Custom wireless touchscreen display purchase online for warehouse

                                                                                                                                                          The client is an airport KIOSK solution provider and they needed to find a device that could replace the touch display on their existing KIOSK. Their customer's previous KIOSK used 3M's 22-inch touch monitor. But this monitor has been discontinued in the market. So, the customer found us and wanted to customize a monitor for replacement. In addition, considering the convenience of use, the customer wanted to customize a touch monitor with OSD buttons.  Before formally confirming the customized order, the customer expressed that they would like to test our regular touch monitor by themself to see the quality and working condition of the product. After the customer purchased the sample for testing, they sent us feedback that the sample worked very well in the test.  So, we entered the customization process. First, we discussed the detailed requirements together, and the engineers gave an evaluation plan according to the customer's needs. The customer also provided the drawing of the touch monitor with OSD that they were currently using. Because we also have rich experience in OSD solutions, engineers immediately optimized the design based on the customer's current drawings and made further evaluations.  Considering the customer's discontinued 3M device type compatibility and OSD button customization needs, we informed the customer that the minimum order quantity for custom orders with similar needs in the past was 50pcs. However, the customer said that the replacement needs of their customers were usually not that much. The actual situation was that their customer will replace the touch monitors when they were damaged and confirmed that they cannot be repaired. It rarely happened that a large number of one-time replacements were needed. Especially in the early stage of cooperation, it is difficult to meet such a quantity demand at one time. Ultimately, we two parties negotiated and decided that we can accept 20pcs small-batch customization to fully support customers.  Afterwards, we did not immediately produce these 20 monitors. Instead, we made a customized sample and sent it to the customer after the design drawing was confirmed by the customer. After the sample passed the test, we went into mass production of the rest of the equipment.  This is what US customers told us about their customer feedback on the first batch of custom touch monitors replaced on KIOSKs, and the feedback is that all the touch monitors work very well. In the later period, customers will continue to place orders for the same product, but they will save the time and efforts for the customized communication, design, and sample testing processes and directly carry out the production and pre-factory testing of the same product. For customers, it is also a very pleasant thing for they can find a reliable and cost-effective replaceable touch display supplier and partner.

This Wednesday (17th May), we were very happy to have our customers and friends who came all the long way from Spain. The customers’ company is mainly involved in supplying vending machines and self-service machines in Europe.After a long-time pandemic lockdown which ended at the end of 2022, they finally arranged this business trip to come to China to visit the Asia Vending & Smart Retail Expo 2023 which was held in Guangzhou from 15th May to 17th May and visited their business partners. They were looking for more business opportunities and partners at the exhibition. Since it was a great time to visit us, they came to visit us and look around our factory in Shenzhen.It has been many years since the customer cooperated with us for the first time. We have been assisting them in supplying touch and display hardware for their machines and devices and providing them with related technical consultation and support. We have cooperated very happily over these years. And the customer gives us very positive feedback about our products and services in our long-term partnership. They told us that our touch screens and touch monitors perform very well after being integrated with their devices with no failure reported. They trust us for our product quality and professionality.The Top One Tech sales and technical department representatives took them to visit the touch monitor factory in the morning and the sheet metal factory in the afternoon. They are very satisfied with our production environment. Till now, we mainly cooperate in the touch display hardware area. We will broaden our cooperation to sheet metal. We both are excited about the coming related collaboration and shared business opportunities.We are so happy that they like the local Cantonese Hakka featured dishes for lunch and the special Chinese gifts we prepared for them.Once they arrived at the hotel, they sent us gratitude and compliment words by message. They said all our managers, employees, engineers, and assistants are fantastic people and thanked us for our hospitality. We also want to thank our friends for their visit, compliment as well as their trust and support over these years.Top One Tech welcomes you to pay a visit to our factory and come to discuss business with us face-to-face. We will give you a more vivid experience of our production environment., production process and products. 

Competitive Advantages and Regional Distribution of the Chinese Touchscreen Industry Industry IntroductionThe domestic touchscreen industry of China is still in the growth stage, and the industry concentration is low. Apart from a few touchscreen companies with complete intellectual property rights, there are much more manufacturing companies that do not own their own intellectual property rights.At present, the main listed touchscreen companies in China include IRTOUCH, OFILM, Laibao Hi-Tech, Token Science, SUCCESS ELECTRONICS, etc. Most companies are mainly involved in the small-size capacitive screen except IRTOUCH which mainly deals with infrared touchscreen products. In recent years, an increasing number of companies have been scrambling to vigorously launched consumer capacitive screen projects, which has further intensified competition in the small-size touchscreen industry represented by the mobile phone touchscreen industry. At the same time, the medium-size and large-size touchscreen market ushers in more development opportunities with less competition.The touchscreen industry does have some advantages even though it is not well-developed compared with touchscreen forerunners like North America, Japan, and Korea. Its advantage is not limited to price. It is estimated to grow by utilizing policy, location, and technology development. Favorable PolicyIn recent years, the touchscreen-related component and sensor manufacturing industry has benefited from a number of government industrial policies. The governmental support and promotion of the development and industrialization of core technologies such as flexible displays and smart sensors can be seen in industrial policy reports such as the "Guiding Catalog of Key Products and Services in Strategic Emerging Industries (2016 Edition)" and "The Catalog of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment (2020 Edition)". These policies clearly state that the manufacturing of new-type electronic components and touch components are strategic emerging industries and the government encourages foreign investment. The application fields of touchscreen such as vehicle smart terminals, smart manufacturing, and smart home appliances, have been included in the industrial development plans and policies such as "Made in China 2025", "China's 14th Five-Year Plan and Outline of 2035 Long-term Objectives".The support of industrial policy is the prerequisite for the survival and development of enterprises in the industry in China. At present, the introduction of the country's industrial policies has important guide significance for the development of the touch industry and the strategic layout of related companies. The market size of the touch industry will continue to grow with industry policy support. Technology DevelopmentThe research and development of touchscreen products began in the United States in the 1960s, and the maturity and growth of this technology should be mainly attributed to the Japanese industry. With the continuous popularization of applications, the Japanese industry has developed a touch screen production process suitable for mass production and has gradually taken over more than 80% of the world's touch screen production capacity. In order to control the production technology, the Japanese industry has always insisted on not transferring the technology.It was not until the 1990s that manufacturers in South Korea and Taiwan made breakthroughs in touch screen technology and mass production, and began to gain a place in the touch screen market. However, their production capacity and technical level are still relatively low compared with those of Japanese companies.Compared with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, the touchscreen manufacturing industry of mainland China started even later. Some of the initial manufacturers were mainly distributed in the Pearl River Delta region, the scale was relatively small, and most of the products they supply were in the middle and low-end fields. Most of them mainly produced resistive touch screens because the growth rate of consumer terminals integrated with resistive touch screens is much higher than others. Many companies had swarmed into the production and sales of resistive touch screens, and their manufacturing companies were mostly private or Taiwanese companies. However, due to the small scale, low technical level, and relatively poor production conditions, there was a big gap between its level and international standards in terms of technology and quality control. Moreover, most manufacturers were still focused on the production of digital touch screens instead of high-end analog touch screens. Due to its limitation of production capacity and poor quality-stability, it directly affects the cooperation with Japan, South Korea and other major players in the industry. At present, the Chinese touchscreen market only accounts for about 1% of the global market, but the development momentum is promising. It is predicted that the country's touch screen market will grow at an annual rate of 25% in the next few years.The optimistic prospect of the touchscreen industry in mainland China is based on the policy level, technology development level as well as market competition level. The strong support of the national industrial policy will absolutely contribute to the industry; the technology is becoming more mature and applicable, which means the touchscreen products will take a bigger market and more abundant applications; the competition in the industry is relatively moderate, and there is no high degree of monopoly or excessive competition, which means it is a promising industry to enter.The touch industry involves a long industrial chain, which requires not only huge capital and labor investment but also a certain accumulation of technology. At present, the touch industry chain is mainly distributed in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and mainland China, and the industry concentration is relatively high. Compared with Japan and Taiwan, the labor cost in the mainland has certain advantages.With the in-depth development of the electronic information industry and the gradual expansion of downstream terminal market demand, the location advantages of touch screen manufacturers in mainland China are becoming more obvious. The continuous breakthrough of production technology and the realization of local replacement for some imported raw materials have made the industrial competitiveness of mainland enterprises grow. After the removal of epidemic control and lockdown, the production capacity of the touch industry will accelerate to transfer to China. Domestic Industry Regional Distribution     China's touch display industry is mainly distributed in Guangdong and Taiwan. There are also many companies and factories located in Fujian and Sichuan Provinces. To name some representative listed companies here: Laibao Hi-Tech (002106), HOLITECH (002217), Token Science (300088), Triumph Technology (600552), etc. Each of these companies has its own areas of expertise. For example, Laibao Hi-Tech's main business is R&D and production of flat panel display materials and touch and control components. Leading products include ITO conductive glass for small and medium-sized flat panel display devices, color filters, TFT-LCD panels, and medium and large-sized capacitive touch screens.HOLITECH is a manufacturer and solution provider of liquid crystal displays, touch modules and smart hardware products, integrating development, design, production and sales services. The company's main products are display modules, touch modules, camera modules, fingerprint recognition modules, and wireless charging modules, cover glass, etc.  Top One Tech Ltd. is a professional manufacturer specializing in the design, research and development, manufacture and sales services of touch screen, touch screen monitor and all-in-one touch screen computer. Founded in 2010, it is located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, with a plant covering an area of 5,000 square meters. It has accumulated more than ten years of manufacturing experience in the touch screen industry.

How Does Multi-Touch Screen Work Definition of Multi-touch ScreenMulti-touch refers to a touchscreen interaction technique that the simultaneous multi-point or multi-user interactive operation can be achieved on the same display, which gets rid of the limitation of single-point and single-user operation modes such as keyboard and mouse. Users can perform single-touch and multi-touch with two hands and all fingers, and can also touch the screen with different gestures such as single-click, double-click, drag, press, scroll, and rotate to achieve navigation or to control objects, so as to better and more comprehensively understand the relevant characteristics of the object (Text, video, picture, 3D simulation information, etc.). Compared with single-touch, the main advantage of a multi-touch screen is that it can enhance the flexibility of screen operation and performance of human-computer interaction, enabling collaborative operation by multi-users and increasing user operation effectiveness and pleasure based on different usage scenarios Work Mechanism of Multi-touch ScreenMulti-touch technology can be understood as decomposing the work of the touch screen into two steps, one is to collect multi-point input signals at the same time, and the other is to identify the meaning of each signal, so as to realize click and touch operation by multiple fingers on the screen at the same time.At present, the main types of touch screens on the market, including capacitive screens, resistive screens, infrared screens, and surface acoustic wave screens, all support multi-touch. The realization mechanisms of the multi-touch functions of different touch screens are somewhat different. Work Mechanism of Different Types of Multi-touch ScreensThe multi-touch function of the infrared screen is realized by using the projection method to project infrared rays onto the screen. When the screen is blocked, the infrared rays will be reflected, and the camera under the screen will capture the reflection. After system analysis, it can make a response. It will add LED light to the interlayer of the screen. When the user presses the screen, the interlayer light will cause different reflection effects, and the sensor will receive the light change to capture the user's press point.The multi-touch function of the capacitive screen is realized by adding electrodes of mutual capacitance. Simply put, the screen is divided into blocks, and a group of mutual capacitance modules are set in each area to work independently, so the capacitive screen can detect the touch signals of each area respectively. Multi-touch is realized after simple processing. Capacitive touch screens are more sensitive and multi-touch capable, but they can also be affected by moisture, dirt, or gloves.In the past, resistive touchscreens did not support multi-touch operation. With the technology development, this has become achievable. Resistive touchscreens can now be made to support multi-touch operation. Resistive touchscreens work by sensing pressure on the screen to detect touch commands. A Touch on the display surface will make the device’s top layer down onto the bottom layer within the area of your touch command. The resistive touchscreen will then respond by registering this area as a touch command. Multi-touch resistive touchscreens follow this same way by utilizing touch pressure to determine the locations where each of the touches occurred.Surface acoustic wave (SAW) touchscreens support multi-touch operation too. They work by emitting ultrasonic waves over the surface of the display. Corresponding sensors are placed on the edges of the display interface to read and analyze these ultrasonic waves. When users touch the display interface, it will disrupt the ultrasonic waves in that area. Like resistive touchscreens, most SAW touchscreens designed in the past didn’t support multi-touch operation. Manufacturers have made efforts to introduce new technologies that allow SAW touchscreens to detect multiple simultaneous points of contact. Applications of Multi-touch ScreenAt present, there are many application fields of multi-touch screens, mainly including touch screens of personal consumer electronics digital products, commercial touch screens, industrial touch screens and touch screens used in educational scenes.Among them, personal consumer digital products are characterized by small-sized and small amounts of concurrent touches, mostly two to five points, but they have higher requirements for control accuracy and are required to satisfy handwriting function and support rich application categories at the backend. In the application process, the single-person multi-point operation is widely seen among personal consumer digital products. The multi-touch technology of small-sized personal consumer digital products is developing in the direction of exquisiteness, and this type of application is very mature at present.Commercial multi-touch touchscreen devices often have higher concurrency, but lower control precision requirements. Most of them do not require handwriting input functions, and their backend applications are relatively monotonous, focusing on applications of a certain type of content.Compared with the traditional industrial touch display, the multi-touch display screen used in industrial scenes features higher flexibility and can perform data input and operation more conveniently. Because multi-touch technology allows users to use multiple fingers or gestures to achieve touch control, this technology can greatly improve the user's interactive experience and work efficiency, and facilitate frequent data input and browsing by users. Multi-touch industrial displays can support a variety of data visualization methods like charts. They can support several people to operate at the same time, making collaboration more convenient and efficient. Multi-touch industrial displays can enhance device security by password setting and fingerprint recognition to protect sensitive data from being stolen or leaked. Multi-touch industrial PCs usually have an open system, which can support the integration of various software and applications to meet the needs of different industrial fields. This type of multi-touch display can be used in industrial automation, logistics management, production monitoring, medical care and other industrial fields. These devices usually feature higher dustproof, waterproof, impact-resistant and other performances to meet the requirements of harsh industrial environments.Compared with the three application scenarios above, the education market application of multi-touch products is not very common and mature, only a few products support two-touch, and mainstream applications and relevant content have not yet been formed. Market TrendsThe multi-touch technology market is expected to register a CAGR of 13% during the forecast period 2021-2026. Smart terminals with touch screen like smartphones, tablets, and laptops have accounted for a major share of the multi-touch technology market. Increasing focus on multi-user displays, such as vertical screens and multi-touch tablets, is driving the growth of the market. The multi-touch technology is a fragmented market with the presence of various global and regional players such as 3M, AD Metro Inc., DMC, Dongguan Genting Electronic Technology, Fujitsu, GestureTek, Ideum, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics, TouchNetix, etc. Most of these players are involved in several strategic developments, including mergers, acquisitions, new product development and launches, and market expansion, to gain a competitive advantage in the market.In February 2018, Panasonic launched "ShadowSense", a high-end multi-touch interactive display technology, to enhance its product offerings in the multi-touch technology market.In January 2018, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation introduced a new automotive capacitive touchscreen controller, enabling advanced next-generation systems for infotainment applications. The technology is capable of detecting finger movement up to 35mm above the screen and features force touch functionality to provide accurate measurements of independent finger movement. Top One Tech is a professional manufacturer of both single-touch and multi-touch touchscreens, touch monitors and touch computers, specializing in the customization of touch displays.