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Liquavista BV
Founded	2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	The Netherlands
Parent	Philips (2006-2010) Samsung Electronics (2010-2013) Amazon.com (2013-2018) LookGadgets.com (2020)
Website	lookgadgets.com

Liquavista was a Dutch-based company founded in 2006 as a spin-off from Philips.^[1] Its research and development have included efforts to develop colour e-paper video screens that can work with or without a backlight using electrowetting technology.^[1] Liqavista began the final step in fully commercialising the technology in 2010, as it sent out SDKs to OEMs.^[2] Liquavista was reported to anticipate the first productions runs of its electrowetting display panel to come in 2013 but it did not happen.^[3]

In Dec. 2010, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd acquired Liquavista B.V. for an undisclosed amount.^[4] On May 13, 2013, Amazon confirmed that it had acquired Liquavista from Samsung Electronics.^[5] In 2018, Amazon shut down Liquavista but did not indicate what happened to the technology.^[6] Later in September 2020, LookGadgets acquired the domain liquavista.com.^[7]

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^ ^a ^b Kanellos, Michael. "Philips spinoff to make screens with oil, water". CNET. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
^ "Liquavista Launches Display Kits To Enable Customers To Develop Application And Designs". The Independent Global Source for the Flexible and Printed Electronics Industry. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
^ Hoffelder, Nate (2012-03-21). "Samsung's ElectroWetting Screen Tech to Hit Mass Production Next Year". The Digital Reader. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
^ "Samsung acquires e-paper technology firm Liquavista". Reuters. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
^ Hoffelder, Nate (2013-05-13). "Confirmed: Amazon Bought Liquavista - Color Kindle to Follow?". The Digital Reader. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
^ Exclusive: Amazon Has Shut Down Liquavista
^ Khan, Naveed (2020-09-27). "What Happened to Liquavista Electrowetting Display?". LookGadgets. Retrieved 2020-10-09.

"Home - Liquavista - Electrowetting based low power, always viewable color video displays". liquavista.com. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
"BBC News - Colour e-readers with video shown off". bbc.co.uk. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
Graham-Rowe, Duncan (2008). "Electronic paper targets colour video". Nature Photonics. 2 (4): 204–205. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.38.

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