private founded 1997 founder j.d. albert barrett comiskey joseph jacobson jerome rubin and russ wilcox headquarters billerica massachusetts united states 1 website http eink.com e ink corporation is a privately held manufacturer of electrophoretic displays epds a kind of electronic paper . e ink is located in billerica massachusetts and was co founded in 1997 by undergraduates j.d. albert & barrett comiskey joseph jacobson professor in the mit media lab jerome rubin lexisnexis co founder and russ wilcox . 2 two years later e ink partnered with philips to develop and market the technology . jacobson and comiskey are listed as inventors on the original patent filed in 1996 . 3 in 2005 philips sold the electronic paper business as well as its related patents to prime view international . e ink has since partnered with various companies including sony motorola and amazon to allow for the development of products like the sony reader motofone f3 barnes & noble nook kindle and kobo ereader which all utilize e ink displays . on june 1 2009 e ink corporation announced an agreement to be purchased by one of its primary business partners prime view international pvi a hsinchu taiwan based manufacturer for over 400 million . 4 it is predicted that the acquisition will speed the development of color e ink . 5 pvi renamed itself e ink holdings inc. after the purchase . e ink s vizplex technology is used by nook kindle 2 txtr beagle and kobo mini . e ink s pearl technology is claimed to have a 50 % better contrast ratio . it is used by 2011 2012 kindle models barnes & noble nook simple touch kobo touch and sony prs t1 . e ink s carta technology is used by kindle paperwhite 2nd and 3rd generation kindle voyage kobo glo hd kobo aura h2o and kindle oasis . references edit e ink contact us . retrieved august 16 2015 . e ink s wild ride . harvard business school alumni bulletin . sep 2009 . us filing date 25 oct 1996 5930026 joseph jacobson barrett comiskey nonemissive displays and piezoelectric power supplies therefor russ wilcox steps down at e ink smart energy venture next xconomy . xconomy . retrieved 2015 12 09 . e ink s sale clears path for color kindle in 2010 fastcompany external links edit official site of e ink corporation this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title e ink corporation & oldid 737291272 categories electronic paper technologydisplay technology companieselectronics companies of the united statescompanies based in billerica massachusettsprivately held companies based in massachusettsunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 21 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view