Itron - 50 Years of Electronic Display Innovation

Founded in 1967 by Dr.T.Nakamura Itron has developed from being the first supplier of calculator Vacuum Fluorescent Displays to a leading manufacturer of CIG driver wide temperature industrial displays. It is a member of the Noritake Group which specializes in ceramic based products with abrasives, chinaware, materials, furnaces and electronic divisions.

In 2009 Itron spotted the opportunity for smart, integrated display and touch modules in the industrial sector following their growing dominance and ultimate saturation of the telecoms market. The challenge was in enabling the existing microprocessor-based display user to be able to drive such a complex sub-assembly. Utilizing years of experience in developing bespoke user interface solutions, Itron invested in developing their own operating system, iDevOS, to enable product designers the opportunity to upgrade to a much more complex user interface whilst maintaining their current microprocessor-based core electronics. This is the essence of the Itron smart range of embedded TFT modules.

This strategy has enabled Itron smart embedded TFT display users across the globe to offer their customers the touch-display user interface demanded by modern consumers, timely and effectively as part of their own natural product development without the need for substantial changes to their core processor roadmap. Itron specializes in semi-custom designs.

Itron's range of Metallized Projected Capacitive touchscreens (MPCT) offer market leading user interface performance based on fundamental ‘metal layering in glass’ IP developed over the last 50 years. This MPCT technology when integrated with the range of smart embedded TFTs offers a range of products with superior technical performance that can safely take Itron into the next 50 years.

Itron ships its touch-screens, VFD and TFT display products from manufacturing plants in the UK and Japan to customers worldwide through a network of Noritake offices and distributors.