According to the industry sources, the E Ink income in the current quarter will be reduced by 30-40%

Known as a manufacturer of electrophoretic displays company E Ink Holdings in February had revenue of 48.2 million dollars. This is 44% less than in January, but 33% more than in February last year.

Management of the company explains the influence of falling income weekend to celebrate the New Year according to the lunar calendar, falling on February. During this period, manufacturing activity in China and South-East Asia is slowing down.

Another cause of the fall of income called E Ink industry sources. It comes to reducing the demand for electrophoretic displays, mainly used in e-books, due to reduced consumer interest in e-books themselves. In turn, the weakening of consumer interest in e-books due to the increasing popularity of tablets.

According to industry sources, the E Ink revenue in the first quarter will be reduced by 30-40%.

They also believe that the demand for E Ink screens will revive in the second half of 2013, when thesmartphone will start selling YotaPhone . As you know, this device is equipped with two screens: on one side is an electrophoretic display, on the other - LCD. The size of each screen is 4.3 inches diagonally.

Source: DigiTimes