Recently, HKC Corporation and E Ink Holdings Inc. officially signed a joint development agreement. This collaboration will deeply integrate HKC's full-industry-chain advantages in the display field with E Ink's cutting-edge e-paper technology, focusing on overcoming research and development and mass-production bottlenecks for large-size e-paper displays. The partnership aims to promote the large-scale application of e-paper technology in scenarios such as retail signage, industrial IoT, and smart cities, injecting new momentum into industrial sustainable development through intelligent and green display solutions.
Currently, HKC's e-paper display products cover multiple size specifications ranging from 2.13 inches to 31.5 inches, with full-color display technology reserves and mature TFT backplane module manufacturing capabilities. The products have been widely applied in various fields such as retail electronic price tags, medical ward information boards, intelligent manufacturing display modules, and logistics warehouse dashboards. Simultaneously, HKC is accelerating the layout of larger-sized e-paper advertising screens and bus stop signs in sizes such as 55 inches and 75 inches, promoting the low-carbon, environmentally friendly, and intelligent display application value of e-paper in the IoT era.
To further delve into the e-paper field, HKC will establish an e-paper production base in Guizhou, planning and constructing dedicated production lines for large-size e-paper, and building a complete industrial chain from research and development to manufacturing. Through large-scale production, it will reduce the cost of large-size products, strengthen HKC's technological autonomy in this field, and provide capacity guarantees for subsequent large-scale commercial display applications.
HKC's E-Paper Technology Application Planning:
Retail Scenarios
The retail industry is accelerating its adoption of e-paper technology. In addition to electronic price tags, e-paper billboards are gradually becoming a new favorite for indoor and outdoor marketing, especially large-size advertising screens above 21.5 inches. With their ultra-low power consumption and paper-like display characteristics, they can replace traditional LED screens for long-term deployment in scenarios such as commercial building exteriors and exhibition halls. Their content can be updated in real time, meeting merchants' needs for flexible adjustment of promotional information, significantly reducing operating costs with their low-power characteristics, and attracting consumer attention with vivid visuals to enhance marketing conversion rates.
Education Scenarios
In the education field, e-paper whiteboards can bring a new experience to classroom teaching. Teachers can use e-paper whiteboards to record teaching processes in real time, supporting screen recording, playback, and sharing, dynamically recording operations and writing processes. Combined with cloud storage functions, it enables courseware version management and multi-terminal synchronization updates. It also supports interactive teaching, allowing students to operate on the whiteboard to enhance learning engagement and enthusiasm.
Smart Office Scenarios
In meeting and office scenarios, e-paper table signs support dynamic updates of participant information and multi-language switching. Combined with the real-time collaborative annotation function of e-paper whiteboards, it can reduce paper consumption and assist enterprises in practicing green office.
Additionally, e-paper technology is extending to more terminals, such as e-paper tablets and e-paper displays, which will become ideal choices for long-term office work with their intelligent and eye-protecting characteristics. These products further expand the application depth of e-paper in office scenarios, creating a complete digital solution.
Transportation Scenarios
In the transportation field, e-paper technology has been widely applied in scenarios such as bus stop signs and subway information screens. Aiming at the different needs of hub stations and combining renewable energy technologies such as solar energy and energy storage, 13.3-inch to 75-inch e-paper transportation information screens are deployed to provide accurate departure times and route change information. They will also support one-click adjustment of stop sign content, providing reliable guarantees for smart urban travel.
Art Scenarios
In the art field, e-paper photo frames and picture frames provide a new dimension for displaying artworks. Through e-paper technology, users can easily switch between displaying different artworks, breaking the limitations of traditional display forms and further enriching the display forms and content of artworks.
Against the backdrop of global carbon neutrality, the global e-paper industry is rapidly rising. Currently, the application of e-paper technology in multiple fields is still in the stage of technological verification and commercial exploration. In the future, HKC will focus on expanding the large-scale application of large-size e-paper in commercial display fields such as smart retail, transportation, and office, helping to build a low-carbon, efficient future society and bringing intelligent and green new experiences to people's lives and work.
