White Electronic Designs’ Display Systems Division Releases Touch Screen Technology Primer

Focuses on Integration of Touch Technology for Outdoor Applications

Phoenix, Arizona – January 30, 2008 – White Electronic Designs Corporation (NASDAQ:WEDC) today released a Touch Technology whitepaper that focuses on helping engineering and industrial designers make better decisions regarding the integration of touch technology in outdoor applications.

“With the current demand for more self-service applications, we hope that these recommendations and suggestions based on our years of experience will benefit all those involved in this market,” said Dave Slobodin, Vice President and General Manager Display Systems, White Electronic Designs. “It demonstrates our company’s mission to help provide options and solutions for design challenges involving LCD display systems.”

The touch screen is an increasingly popular interface for interacting with many electronic devices. Commodity touch screen panels generally are not acceptable for applications requiring greater optical performance, higher reliability or operation in harsh environments. Because the touch panel is typically the outer surface, it must be optimized to support the overall optical, environmental and performance requirements.

The whitepaper, entitled “Touch Technology Primer,” gives a brief overview of the different touch technologies available, as well as a matrix for helping design engineers select the best technology for their applications. A copy of the whitepaper can be obtained from the company website at www.whiteedc.com/whitepapers.html .

White Electronic Designs’ Display Systems Division (DSD) combines advanced design engineering abilities, cutting-edge technologies and industry expertise to develop and deliver display enhancement solutions for commercial, industrial and defense/aerospace markets. Each of these solutions can be added to or modified on a display, enabling custom designs for unique requirements and applications. DSD is a leading provider of enhanced active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) solutions to expand the opportunities for flat panel display (FPD) utilization into non-traditional environments. WEDC enhances LCD display products in its 51,700-square-foot facility in Hillsboro, Oregon and adheres to ISO-9001 certification.

About White Electronic Designs Corporation
White Electronic Designs Corporation (NASDAQ: WEDC) provides advanced solutions for industries needing to leverage the evolution of technology. The firm designs and manufactures innovative high-technology components, systems, and branded products for military, industrial, medical and commercial markets. Microelectronics products include high-density memory packages and advanced self-contained multi-chip and system-in-a-chip modules that are used in a growing range of applications in several fields. White Electronic Designs also produces anti-tamper security coatings for mission-critical semiconductor components in defense applications. The company’s display segment designs and manufactures enhanced and reinforced high-legibility flat-panel displays for commercial, medical, defense and aerospace systems, as well as digital keyboard and touch screen operator-interface systems, and electromechanical assemblies for commercial, industrial and military systems. White Electronic Designs Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and has design and manufacturing centers in Arizona, Indiana, Ohio, Oregon and China.



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White Electronic Designs Corp., Phoenix, AZ
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602-437-1520
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