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Planar Systems, Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.) announces the addition of transparent and segment electroluminescent (TASEL) displays to its family of high-performance EL displays. Featuring the same visual performance characteristics of Planar's proven electroluminescent (EL) displays, this new technology offers added benefits of transparency and the ability to cut or shape the display. The TASEL technology introduction demonstrates Planar's continued investment in the future of electroluminescent products, building on the company's strategy to deliver specialty display solutions. Transparent displays are ideal for markets in which design aesthetics are a crucial component in communicating product innovation and quality. Feedback from product and industrial designers of transportation systems, premier pro-consumer electronics and architectural projects have identified TASEL's unique characteristics as an enabling technology that removes constraints imposed by flat, rectangular, non-transparent displays. Planar's TASEL display technology can be integrated into a variety of enclosures and used in products that need a unique look for product differentiation. These displays upgrade product appearance from more traditional LED or TN LCD display technologies. www.planar.com