TPK to Highlight Advances in Touch Screen Industry at CEATEC JAPAN 2014
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Sept. 30, 2014 – TPK Holding Co., Ltd. (TWSE: 3673, “TPK”) today announced that it will attend and speak at the largest annual IT and electronics trade show in Japan, the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC). At this year’s conference, Tom Sun, the president and CEO of TPK, will present on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, on how the company is designing and building alternative and more cost-effective touch solutions through its subsidiary, TPK Film Solutions (“TPKF”), an joint venture with Cambrios Technologies Corporation (“Cambrios”) and Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. (“Nissha”) dedicated to the research and development of silver nanowire-based film.
| WHO: | Tom Sun, president and CEO, TPK Touch Solutions Group |
| WHAT: | Tom Sun’s presentation “TPK’s New Touch Formation,” will discuss the tremendous changes in the touch screen industry during the past year and how TPK has responded quickly to mega-trends through continued mass customization efforts and a new product offering of silver nanowires. In this session, Sun will discuss TPK’s joint venture with Nissha and Cambrios and its development of a silver nanowire-based film that allows OEMs to bring to market cutting-edge touch screens for new products. |
| WHEN: | Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. JST |
| WHERE: | CEATEC JAPAN 2014 Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall, Meeting Room No. 304 2 Chome-1 Nakase, Mihama Ward, Chiba, Japan |
About TPK
TPK is a pure touch solution provider and the inventor of transparent projected capacitive touch technology. TPK’s products include touch panels for wearable, smartphone, tablet, NB, all-in-one PC, automotive and etc. With vertically integrated manufacturing facilities, TPK provides one-stop shopping service from R&D development, product design to mass production which shortens product development and time-to-market. The company was founded in 2003 with manufacturing facilities in Xiamen of Fujian Province, PRC, and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Additional information can be found at www.tpk.com/.
About Silver Nanowire and Cambrios
Given the cost structure of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and its high sheet resistance, silver nanowire serves as a cost-effective alternative for ITO as transparent conductive material for touch sensors. Cambrios leads the industry in providing innovative solutions using nanotechnology. Its breakthrough silver nanowire-based transparent conductors simplify electronics manufacturing and improve end-product cost and performance for electronic devices. The company's ClearOhm® product is a transparent conductor with significantly higher optical and electrical performance than traditional materials and methods. Applications of ClearOhm material include touch screens, EMI shielding, LCDs, ePaper, OLED lighting and thin film photovoltaics. Cambrios is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices in Japan and Taiwan.