Citizen and E Ink Demonstrate Bendable Clock

TOKYO, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (Japan), its consolidated subsidiary, Citizen T.I.C. Co., Ltd. (CEO: Toshio Takahashi; Koganei, Tokyo; Capital: 100 million yen) and E Ink (CEO: Russ Wilcox; USA), today announced the demonstration of the world's first flexible clock using an electronic paper display (EPD). This unique clock offers a thin, lightweight, fully flexible form factor combined with substantially lower power consumption over traditional displays through its use of E Ink Imaging Film(TM).

With a thickness of 3.0 mm, a weight of 1.5 kg and a battery life that is 20 times longer than conventional digital clocks, this revolutionary clock also can be bent significantly while operating. Furthermore, the use of electronic ink in the clock display enables a wide viewing angle of approximately 180 degrees with a bright, high contrast look, allowing for high visibility in either a dim room or under direct sunlight. These benefits allow the clock to be installed in locations that would otherwise be difficult with other technologies.

This product will be presented at the Citizen Booth at "Eco-products 2005," which will be held at Tokyo Big Site for the 3 days from December 15 to 17.

About Citizen T.I.C. Co., Ltd.

Citizen T.I.C. Co., Ltd. (61.2% stake: as of the end of March 2005) has conducted business as T.I.C. Citizen Co., Ltd., to date, and as a part of the structural reformation of the entire Citizen group, we have changed the business name to Citizen T.I.C. Co., Ltd. in order to increase the unifying influence of the Citizen brand. Our main business is the manufacturing and sales of large-scale clocks, display devices, etc.

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  About E Ink Corporation

E Ink Corporation is the leading supplier of electronic paper display (EPD) technologies. More information on E Ink can be found at: http://www.eink.com/.

Media Inquiries -- E Ink: E Ink Corporation / US Jennifer Haight or Darren Bischoff http://www.eink.com/contact/index.html 617-234-8100