SMARTPAPER — ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAYS

Shelf labels and signage that read like paper.

From 2.6″ price tags to 31.5″ full-color posters — zero power to hold an image, wireless updates in seconds.

01 — THE PROBLEM

Your signs are working against you.

If any of these sound familiar, the issue isn't your team — it's the medium.

PAPER LOGISTICS

A price change is a supply chain

Print, pack, courier to every branch, swap by hand, throw the old ones away. A nationwide promo takes days — and misses its window.

PRICING ERRORS

Shelf says one price, POS another

Manual tag swaps always lag the system. Every mismatch is a complaint, a refund, or in some markets a regulatory fine.

LCD BLACKOUTS

One outage, a wall of black

When an LCD loses power or fails, it shows nothing at all — a glossy black mirror where your menu used to be, right at peak hour.

ENERGY & ESG

Screens that never stop drawing

Backlights burn 24/7 whether anyone is looking or not. The bill lands twice: on your utilities and on your carbon report.

LABOR DRAIN

Staff re-tagging, not selling

Weekly tag-and-poster rounds quietly eat hundreds of staff hours per store, per year — work no customer ever notices.

INSTALLATION LIMITS

No outlet, no message

Cabling, conduit and breaker capacity decide where your signage goes — instead of where your customers actually look.

02 — WHY E-PAPER

Everything ink does well. Everything paper can't.

E-paper reflects ambient light the way printed ink does — then adds remote updates and near-zero running cost.

POWER

Zero power, image stays

An e-paper image holds itself with no electricity. Power is drawn only at the moment content changes — so a label runs for years on a coin cell.

READABILITY

Readable in any light

Reflective like ink on paper: the brighter the room or the sun, the clearer it gets. No washout, near-180° viewing angle, no glare hotspots.

EYE COMFORT

Easy on every eye

No backlight, no flicker, no blue-light glow. E-paper is comfortable to read up close all day — for staff and shoppers alike.

AUTOMATION

Wireless, fleet-wide updates

Push a price change or a new campaign from one dashboard to thousands of displays in seconds — no ladders, no printers, no re-hanging.

SUSTAINABILITY

Paper saved, waste gone

One label replaces hundreds of printed tags over its lifetime. No print runs, no laminate, no disposal cycle — and barely any energy.

FORM FACTOR

Thin, light, cable-free

Battery-powered and millimetres thin. Mount on shelf rails, walls, glass, or freestanding — anywhere paper used to go, and places it couldn't.

03 — PRODUCTS

Two families. One quiet revolution.

ESL
BWYR 4-COLOR

Electronic Shelf Labels

Price tags that update themselves. Black, white, yellow and red on every size — promotions pop in red and yellow without a single sheet printed. Wireless sync, multi-year battery, shelf-rail and hook mounting.

2.6"
2.9"
4.2"
13.3"
SIZES TO SCALE
SIGNAGEE6 — FULL COLOR E-PAPER

E-Paper Digital Signage

Poster-quality full color with the calm of print. E6 panels render rich imagery with no backlight and no glow — scheduled and updated remotely, running on a fraction of the energy of any LCD.

13.3"
20"
28.5"
31.5"
SIZES TO SCALE
04 — COMPARISON

E-paper vs LCD vs paper

Paper reads beautifully but can't change. LCD changes constantly but never stops drawing power. E-paper is the only medium that does both.

E-PAPER

Ink that listens

Print-grade readability, zero-power images, remote updates. The running cost of paper with the agility of a screen.

+Image persists with no power
+Sunlight-readable, no backlight
+Updates in seconds, fleet-wide
Not suited to video playback
LCD

Bright, but thirsty

Great for motion and video — at the cost of constant power, cabling, heat, and a glow that fights the sun.

+Full motion and video
Draws power every second it's on
Washes out in daylight
Needs mains power and cabling
PAPER

Perfect, until it changes

The readability benchmark — but every change means printing, walking, swapping, and throwing the old one away.

+Ideal readability, zero energy
Every update is manual labor
Pricing errors live until replaced
Continuous print waste
FEATURE
E-PAPER
LCD
PAPER
Power to hold an image
Zero — image persists unpowered
Continuous draw, 24/7 backlight
Zero
Readability in sunlight
Excellent — clearer in bright light
Washes out; needs brightness boost
Excellent
Eye comfort
No backlight, no flicker, no glow
Backlit; blue-light emission
No backlight
Updating content
Wireless, seconds, fleet-wide
Remote, but needs power + network
Reprint, walk, swap — every time
Cost per update
Near zero
Low
Print + labor, every change
Installation
Battery, cable-free, mm-thin
Mains power, cabling, mounting
Frames, rails, adhesives
Waste over 5 years
One device, recyclable at end of life
Constant energy use + heat
Hundreds of discarded prints
Motion / video
Static & scheduled content
Full video
None
05 — USE CASES

Wherever paper works, e-paper works harder.

RETAIL & GROCERY

Automated pricing across every aisle. Flash promotions in red and yellow, synced to your ERP — accurate at the shelf, always.

WAREHOUSE & LOGISTICS

Bin labels and pick lists that update with your WMS. Fewer mispicks, no relabeling rounds, readable under any warehouse lighting.

CORPORATE OFFICES

Meeting-room signs, desk booking, wayfinding. Battery-powered panels go on any door or glass wall — no electrician required.

HEALTHCARE

Bedside boards and door signage that update from patient systems — glare-free, glow-free, and quiet enough for a ward at night.

TRANSIT & PUBLIC

Timetables and stop displays readable in direct sun, running on battery or solar where mains power never reached.

HOSPITALITY

Menus, event boards, and room signage with the elegance of print — updated for every seating from the front desk.

06 — TECHNOLOGY

How electronic ink works

It really is ink. Millions of microcapsules hold pigment particles that physically move — and then stay put.

Four pigments — black, white, yellow and red — live in every ESL microcapsule. Promotions pop in color without printing a sheet.

WHITE UP
BLACK UP
YELLOW UP
RED UP
01

Microcapsules hold real pigment

Each capsule — thinner than a human hair — contains charged pigment particles suspended in clear fluid. What you see is actual pigment, not emitted light.

02

A pulse moves the ink, then stops

A brief electric field pulls the right pigments to the surface to form the image. Cut the power entirely — the particles stay exactly where they are, for months.

03

Wireless sync runs the fleet

Gateways connect every label and sign to your CMS, ERP, or POS. Push a change once and the whole estate refreshes itself in seconds.

07 — GET STARTED

Put printed signage out of a job.

Tell us about your stores, sites, or fleet — we'll recommend the right mix of labels and signage, and ship you an evaluation kit.

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