Japanese trading house
The two companies will expand the e-paper business, such as electronic signages, electronic shelf labels and electronic logistic tags, by using the global networks of Itochu and the Itochu group, the Japanese company said Monday.
They also plan to help clients build e-paper usage environments in accordance with their needs and promote companies' digital transformation.
The global e-paper market is expected to grow to some
About 400 million units of electronic shelf labels and some 130 million electronic book devices have already been used, it said.
Itochu said that e-paper has helped reduce global emissions by a total of 2.37 million tons of carbon dioxide, noting that it requires very little power consumption.
E-paper has also drawn attention from the viewpoint of the
==Kyodo
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