Glen Allen, Virginia: According to a just-published report from NanoMarkets, LC, an industry analyst firm here, revenues from touch-screen displays are expected to grow from $2.2 billion ($US) in 2010 to $3.4 billion in 2014. The growing demand for touch-screen technologies in mobile and personal computing will create new opportunities for suppliers of conductive coatings, substrates and sensors in addition to the display firms themselves.

Key points in the report
By 2014, NanoMarkets projects that revenues from in-pixel technologies are expected to reach almost $500 million in revenues. NanoMarkets' new report also identifies an interesting and possibly disruptive trend is taking hold in the touch display market. Mainstream display makers have begun to develop their own "in-pixel" technologies as an alternative to the current industry practice in which third-party suppliers add a touch sensor subsystem on top of an LCD display and then sell to OEMs. The net effect is that mid-size touch screen manufacturers instead of supplying companies such as LG, Samsung and Sony may wind up competing against them.---From nanomarkets  12 Jan, 2010