Liquavista

Liquavista was a Dutch-based company founded in 2006 as a spin-off from Philips. Its research and development have included efforts to develop colour e-paper video screens that can work with or without a backlight using electrowetting technology. Liqavista began the final step in fully commercialising the technology in 2010, as it sent out SDKs to OEMs. Liquavista was reported to anticipate the first productions runs of its electrowetting display panel to come in 2013 but it did not happen.[1]

Liquavista BV

Fate	Dissolved
Founded	2006 (2006)
Headquarters	The Netherlands
Parent	Philips (2006-2010) Samsung Electronics (2010-2013) Amazon.com (2013-2018)
Website	liquavista.com

In Dec. 2010, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd acquired Liquavista B.V. for an undisclosed amount. On May 13, 2013, Amazon confirmed that it had acquired Liquavista from Samsung Electronics.[2] In 2018, Amazon shut down Liquavista but did not indicate what happened to the technology.[3]

References

1. Hoffelder, Nate (2012-03-21). "Samsung's ElectroWetting Screen Tech to Hit Mass Production Next Year". The Digital Reader. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
2. Hoffelder, Nate (2013-05-13). "Confirmed: Amazon Bought Liquavista - Color Kindle to Follow?". The Digital Reader. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
3. Exclusive: Amazon Has Shut Down Liquavista

Further reading

• "Home - Liquavista - Electrowetting based low power, always viewable color video displays". liquavista.com. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
• "BBC News - Colour e-readers with video shown off". bbc.co.uk. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
• Graham-Rowe, Duncan (2008). "Electronic paper targets colour video". Nature Photonics. 2 (4): 204–205. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.38.