September 21, 2006

Forth Dimension Displays receives ISO 9001 accreditation

Dalgety Bay, Scotland. September 21, 2006

Forth Dimension Displays (ForthDD) were pleased to receive ISO 9001:2000 accreditation for the provision of design and development, manufacturers and suppliers of liquid crystal microdisplay systems.

ForthDD has met all the strict regulatory requirements of quality management system ISO 9001:2000 and has successfully:

- demonstrated its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable regulatory requirements, and

- enhanced customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable regulatory requirements.

“The ISO 9001 certificate is more than just a competence quality management certificate, it is a reflection of the care and support we provide to our customers and their applications.” said Gordon Whyte, Director of Microdisplay Operations.

Forth Dimension Displays develops and makes the world's only all-digital, high definition, single-chip, time-domain imagers.




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Background Information

About Forth Dimension Displays


Our Company

Forth Dimension Displays develops, manufactures and supplies the world’s most advanced microdisplays using a proprietary, fast-switching liquid crystal technology.  

The Company -- previously named CRLO Displays Ltd -- was formed in September 2004, funded by an “A” series round of $19 M from Amadeus Capital Partners and Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures.

We are located in Dalgety Bay, Scotland across the River Forth from Edinburgh.

In Year 2005, 90% of our rapidly-growing revenues were from products shipped overseas, mostly to North America and Asia.  Our customer base is global.  We may be technology-driven, but we are customer-obsessed.

Our technical team has proven experience in applications integration; product engineering (optics, microdisplays, drivers, liquid crystals) as well as manufacturing and Q/A.  And our management and board are successful builders of high-technology enterprises.


Our Technology and its Benefits

Our proprietary, high-speed liquid crystal technology has major advantages in performance and cost.

Performance advantages
: our technology is all digital.  There are no RGB sub-pixels, no separate RGB beams, no tilting mirrors.  We process images purely in the time domain – the 4th Dimension.  And we do it on just one chip.

This combination allows both amplitude and phase modulated imaging.  It provides high native resolution, full 24-bit colour for showing high-speed motion. Our technology is well-matched to the new LED and laser diode light sources.

Cost advantages: The single chip has no moving parts, so it is built using standard CMOS wafer processes.  The absence of separate RGB light paths enables our customers to use simpler, lower cost optics in their system integration.  

A portfolio of more than seventy patents protects our unique TDITM technology.


Applications, Market Segments and Products

Forth Dimension Displays has an established reputation as the leading supplier of premium, high native resolution microdisplays in training and simulation systems for military and aerospace customers. It continues to serve this segment with chip, driver and board-level products.

The firm's business is expanding with products to customers in consumer electronics:

Large screen rear projection HDTV (720p and 1080p)
High resolution "immersive experience" (near-eye) systems for consumer entertainment
Advanced front projection systems

And to customers in emerging segments such as:

Confocal microscopy and image injection for medical diagnostic and surgical systems
Digital printing and imaging systems
High-resolution industrial metrology and process systems
Advanced 3D and holographic imaging systems


For further information please contact:

Greg Truman
CEO
Forth Dimension Displays Limited
Main switchboard: +44 (0) 1383 827 950
Fax: +44 (0) 1383 827 951
Email: gtruman@forthdd.com
http: www.forthdd.com

Forth Dimension Displays Limited whose registered office is at One Eleven Edmund Street, Birmingham, B3 2HJ, United Kingdom.
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