Hewlett-Packard has produced a flexible electronic display prototype based on its imprint lithography technology. The display was produced at the Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University. Flexible displays could be pulled out from a PDA-like device to provide a viewing area larger than the device itself. They could also be used as a form of paper, signage, or as displays stretched between supports for a meeting and then rolled away and packed up. Making them is difficult because the flexible material obviously moves', meaning it deforms, and this makes it excessively difficult to add precisely aligned display components to it and ensure they stay aligned and do not become unstuck.

Industry analysts suggest that the flexible display market to grow from $80 million in 2007 to $2.8 billion by 2013. Flexible displays processes use up to 90 percent less materials by volume than conventional displays.

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