/PRZOOM - Newswire/ - The report analyzes the global touch panel industry -- its size, growth rate, trends, growth drivers, challenges, etc. The report profiles the big four players in the touch panel industry: ELAN , ELO , Wintek Corporation and 3M Touch Systems.

Vaishali, Uttar Pradesh, India, 05/02/2008 – The touch panel industry is the latest technology in the world of modern gadgets and portable devices. Developed in the 1970s by the US military, touch screens have come to be a dominating technology in the market for electronic appliances due to their wide application in navigation devices, mobile phones, PDAs, ATMs, and game consoles. With relatively low technological entry barriers and low operating costs, the touch screen technology has gained international attention and acceptance.

Touch panels can be classified in four categories namely, resistive, capacitive, infrared ray (IR), and surface acoustic wave (SAW). Resistive panels are the most commonly used touch screens in the marketplace at present.

The major factor fuelling growth of the touch panel industry will be the launch of iPhone by Apple Inc. Other trends likely to add to the market growth include the increasing usage of tactile feedback technology in touch-screen devices, innovations in the existing technology and a rising demand for large-sized touch-screen. The majority of top suppliers and touch panel makers is located in Japan (Nissha, Gunze, and Panasonic) and Taiwan (Y-Fast, Swenc, and Jtouch), with a special focus on resistive products.

The report broadly includes the following

1. Touch Panels: An Introduction
2. Touch Panel Process
3. Global Touch Panel Market
3.1 Industry Overview and Market Size
3.2 Touch Panel Applications

Mobile Phones
Car Navigation System
Public Access

3.3 Growth Drivers
iPhone Drives Capacitive Touch-Panel Demand
Rising Demand for Large-sized Touch Screens

3.4 Market Trends
Resistive is the Widely Used Touch Screen Technology
Increasing Use of Tactile Feedback Technology
Rapidly Expanding Market

4. Touch Panel Supply Chain

5. Competitive Landscape
5.1 Elan Microelectronics
5.2 ELO TouchSystems
5.3 Wintek Corporation
5.4 3M Touch Systems

List of Figures
Figure 2.1: Touch Panel Process Flow
Figure 3.1: Global Touch Panel Market Size 2003-10
Figure 3.2: Global Touch Panel IC Market Size 2003-10
Figure 3.3: Percentage of Worldwide Resistive Touch Panel Applications 2005 and 2010
Figure 3.4: Mobile-Phone Touch Panel Penetration 2006-11
Figure 3.5: Global Car Navigation System Market Share
Figure 5.1: Wintek Corporation Touch Panel Sales 2006-10

List of Tables
Table 1.1: Comparison of Touch Panels
Table 3.1: iPhone Market Share 2005-10
Table 4.1: Global Touch Panel Makers
Table 4.2: Touch Panel Supply Chain
Table 5.1: Comparison of Touch Panel Players by Technology
Table 5.2: ELAN Microelectronics: Financial Highlights
Table 5.3: Elo TouchSystems: Markets and Applications
Table 5.4: Wintek Corporation: Financial Highlights.

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