Go to Electronic Design website to read an interesting article from Stantum's Guillaume Largillier about latest innovations presented at SID 2012.

SID DISPLAY WEEK, BOSTON, JUNE 3, 2012 – Stantum (www.stantum.com), a pioneer developer of multi-touch technology, and Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., have introduced FineTouch Z – a disruptive, pressure-based transparent touch-panel technology – here at SID Display Week (Booth #437). FineTouch Z is the only solution in the marketplace today that unifies the intuitiveness of multi-touch with the spontaneity of stylus input – with a single sensor and no performance tradeoff. 

Stantum and Nissha have been working closely for the past 2 years on the technology and will be hosting private FineTouch Z demos for customers, partners and industry analysts.

Until now, the only other solution was to combine a projected capacitive sensor with either an electro-magnetic or a battery-powered stylus. FineTouch Z also doesn’t require a dedicated active stylus; it unlocks the creative power of smart connected devices without raising costs.

FineTouch Z not only overcomes the limitations of today’s mainstream touch technologies, it’s also the first pressure-based touch sensing solution that can compete equally with projected capacitive touchscreens. It provides unparalleled optical clarity and seamlessly works with any type of conductive or non-conductive object.

FineTouch Z is powered by Stantum’s patented Interpolated Voltage Sensing Matrix (iVSM) touch-and-write technology, which Stantum showcased at the 2011 SID Display Week. iVSM technology supports Windows and Android operating systems on x86 and ARM-based platforms and lets OEMs design tablet displays that allow as many as 10 simultaneous touches combined with high-resolution handwriting input. FineTouch Z also features unlimited multi-touch with neither ghost nor masking effects and offers high-resolution, smart touch capability, an ultra-fast scanning engine, and low-power consumption.

“The market potential of FineTouch Z is enormous, and we’re pleased to be partnering with Stantum on this venture,” said Nissha Executive Vice President/Chief Technology Officer Takao Hashimoto. “Stantum is a true innovator of advanced multi-touch technology, and FineTouch Z is the latest example.”

Commented Stantum CEO Robert Pelissier: “Stantum is committed to providing multi-touch display solutions that really make a difference. We’re confident that FineTouch Z will be an industry game changer and are proud to be working with a world-class manufacturer like Nissha to bring it to market.”

Engineering samples are now available for select customers, with mass production of FineTouch Z slated to begin in Q4 2012.

About Stantum

Stantum (www.stantum.com) has been the pioneering company in multi-touch technology since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface. Stantum is headquartered in Bordeaux, France, with offices in North America and Japan.

About Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.

Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. (www.nissha.co.jp/english) is a publicly held (Tokyo Stock Exchange), Kyoto, Japan-based company founded in 1929. The company designs, manufactures and sells industrial materials and electronic-related products and also manufactures decorating films, input devices, molded products and dies. Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. has 22 subsidiaries worldwide, including the United States, China, South Korea and Germany.

STANTUM and NISSHA PRINTING introducing Disruptive Touch Technology

Details to be Unveiled at SID Display Week in Boston

BORDEAUX, FRANCE, May 00, 2012 -- Stantum (www.stantum.com), a pioneer developer of touch technology, and Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., will be unveiling a new disruptive touch technology at next month’s SID Display Week in Boston.

“Nissha is a world-class manufacturer that has been producing quality products for more than 65 years, so we’re honored to be partnering with them on what we believe will be an industry-changing technological advancement,” said Stantum CEO Robert Pelissier.

Commented Nissha Executive Vice President/Chief Technology Officer Takao Hashimoto: “Stantum has a solid track record in multi-touch technology and we’re confident that what we’ll jointly be introducing at SID Display Week will significantly impact the market.”

About Stantum

Stantum (www.stantum.com) has been the pioneering company in multi-touch technology since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface. Stantum is headquartered in Bordeaux, France, with offices in North America and Japan.

About Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.

Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., is a publicly held (Tokyo Stock Exchange), Kyoto, Japan-based company founded in 1929. The company’s Industrial Materials and Electronics designs, manufactures and sells industrial materials and electronic-related products and also manufactures decorating films, input devices, molded products and dies. Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. has 22 subsidiaries worldwide, including the United States, China, South Korea and Germany.

Stantum will be exhibiting at the 2012 SID Display Week 2012 in Boston, June 3-8 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, booth 437.  Look for upcoming announcements on new and exciting developments from Stantum that we’ll unveil in Boston!

Last January at CES we not only had an opportunity to walk the floors and check out the latest industry trends, but Guillaume Largillier, our company’s co-founder and chief strategy officer,  conducted extensive briefings with a wide variety of editors and leading industry analysts. Check out one video clip of an interview that Guillaume did with RCR Wireless.

Digital Business asked Guillaume Largillier about the current state of tablet pc technology and its future developments.You can read the full article here.

Electronic Design published a Guillaume Largillier's paper entitled, "Is The Stylus Finally Ready For Prime Time?." about the significant need to put back the stylus and writing at the center of the multi-touch experience. Read the article on the Electronic Design website or download it here

Lynn Marentette posted an article about Stantum on her Interactive blog technology.
You can read the full article here.

Lynn Marentette has more than 20 years of professional experience as a school psychologist, with a passion for emerging collaborative technologies, natural user interactions and interfaces, and the harnessing of interactive multimedia in education. In addition to her work as a psychologist, she blogs at Interactive Multimedia Technology about accessible off-the-desktop natural user interfaces.

Electronic Design recently published the latest quarterly column from Guillaume Largillier, entitled, ‘Ambidexterity and Multi-Modality for Touch-Enabled Devices.’ Read the article on the Electronic Design website or download it here

Stantum is featured as one of the 4 amazing technology waves that will change lives

as stated by internationally renowned tech expert/analyst Rob Enderle in  TechNewsWorld

Rob Enderle is a TechNewsWorld columnist and principal analyst for the Enderle Group, a global consultancy that focuses on personal technology products and trends.  Rob recently wrote a column in TechNewsWorld about innovative/emerging technologies.   Rob says companies like Stantum are bringing to market “displays for everything from smartphones to monitors that do both touch and high-resolution digitization on the same screen.”

You can read the full article here