Kopin Hires LCD Expert Hideki Matsukawa From Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Company
May 20 2015 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Matsukawa Brings Deep Industry Expertise to
Further Development of Displays for AR and VR Applications
Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading developer of
innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, announced
that Hideki Matsukawa, formerly General Manager of Advanced
Development at Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Company, has joined
Kopin in the newly created position of Chief Display Scientist. Mr.
Matsukawa, a liquid crystal display (LCD) expert with more than 30
years of experience, will focus on developing the innovative
processes necessary to create transmissive microdisplays for the
next generation of wearable headsets, including augmented reality
(AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications.
Mr. Matsukawa holds more than 190 patents and patents pending.
His contribution to the LCD industry include the invention of
sealants for the one-drop fill (ODF) cell assembly process and the
introduction of the ODF process to manufacturing. He received the
best paper award at IDW 2012 for “The World’s First Photo-aligned
IPS-LCDs for a TV Use.”
“We are very pleased to have Hideki Matsukawa join the Kopin
team,” said Dr. John C.C. Fan, President and CEO of Kopin
Corporation. “While our CyberDisplay® products are already
world class with very high brightness and excellent image quality,
our customers’ product development plans call for ever increasing
clarity in the areas of color, contrast and brightness. This is
especially true for those focused on AR and VR applications. Mr.
Matsukawa’s deep understanding of LC physics as well as his
expertise in manufacturing processes will be very valuable in
further improving our industry leading display performance.”
“Kopin has been the leader in microdisplays and I am really
excited to join the Company,” said Hideki Matsukawa. “As the
wearable market begins to explode, the requirements for display
performance will be very challenging to meet. My focus is to
develop new concepts while refining the existing ones, such as the
recently announced Kopin Nanojet process, so that Kopin can
continue to meet the display performance and quality its customers
require.”
Mr. Matsukawa’s prior experiences include R&D Manager of the
LCD Business Division of Matsushita Electric Industry Co. (formerly
Panasonic); Cell Division Manager of Toshiba Matsushita Display
Co., responsible for establishing a G4 low-temperature polysilicon
LCD line; and Japanese General Manager of QDI, a Taiwanese LCD
company, responsible for establishing a G6 amorphous silicon LCD
line. He was also a Board Member of the Japanese Liquid Crystal
Society.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer of innovative wearable
computing technologies and solutions. Kopin’s technology portfolio
includes ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement
technology, software, low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed
smart headset concept systems. Kopin’s proprietary components and
technology are protected by close to 300 global patents and patents
pending. For more information, please visit Kopin’s website at
www.kopin.com.
Kopin and CyberDisplay are registered trademarks of Kopin
Corporation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this news release may be considered
“forward-looking” statements under the “Safe Harbor” provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
include, without limitation, statements relating to developing
innovative processes necessary to create transmissive microdisplays
for the next generation of wearable headsets including augmented
reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications; our customers’
product development plans call for ever increasing clarity in the
areas of color, contrast and brightness; and the wearable market
begins to exploding . These statements involve a number of risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the
following: wearable market may not grow; wearable eyewear may not
be adopted by consumers; we may be unable to develop the products
necessary to meet our customers’ needs including products for the
augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality( VR) markets; customer
development plans may changes; the Company’s products may not be
accepted by the market place; there may be issues that prevent
further development of the Company’s wearable products;
manufacturing, marketing or other issues may prevent either the
adoption or acceptance of Company’s wearable products; and other
risk factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company’s
periodic reports and registration statements filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the 12 months ended December 28, 2013, and the
Company’s subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on
which they are made. The Company undertakes no responsibility to
update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances occurring after the date of this report.
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