!?

But maybe you meant that anyway?

I bet it'll cost a bloomin fortune though & I DONT see it as a competitor to the Kindle/Sony Reader in the short term (neither do they since they are initially targeting business customers I think).

IMHO it would make more sense to licence the technology to a big company (like Sony for example

) once they want to tackle a consumer unit in the future.

kesey · 09-18-2008, 03:10 PM

mattgb, if Polymer Vision are on to a winner, they will do better to grow the market themselves. It is unlikely they will become a "Research in Motion" or a "Google" but what they intend to supply will find favour in many a business, and also in many a household.

The sooner the better!

09-18-2008, 08:18 AM	#1
Timoleon Time Enough at Last Posts: 387 Karma: 1151316 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New England Device: iPad 3, iPhone 5, Kindle 3, Fire, Sony PRS-350	Plastic Logic Opens Its Manufacturing Facility Just read this on BetaNews: (Sounds like they are serious! ) "Plastic Logic, flexible e-paper display company, cut the ribbon today on its own factory in Dresden, Germany. This will be the factory that manufactures its e-reader device which will compete with Sony's Reader and Amazon's Kindle. Just as the company announced at the debut of its own e-book reader at DEMO in San Diego last week, the Plastic Logic facility opened today. The company's focus is "plastic electronics" -- most notably the polymer substrate it has designed for E Ink's trademark VizPlex imaging film which renders it flexible and highly shock resistant. Naturally, the company is excited that it will be able to begin production of its e-reader, which is expected to ship in the first half of 2009. Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta announced that his company's has become the world's first "commercial-scale plastic electronics manufacturing facility." Indeed, many of the processes and technologies used to make Plastic Logic's products have not been used anywhere outside of Cambridge's R&D lab."

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09-18-2008, 03:10 PM	#4
kesey Enthusiast Posts: 71 Karma: 490394 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cork Device: Kindle Keyboard	mattgb, if Polymer Vision are on to a winner, they will do better to grow the market themselves. It is unlikely they will become a "Research in Motion" or a "Google" but what they intend to supply will find favour in many a business, and also in many a household. The sooner the better!

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