Mar 27 2010
Prysm, Inc. announced today plans to ramp up production of Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) panels at its Concord, Massachusetts operation.
Within the year, Prysm plans to double the personnel employed at its manufacturing and R&D facility – further supporting development of its ground-breaking LPD display technology. Initially aimed at the commercial AV market, LPD will power large format, low energy displays for applications like digital advertising, sporting events, concerts, retail showcases, and many more.
At Prysm’s fully-equipped 23,000 square feet Concord facility, highly-skilled and experienced employees build LPD panels from the ground up using advanced manufacturing processes and machinery. Unlike conventional displays that often require considerable power and material resources, LPD’s environmental impact at fabrication is more than 90% lower while maintaining the high performance of its large format screens. With its recyclable, non-toxic and “green” manufacturing methods, Prysm is leading the ‘ecovative’ movement to develop more energy-efficient displays.
“Prysm’s Concord team has provided R&D, product and process development and support since the company’s inception,” said Amit Jain, CEO of Prysm, Inc. “We look forward to expanding our Concord facility over the next year and increasing the number of 'green' advanced manufacturing jobs within the region.”
“We are ready to meet this panel production challenge, and look forward to adding critical skills in R&D, process engineering and manufacturing from the Northeast region’s well-stocked technical talent pool,” added Patrick Tan, Vice President of Prysm’s Concord Operation.
LPD technology uses solid state lasers to excite phosphors on a surface emissive panel, generating seamless, high-resolution images for large format displays like video walls and digital signage. As the modulating laser beams scan across the surface, phosphors emit red, green and blue colors to create an image with no motion blur, providing superior image quality, 180-degree viewing angles and a longer life span compared to conventional digital displays.