VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 1 -- Creo Inc. has signed an agreement with DuPont Imaging Technologies to develop equipment for a new DuPont thermal color filter system to be used in manufacturing color filter components in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Under the multimillion dollar agreement, Creo will develop prototype thermal imaging equipment for DuPont and will manufacture and supply the equipment to DuPont after the development phase. DuPont will sell complete systems, which will include thermal imaging equipment and color imaging media, to LCD panel and color filter manufacturers.
The DuPont system will enable LCD panel and color filter manufacturers to produce color filters for LCDs like those used in the screens of laptop computers, computer monitors and cellular telephones.