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SID '05 Exhibition Set to Be Biggest in Event's History
Show Grows 15 Percent vs. 2004, 27 Percent vs. Last Boston Show in 2002

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 14 - The Exhibition at The Society for Information Display (SID) 2005 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition is shaping up to be the biggest and best in the 42-year history of the world's premier information-display event. The exhibition will be open Tuesday, May 24 through Thursday, May 26 on two floors of Boston's Hynes Convention Center, and will encompass approximately 54,000 square feet of the latest state-of-the-art electronic information-display products and services.

"No other event in the world offers its attendees the comprehensive lineup of leading electronic-display companies as SID does," explained SID President Shigeo Mikoshiba. "Through the years, the exhibition at the SID Symposium has been the primary place for these companies to introduce their most innovative and exciting display products. SID '05 will continue to enhance that legacy."

Developments in large-screen TVs are sure to be among the most exciting products shown at SID 2005, including advancements in LCD (liquid crystal display), plasma and projection TVs. All sectors of the electronic-information-display industry will be showcased at SID 2005, including: electronic paper and flexible displays; 3-D displays; OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes); touch screens; display drivers and controllers; microdisplays; display materials; display manufacturing equipment; display components; test and measurement equipment; display glass; optical coatings and films; backlights; and display subsystems. Among the most eagerly anticipated products to be displayed at SID 2005 will be:

• Samsung Electronics Co. (Booth 1701) will, for the first time in North America, show the world's largest (82-in.) high-definition-quality TFT-LCD TV display.

• Philips Polymer Vision (Booth 2009) will unveil a fully functional 4-grayscale rollable display with smooth "paper-like" viewing, which is well suited for reading large quantities of text and information on the move. The device uses a bi-stable electophoretic display effect developed by E Ink Corp. (Booth 1628).

• Panasonic Plasma Display Laboratory of America (Booth 1512) will present its 65-in. full-high-definition plasma television, the largest such device available in wide release to the consumer television market.

• Kent Displays Inc. (Booth 1919) will be showing a number of innovative displays utilizing its Cholesteric LCD technology (ChLCD), including: the first bistable ChLCDs featuring an SPI interface; and plastic-based ChLCDs that can be produced in volume via a roll-to-roll process.

Exhibit space at SID 2005 is nearly sold out, reported Kate Dickie, exhibit sales manager for Palisades Convention Management Inc. (PCM), the show's manager. At an estimated 54,000 square feet, SID 2005 will be approximately 15 percent larger than the 2004 show in Seattle, and has grown nearly 27 percent since the most recent Boston show in 2002. As of April 13, 239 companies from 13 countries have contracted to exhibit at SID 2005, including 43 first-time exhibitors. A complete list of exhibitors, along with an interactive floor plan of the exhibition hall at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, is available at http://events.pcm411.com/shows/sid05. This site utilizes cutting-edge Expocad VR² software to enable attendees to plan their time at SID 2005 effectively.

The exhibition will also feature two international pavilions. The German Pavilion, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economy and organized by the German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF), returns for its second year and will feature 12 companies from the German flat-panel-display (FPD) industry. Seven companies from the South Korean display industry will comprise the inaugural Korean Pavilion.

Some 36 companies will participate in the Exhibitors' Forum from Tuesday, May 24 through Thursday, May 26. These companies will deliver 15-minute presentations offering greater detail of their products. Visit www.sid.org/conf/sid2005/exhibition/exhibitorforum.html for the complete listing of participating companies.

"The continued growth of the exhibition at the annual SID Symposium is a testament to the strength of the international electronic-information-display market," Mikoshiba stated. "Combined with the expansion of the Technical Symposium from three to four days, the expansion of the Business Conference to two days, and the launching of the Investors Conference, SID 2005 will be the most comprehensive and exciting event that SID has ever organized."

The 43^rd SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition will take place Sunday, May 22 through Friday, May 27, 2005 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. It is the premier international gathering of scientists, engineers, manufacturers and users in the field of electronic-information displays. For exhibitor information, contact Kate Dickie, Exhibit Sales Manager, (212) 460-8090 ext. 215, e-mail: Kate@sid.org. For registration information, contact Ralph Nadell, Registrar, (212) 460-8090 ext. 203, e-mail: Ralph@sid.org. For press registration, contact Dian Mecca, (203) 853-7069, e-mail: dmecca@sid.org. Visit www.sid.org/conf/sid2005/sid2005.html for more information.

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The Society for Information Display (SID) is the premier international professional society exclusively devoted to the advancement of electronic-display technology, manufacturing, and applications. Its international headquarters are located at 610 South Second Street, San Jose, CA 95112, U.S.A. Visit SID online at www.sid.org.