A High-Scoring Guide to 2026 Policy Compliance and ESG Development: Starting with a Large-Size Color E-Paper Display

At the beginning of 2026, multiple global regulations related to the upgrading of the display industry and sustainable development are entering critical implementation phases. With its combination of technological innovation and green environmental attributes, electronic paper displays are experiencing growing market demand.

Domestic Policies Focus on Next-Generation Display Innovation

In China, the Shanghai Action Plan for High-Quality Development of the Next-Generation Display Industry (2026–2030) has been officially implemented, clearly identifying electronic paper displays as a key development direction.
The plan proposes strengthening innovative applications, overcoming core materials and process challenges for large-size and colorization, optimizing mass production technologies for TFT flexible substrates, and establishing electronic paper innovation centers. These initiatives provide full-chain support from technological research and development to industrial ecosystem development.

International Regulations Tighten Green and Sustainable Requirements

Meanwhile, in overseas markets, the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation clearly requires that the power consumption of devices such as e-readers and information signage purchased by public institutions be mandatorily reduced by 60 percent.
In addition, the EU Sustainable Product Design Regulation (ESPR) lists product recyclability and material traceability as core market access criteria, covering nearly all physical goods and imposing environmental requirements across the entire product life cycle.

The Value of Large-Size Color Electronic Paper Becomes Prominent

These policies not only respond to global ESG trends, but also directly promote electronic paper displays from an environmental advantage to a compliance necessity. Especially in the large-size display sector, color electronic paper demonstrates significant advantages in environmental performance and energy efficiency compared with traditional LCD screens, making it a key direction for industrial upgrading.

Energy Consumption Comparison: Electronic paper displays consume only a minimal amount of power when refreshing images and consume zero power during static display. In contrast, traditional LCD screens require continuous backlight power. In outdoor applications, electronic paper displays consume only 0.8 percent of the power of LCD displays, and in indoor environments, only 3.3 percent. This low-power characteristic not only meets the EU’s stringent energy efficiency standards but also significantly reduces long-term operating costs for users.

Environmental Advantages: Electronic paper displays feature a no-backlight design, significantly higher material recyclability than LCD screens, and lower carbon emissions during production. Their characteristics of no blue light and no light pollution have been certified by the International Dark-Sky Association, giving them clear advantages in terms of full life-cycle carbon footprint.

At present, large-size color electronic paper has been rapidly adopted in scenarios such as outdoor advertising, cultural relic exhibitions, transportation signage, and public wayfinding. It delivers delicate color presentation while supporting dynamic content updates, offers paper-like visual comfort, and avoids light pollution, precisely matching the global demand for sustainable display solutions.

Over Two Decades of Deep Expertise: DKE Embraces Industry Opportunities

Behind this industry momentum lies solid technological accumulation and capacity deployment. As a professional manufacturing service provider with more than twenty years of focus in the electronic paper display field, DKE has keen insight into industry trends, advancing technological breakthroughs and mass production assurance in parallel, and precisely aligning its full-chain service capabilities with policy and market needs.

Actively responding to industry directions, DKE focuses on core technological breakthroughs in large-size, colorization, and flexibility, and has successfully introduced and mass-produced large-size electronic paper production lines. Leveraging over two decades of manufacturing experience, DKE has established a rigorous quality control system, with manufacturing capabilities covering the entire chain from modules to system applications, enabling the delivery of higher-performance and more reliable electronic paper display solutions to global customers.

At the same time, we actively collaborate with upstream and downstream partners to jointly build the electronic paper industry ecosystem, promote breakthroughs in common technologies and the formulation of industry standards, and drive the large-scale application of electronic paper technology across more scenarios, empowering the green digital transformation of smart cities and the Internet of Things.

Looking ahead, DKE will continue to be driven by technological innovation, supported by mass production capabilities, and anchored by full-chain services, while consistently practicing ESG principles and closely following policy directions. Together with industry partners, we will deliver higher-quality technological products and marketing services to jointly create a lower-carbon, smarter, and greener future for display technologies.