Takachiho Koheki to start selling Varioptic’s Autofocus Liquid Lens in Japan.
Tokyo (Japan) and Lyon (France), 28 March 2007 - Takachiho Koheki, a leading company importing cutting edge products for a wide range of high tech and industrial applications and Varioptic, the liquid lens company, announced today the signature of a distribution agreement in Japan for their autofocus liquid lens solutions. Varioptic’s liquid lens (Arctic 320 and Arctic 416) changes shape automatically without mechanical aid. Acting much like the human eye, it uses electricity to change the focus of the lens by altering the border between two drops of liquid. The company’s patented “electrowetting” technology provides some crucial advantages over traditional autofocus solutions in terms of size, cost, speed, durability and power consumption. Today, Auto focus (AF) and Optical zooming functions are using fixed lenses mostly operated by stepping motors, voice coils or piezoelectric devices. However, this fixed lens presents many disadvantages: high power consumption, cost, lack of robustness and includes many external components. As a result, mobile phone and digital cameras are more likely to break easily hence the need for alternative autofocus solutions with no mechanical parts. “Varioptic’s liquid lens, which does not include any moving parts, offers some crucial commercial advantages’’said Hideo Toda, President of Takachiho Koheki. “Varioptic’s liquid lens solutions can be integrated in many applications ranging from barcode scanners, surveillance cameras and automotive camera devices, which we already know well through our association with CMOS image sensors. As a next step, we will focus on mobile phones and digital still camera applications. Our revenue target is Yen 2 billion by 2009’’. “We are delighted to be working with Takachiho Koheki in Japan’’, added Etienne Paillard, CEO of Varioptic. Their unique position in the Japanese market gives us an ideal opportunity to establish Varioptic autofocus products as the solutions of choice for industrial applications’’. About Takachiho Koheki
Since its establishment in 1952, Takachiho Koheki has made it its mission to establish itself as a technology trading company specializing in electronics to introduce cutting-edge, world-class products to the Japanese market. We offer “safety, peace of mind, and comfort” to our customers for increasing corporate value as business concept in “Business Security”. http://www.takachiho-kk.co.jp/ About Varioptic
Varioptic develops and sells optical Autofocus Solutions based on liquid lenses. Founded in 2002, Varioptic pioneered the development of Electrowetting Technology to create revolutionary auto focus and zoom lenses with absolutely no moving parts. These products feature several crucial advantages over traditional technologies in terms of robustness, cost, size, power consumption and speed. Located in Lyon France, Varioptic is the world leader in liquid lens technology. For more information, visit www.varioptic.com.
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