Polyester film protects handheld touchscreens

TuffScreen screen protectors use the Autoflex film to offer high impact resistance combined with excellent optical clarity.

Autoflex hardcoated polyester film, developed and manufactured by MacDermid Autotype, is being used in an innovative range of products designed to protect touchscreens in handheld point-of-sale devices, mobile phones and PDAs.

Produced by Bristol based Clue Trader, part of the BOM Group, and a specialist software and hardware developer of IT systems for airlines, retailers and government bodies, the new TuffScreen screen protectors use the Autoflex film to offer high impact resistance combined with excellent optical clarity.

Clue Trader is perhaps best known for its range of integrated handheld chip and PIN and point of sale devices that were originally developed for the airline sector, for in-flight passenger purchases.

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