Bob O’Brien

Westar Display Technologies, Inc. manufactures electro-optical inspection instruments and video adapter components. Its adapter component is used to test the flat-panel displays and also provides test system development. The firm’s products include LCD controllers, video processors, distortion correction and edge blending processors, LCD testers, display measurement systems, optical instruments and specialty products. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in St. Charles, MO.

DisplaySearch, Inc. provides display market research and consulting services. The firm provides market intelligence reports, global business conferences, and advisory services. It provides services to the component and equipment manufacturers, display producers, OEMs, distributors, and retailers. It has offices in Chicago, Houston, Richmond, San Jose, Seoul, Taipei, Tempe, and Tokyo. The company was founded by Ross Young in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. provides marketing services for consumer electronics, information systems and home appliance products. It delivers digital consumer electronics, mobile products and wearables, wireless infrastructure, information technoogy and home appliance products. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ.

Matsushita Co. Ltd. operates a chain of supermarkets. It is a subsidiary of Ryoei Shoji Co. Ltd. The company is headquartered in Sapporo, Japan

IMS Research was founded in 1989 and is now one of the suppliers of detailed, quality market research to the global electronics industry. The company publishes reports annually, and sells to more than 40 countries worldwide. It has broadened its focus and now provides detailed information on a wide range of electronic markets, such as wireless communications, automotive, consumer, power, factory automation and security. IMS's business is centered on the production of off-the-shelf or syndicated market studies, increasingly it is focusing on client-specific research.