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11
Our Businesses
We have two types of pen tablets; both open up a
world of possibilities and help our customers
experience more. Our high-performance, professional
range is for specialists and skilled amateurs. Our
consumer pen tablets are for more general users and
are easy and fun to operate.
Our interactive pen displays enable users to write,
draw, sketch and scribble directly on the screen.
Without getting too technical, this is due to the pen
sensor being incorporated into the LCD display.
Almost all Tablet PC manufacturers worldwide use
our pen sensors. Our components allow Tablet PCs
to be operated with a digital pen or even with the
touch of a finger. Our touch sensor components
already appear in several laptops, including those
from HP. We believe this technology will be the way
forward.
Our successful and varied product line-up makes us
the clear leader in the tablet market. We command an
impressive 86 percent of the global market (our
estimate) and 97.9 percent of the Japanese market
(Business Computer News 2008). It will not stop
there. We expect the market to accelerate
substantially. Microsoft Windows VistaTM and its
standard support of pen input will help. We also see
pen input expanding beyond PCs to a variety of
devices including mobile phones, game devices and
information appliances. New possibilities for our
technologies are everywhere.
Our company is made up of two business sectors – Electronic Systems and Devices (ESD) and Engineering
Collaborative Solutions (ECS). ESD develops and manufacturers pen tablets and pen sensor components. These are
the tools that enable users to input digital data in the same way as using a traditional pen on paper or a painting
brush on canvas. ECS develops CAD-based software packages and related systems for the manufacturing industry.
ESD
(Electronic Systems and Devices)