Press Releases - Touch Panels
2009 Press Releases
- May 27, 2009
- Fujitsu Adds 5-Wire Resistive Touch Panels
Singapore, May 27, 2009 – Fujitsu Components Asia Limited today announced it is adding a new line of RoHS-compliant, 5-wire Resistive Touch Panels to its product offering. The panels feature a design construction that improves linearity and allows OEMs to maximize the active touch input area especially in large-size and wide-aspect ratio displays.
- May 27, 2009
- Fujitsu Offers Self-Wetting Adhesive Protector Sheets for Touch Panels
Singapore, May 27, 2009 – Fujitsu Components Asia Limited today announced the release of new self-wetting adhesive protector sheets that reduce surface damage to touch screens and flat panel displays in use or during shipping, while preserving the optical quality and extending the life of the touch device. Because they are repositionable, the protector sheets reduce waste and materials costs.
2008 Press Releases
- May 27, 2008
- Fujitsu Expands Line of Standard, Wide-Aspect Ratio Touch Panels
Singapore, May 27, 2008 – Responding to the market growth of wide-aspect ratio LCDs, Fujitsu Components Asia Limited today announced an expanded line-up of standard, wide-aspect ratio, 4-wire resistive touch panels. The devices fit available wide-aspect ratio LCDs to eliminate custom development costs for OEMs and shorten their product time-to-market.
2007 Press Releases
- August 8, 2007
- Fujitsu Expands Standard Touch Panel Offering for Automotive and High Temperature Applications
Singapore, August 8, 2007 – Responding to customer requests for enhanced touch panel performance and environmental specifications, such as those needed for automotive and industrial applications, Fujitsu Components Asia, Ltd. today added three new extended temperature range products to its standard off-the-shelf, resistive touch panel offering.
- May 16, 2007
- Fujitsu Introduces Production Samples of Longer Life Resistive Touch Panels
Singapore, May 16, 2007 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Ltd. today released production samples of its next-generation, resistive touch panels using an organic conductive polymer material. The new, custom touch panels offer five times the durability and comparable optical properties of conventional ITO (Indium Tin Oxide)-film panels at a small price premium.
- April 24, 2007
- Fujitsu Introduces 17” Touch Panel to Standard Product Line
Singapore, April 24, 2007 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Ltd. today expanded its standard touch panel offering by introducing a 17-inch (diagonal) product. The off-the-shelf product simplifies and reduces product development time for OEMs and systems integrators in the growing retail kiosk market.
- March 19, 2007
- Fujitsu Adds Standard, 4.3-inch High-Transparency Touch Panel for Sharp and NEC LCDs
Singapore, March 19, 2007 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Ltd. today expanded its resistive touch-panel offering with the introduction of a 4.3-inch (diagonal) film-glass panel with superior performance in both finger and stylus-based applications. It is part of Fujitsu’s commitment to offer OEMs competitively-priced, standard-product touch panels with higher performance specifications.
2006 Press Releases
- January 31, 2006
- Fujitsu Begins Shipping RoHS-Compliant Touch Panels
Singapore, January 31, 2006 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Ltd. today announced that touch panel product orders accepted after January 31, 2006 for out-of-stock standard products will be supported with lead-free, RoHS-compliant, equivalent product.
- January 16, 2006
- Fujitsu Touch Panels Receive Control Engineering’s Editors' Choice Award
Singapore, January 16, 2006 – Fujitsu today announced that its line of high-transparency touch panels was awarded the 2005 Editors' Choice Award in the Human-Machine Interface category by Control Engineering magazine.
2005 Press Releases
- October 25, 2005
- Fujitsu Expands Standard, High-Transparency Touch Panel Offering
Singapore, October 25, 2005 – Fujitsu Components Asia today announced that it will immediately begin converting its touch panel products to RoHS lead-free compliant status to meet its customers’ environmental programs. Completion of production changeover is scheduled for the end of December 2005. Contact Fujitsu Sales for details.
- May 16, 2005
- Fujitsu Announces RoHS-Compliant Touch Panels
Singapore, May 16, 2005 – Fujitsu Components Asia today announced that it will immediately begin converting its touch panel products to RoHS lead-free compliant status to meet its customers’ environmental programs. Completion of production changeover is scheduled for the end of December 2005. Contact Fujitsu Sales for details.
2004 Press Releases
- May 25, 2004
- Fujitsu Announces Production Schedule and North American Marketing Efforts for Industry’s First Conductive Polymer Film Touch
Panels
Singapore, May 25, 2004 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today announced it will begin North American marketing efforts for new resistive touch panels that use an extremely durable conductive polymer film and cost less to produce than conventional resistive touch panels. An industry-first technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fujitsu Component Limited, the custom touch panels will start sampling in early 2006 with production following in Q2 2006.
- May 24, 2004
- Fujitsu Begins Producing Plastic Touch Panels for Mobile Products
Singapore, May 24, 2004 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today announced the availability of ultra-thin, lightweight, flexible and rigid touch panels for mobile applications. The full-custom touch panels use plastic film substrates to reduce weight, improve durability and provide a wider operating temperature range than traditional film-glass touch panels.
- April 20, 2004
- Fujitsu Expands its 7-Wire Touch Panel Offering
Singapore, April 20, 2004 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today announced it has expanded its 7-wire resistive touch panel offering with the addition of a 17-inch (diagonal) standard product. The company now offers OEMs and VARs a line of standard 7-wire touch panels ranging in size from 8.4 inches to 17 inches.
2003 Press Releases
- May 20, 2003
- Fujitsu Releases Circularly Polarized Resistive Touch Panels for Sunlight Readability
Singapore, May 20, 2003 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today expanded its touch panel offering by releasing a line of custom, circularly polarized touch panels that greatly enhance display readability in direct sunlight conditions. The touch panels eliminate over 60% of reflected ambient light while maintaining 79% luminance transmissivity.
2002 Press Releases
- October 21, 2002
- Fujitsu Develops Touch Panels for High Temperature Environments
Singapore, October 21, 2002 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today announced it has added a line of 4-wire resistive touch panels for high-temperature applications. The new touch panels meet the temperature, humidity, vibration, and shock requirements for the automotive environment, as well as other high-temperature environments such as factory floors, warehouses, and remotely located control stations.
- May 22, 2002
- Fujitsu Achieves 90% Transmissivity with New Resistive Touch Panel Series
Singapore, May 22, 2002 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited (FCAL) today announced it has started production of 90% transparent, resistive-film touch panels. This very high level of transmissivity provides improved contrast and color clarity, and greater image readability in high ambient light.
- May 20, 2002
- Fujitsu Releases Resistive Touch Panel Line with 85% Transmissivity
Singapore, May 20, 2002 – Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited (FCAL) today introduced a new series of resistive-film touch panels with 85% transparency for LCD applications.
- April 29, 2002
- Fujitsu Expands Resistive Touch Panel Offering; Factory Production Ramps up
Singapore, April 29, 2002 – Following the November 2001 opening of its new touch panel factory in Taiwan, Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited (FCAL) has now doubled its capacity. It has also added more panel sizes and configurations to its standard and non-standard resistive touch panel (RTP) product line.
