OPTREX Corporation has been a company owned by investment funds primarily managed by Japan Industrial Partners, Inc. since February 2008, instead of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. We are now pleased to inform that JIP and the investment funds have reached an agreement on a sale of all of their shareholdings to KYOCERA Corporation.

Leading LCD manufacturer Optrex America has introduced three Super High Bright TFT LCDs, including a new 19” diagonal panel, with 1500 nits (cd/m2) brightness, low power consumption, wide operating temperature ranges, and white LED backlights with 100K hour lifetimes.

New high bright and power-saving 12.1“ TFT Display T-55592D121J-LW-A-ABN will be added to the Optrex linecard of long term available high quality industrial displays. An innovative backlight system enables a luminance of 1.500 cd/m² using only 12 W of power in total (Backlight 9.6 W).

The reasons cited by Optrex are the decreasing demand for displays with CCFL backlight and the strong trend towards models with LED backlight. In parallel to this the purchase of low volume may lead to significant price increases.

Brand-new 7“ TFT Display T-55692D070H-LW-A-AAN will be added to the Optrex linecard of long time available high quality industrial displays

Optrex is offering a new capacitive touch switch based on technology experience gained in the smart phone market. This capacitive touch switch detects variations in position and command. This technology offers the highest standard of optical performance with ease of design. Capacitive touch solutions focus on a number of applications, including: handheld terminals, gaming, medical equipment, point-of-sale and mobile applications to enable human-m...

Originally developed by Optrex as one of it technological innovations for the American automotive market, Advanced Black Nematic (ABN) achieves a true black level by dramatically reducing the light leakage, resulting in exceptional performance for a passive monochrome display.

Optrex has developed a full line of TFT- LCD with LED backlights. Most of these products feature long-lifetime, 100K hours, LED backlights that are field replaceable.

Leading LCD manufacturer Optrex America has introduced a new family of compact LCDs with a range of advanced features for a variety of industrial, medical and handheld applications.

Leading LCD manufacturer Optrex America has introduced a new family of compact LCDs with a range of advanced features for a variety of industrial, medical and handheld applications.

Optrex America, Inc. has developed a new family of TFT-LCDs featuring its innovative Super Wide View (SWV) technology for superior image quality and wide viewing angles with maximum color accuracy. Super Wide View solves the color shifting problems inherent in traditional twisted nematic (TN) and Vertical Alignment (VA) type displays. TN displays can suffer from limited viewing angles, and colors can shift when viewed off-perpendicular. In the ...