Besides the addition of Hydis's production capacity, recently Prime View spent US $ 215 million (NT $ 7 billion) to buy E Ink, the most important upstream materials supplier, acquiring full control over all E Ink shares, core technology, and patents.
而除了 Hydix 新產能的加入外，最近元太又以 2.15 億美元（台幣 70 億元）併購了最重要的上游材料廠 E Ink，取得了 E Ink 的全部股權、關鍵技術和所有專利，可謂在電泳式顯示器領域已立於不敗之地。