What Dawar Technologies does

Dawar Technologies is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-headquartered electronic manufacturer specializing in touch system solutions, tracing its origins to 1883 as Warde Press, a commercial printer, before evolving through screen printing and membrane switches into its current focus on projected capacitive (PCAP) and resistive touch sensors. The company designs and manufactures touch sensors in multiple constructions (glass-glass, glass-film-film, glass-film, double-sided-ITO) supporting 4-wire through 8-wire resistive and multi-touch PCAP up to 16 points, with proprietary technology including the Simple-C USB-C LCD driver board (delivering power, video, audio, touch, and USB hub over one cable) and the Dawar Capacitive Ring for knob-on-display input without rotary encoders. Manufacturing is split between Pittsburgh, PA and Asia, with the company acting as a design partner to controller vendors Microchip (maXTouch), EETI, SigmaSense, and TouchNetix.

Dawar operates a vertically-segmented go-to-market targeting healthcare and medical, military and aerospace, industrial and instrumentation, in-vehicle, POS and kiosk, and marine applications where consumer-grade touch solutions fail in harsh environments (liquid exposure including salt water, thick gloves, electrical noise, sunlight readability, vibration). The business model combines hardware sales of standard and custom touch sensors, integrated products (open frames, enclosed monitors, Android-based all-in-one computers), and professional services including custom electronics design, mechanical engineering, LCD sourcing, optical bonding, touch tuning (with on-site expert support), and end-to-end supply chain management with tariff engineering. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; standard sensors are sold via the company website for evaluation while production volumes are handled through manufacturer representatives across North America or direct factory engagement. The company has been privately held by local investors and management since 1998, is ISO 9001:2015 certified, and employs 101-250 people across its Pittsburgh headquarters and Asian manufacturing operations.

Name

Dawar Technologies

Legal name

Dawar Technologies

Website

https://dawar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1883

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Dawar Technologies is a Pittsburgh-based electronic manufacturer (founded 1883) designing and producing projected capacitive and resistive touch sensors, integrated monitors, and custom touch solutions for medical, military, industrial, marine, and commercial markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Touch Screen Hardware and Components

NAICS

Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118)

SIC

Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

Touchpads & Touch Input Modules (HDACAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial & Rugged Displays (Harsh Environment) (HDACADAK), Embedded & HMI Electronics Manufacturing (Industrial PCs, HMIs, Panel PCs) (IMAGAGAD)

Keywords

• Projected capacitive touch sensors
• Resistive touch screens
• Touch screen monitors
• Custom touch integration
• Industrial display solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburgh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Touch Sensor Sales: Sale of projected capacitive (PCAP) and resistive touch sensors in various sizes and configurations. Standard sensors available for purchase directly from website, with customization options for custom sensor designs.
2. Touch Controllers and Electronics: Sale of touch controller boards (Microchip maXTouch, EETI, and other partners) in PCB and COF form factors with USB, I2C, and other interfaces. Includes Simple-C USB-C driver boards.
3. Integrated Products: Sale of integrated products including open frames, touch monitors, and all-in-one computers with Android SBC. Products combine LCDs, touch sensors, driver boards, and enclosures.
4. Custom Design and Engineering Services: Custom electrical and mechanical design services including custom electronics design, LCD selection and sourcing, mechanical design and consulting, and touch tuning services.
5. Supply Chain Management Services: End-to-end supply chain management including logistics, tariff engineering, sourcing and procurement, and quality control as part of turn-key solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dawar Technologies designs, manufactures, and supplies Projected Capacitive (PCAP) and Resistive touch sensors along with integrated touch-display products (open frames, enclosed touch monitors, and all-in-one computers) for industrial, medical, military, marine, and commercial OEM customers. The company also provides turn-key services including custom touch tuning, optical bonding, custom electronics design, mechanical design, LCD sourcing, and end-to-end supply chain management.

Product overview

Dawar Technologies offers a comprehensive portfolio of touch screen solutions and value-added services for industrial and medical markets. The core product lines include PCAP (Projected Capacitive) and Resistive touch sensors available as individual components or integrated assemblies. These integrate into higher-level products: Open Frame Products (display + touch sensor + driver board), Touch Monitors (enclosed displays with PCAP), and All-in-One Computers (monitors with embedded SBC running Android). Key enabling technologies include Simple-C (USB-C LCD driver board) and Dawar Capacitive Ring (knob-on-display technology). The company provides extensive customization services (sensor design, touch tuning, integration, electronics, mechanical design) and supply chain management, positioning itself as a full-solutions provider from individual components to turn-key assemblies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DawarTouch: Product line released in 2004 offering the latest in Projected Capacitive and 4-, 5- and 8-wire Resistive touch technology along with integration services and custom electronics for medical, military, industrial, and other markets.

Products and services

• PCAP Touch Sensors Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touch sensors with multi-touch functionality supporting 4, 10, or 16 touches depending on controller. Features include ≥9H surface hardness, glove detection, and passive stylus support. Available in standard sizes or fully customized for OEM applications.
• Resistive Touch Sensors 4-wire, 5-wire, and 8-wire resistive touch sensors available in Film-Glass (FG), Film-Film-Glass (PL), and Glass-Film-Glass (GFG) constructions. Cost-effective single-touch alternative to PCAP for industrial and commercial applications.
• Open Frame Products Pre-assembled display and PCAP touch sensor combinations ready for mounting into customer products. Each unit includes an LCD driver board supporting HDMI or VGA input and a touch controller board with USB interface. Available in 7.0", 10.1", 12.1", 15.6", and 21.5" sizes.
• Touch Monitors Custom monitors based on projected capacitive touch technology housed in black or white sheet metal enclosures. Available in 15.6", 18.5", 19", 21.5", and 23.8" sizes with multiple video input options. Articulated arm mounts available.
• All-in-One Computers Complete all-in-one computers built on the monitor product line with PCAP touch technology. Each unit includes an embedded single board computer (SBC) preloaded with Android 5.1 inside a black or white powder-coated sheet metal enclosure. Available in 15.6", 18.5", and 21.5" sizes.
• Simple-C LCD Driver Board Proprietary USB-C LCD driver board that provides power, video, audio, touch, and USB hub functionality over a single cable. Modular design easily customized to work with any LCD via daughter board customization.
• Simple-Host USB-C Host Board USB-C host board that bridges embedded processors to Simple-C enabled monitors. Supports processors that don't natively support Alternate Mode Video over USB-C.
• Touch Customization Services Custom touch sensor design and modification services covering sensor size and aspect ratio, electrode pitch, tail locations, thickness, cover lens materials, coatings, and controller customization for application-specific PCAP and resistive solutions.
• Touch Tuning Services Expert touch tuning for difficult scenarios including thick gloves (up to 10mm cover lens detection), various liquids (tap water, salt water, bleach), electrical noise, and non-rectangular sensor shapes. Dawar tuning experts travel on-site to customer facilities for in-system tuning and certification support.
• Integration Services Integration services including optical bonding (dry film and UV-cured), tape attach, PCAP buttons, secondary displays, and dead front lighting for display and touch assemblies.
• Custom Electronics Design Custom electronics design including LCD driver boards (LVDS, eDP, MIPI, RGB interfaces), high-speed serial video boards, and single board computer integration for display and touch solutions.
• Mechanical Design Services Mechanical engineering support including 2D and 3D modeling, custom metal work, injection molding, and enclosure design for display and touch assemblies.
• LCD Selection and Sourcing Services LCD selection and sourcing services leveraging relationships with tier-one LCD manufacturers (Tianma, Sharp, Kyocera) and tier-two module suppliers to identify the right display for each application.
• Supply Chain Management Services End-to-end supply chain management including logistics, tariff engineering, sourcing and procurement, and quality control delivered as part of turn-key touch and display solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Touch detection through up to 10mm thick cover lenses with Microchip maXTouch P2P Mutual feature
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered strategic and core.

• KastusstrategicTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2020Kastus provides award-winning photocatalytic surface coating technologies for hard surfaces including glass and ceramics. Dawar applies Kastus antimicrobial coating as part of manufacturing process for continuous clean surface protection against bacteria and viruses including Human Coronavirus.
• SigmaSensestrategicTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2020SigmaSense provides SigmaDrive technology with current mode delta sigma drive and sensing method providing 100-1000x better signal-to-noise ratios compared to voltage-based architectures. Selected Dawar as design partner in 2020 to introduce breakthrough technology to medical, industrial, exercise, gaming, and other markets. Supports up to 300 Hz scan rates.
• Microchip (maXTouch)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2015Microchip maXTouch family supports wide variety of screen sizes and environments with mutual and self capacitance sensing enabling thick glove and stylus detection. Dawar has been maXTouch Design Partner since 2015, with Director Tony Gray designing maXTouch products since 2009. Features include noise avoidance, water immunity, and thick cover lens support up to 10mm.
• EETIcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2007EETI provides resistive and PCAP touch controllers supporting touch sensors from 2 inches to 86 inches diagonal. Dawar has been an EETI Design Partner since 2007, initially using EETI resistive controllers and expanding to PCAP controllers in 2011. EETI's Orion series includes built-in high drive voltage for electrical noise immunity.
• TouchNetixstrategicTechnology or IntegrationTouchNetix aXiom touchscreen controllers combine PCAP touch technology with force sensing and haptic drive for 4D touch experience. Provides 80dB SNR with low drive voltages. Their Dial on Display technology enables rotary knob input without electrical/mechanical connection. Dawar has been working with TouchNetix for several years.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Elo Touch Solutions: Elo is a leading global manufacturer of touchscreens, touch computers, and interactive displays for retail, hospitality, healthcare, and industrial markets. It is the most direct competitor to Dawar, offering both touch sensors and integrated monitors/AIOs with overlapping target verticals (medical, POS, industrial).
• Posiflex Technology: Posiflex designs and manufactures POS terminals, touch screen displays, and all-in-one POS computers for retail and hospitality. Directly comparable to Dawar's POS/kiosk segment and all-in-one computer offerings.
• Touch International: Touch International designs and manufactures custom touchscreens (PCAP, resistive, projected, and capacitive) for military, medical, industrial, and aerospace markets. Direct competitor to Dawar in the ruggedized/custom industrial touch niche with similar vertical focus.
• IIyama: IIyama (part of Mouse Computer) produces professional desktop monitors, large-format displays, and touch screen monitors for retail, education, and industrial use. Overlaps with Dawar's touch monitor product line and similar commercial/industrial verticals.
• Xenarc Technologies: Xenarc manufactures ruggedized touch screen monitors and displays for industrial, marine, military, and vehicle applications. Direct competitor in the small-format ruggedized touch monitor category where Dawar's enclosed monitors compete.
• Avalue Technology: Avalue manufactures industrial touch panel PCs, embedded systems, and ruggedized displays for medical, industrial automation, and transportation. Comparable to Dawar's industrial all-in-one and embedded touch offerings for vertical markets.
• Planar Systems: Planar manufactures specialty displays and video walls including touch-enabled LCD monitors for medical, industrial, and commercial markets. Comparable to Dawar in integrated touch monitor offerings for vertical markets.
• 3M Touch Systems: 3M Touch Systems (now part of MicroTouch) manufactures projected capacitive and resistive touch sensors and integrated touch displays for industrial, retail, and medical applications. Direct comparable in product breadth and target segments to Dawar's DawarTouch line.

Others

• Microchip Technology: Microchip is a key touch controller supplier (maXTouch family) and Dawar's design partner since 2015. Included as a peer/ecosystem participant because Microchip's controller roadmap directly shapes Dawar's product capabilities and competitive positioning.

Broad incumbents

• TPK Holding: TPK Holding is one of the world's largest touch panel manufacturers, supplying projected capacitive sensors primarily to consumer electronics and tablet OEMs. A much larger incumbent whose scale and vertical-integration depth set the competitive ceiling in touch sensors globally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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