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AGC Releases Newest Chemically Strengthened Specialty Glass for Mobile Devices

by Bob Raikes

AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) has announced a new, stronger lineup of its Dragontrail series of chemically strengthened glass used globally in smartphones and tablets. Called Dragontrail Pro, the new line features a rounded edge …

AGC Releases Newest Chemically Strengthened Specialty Glass for Mobile Devices

by Isaac Oburu

AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) , a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, today announced a new, stronger lineup of its Dragontrail™ series of chemically strengthened glass used globally in smartphones and tablets. …

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Mirle to Start Shipping 3D Curved Glass Chassis Equipment

by Isaac Oburu

According to reports, Mirle Automation has developed forming equipment to create 3D curved glass chassis. Foxconn Technology and Lens Technology reportedly ordered the equipment with shipments scheduled for Q416.

Tags:Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 35

3D Cover Glass Will Dominate Revenue Share

by Tom Allen

The use of 2.5D cover lenses (replacing 2D) in smart devices has been growing since 2014, as a means of differentiation. In 2016 – says IHS in a research note – this glass is …

Tags:Glass| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Improved Gorilla Glass 5 is Now Available

by Arthur Berman

Gorilla Glass is a protective glass produced by Corning. It is widely used in mobile devices such as smartphones. How widely? During the nine years since it first became available (the last version, Gorilla …

Tags:Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Asahi Revises Sales Down and Profits Up

by Tom Allen

Asahi Glass has revised both its first half and full year 2016 consolidated financial forecasts, based on ‘recent performance trends’. The previous forecast for the first half 2016 was ¥680 billion ($6.4 billion), with …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Welcome to the Glass Age

by Ken Werner

Glass is essential to the display and lighting worlds, but it’s hard to make it as exciting as eye candy such as the LG 77″ UHD, HDR OLED-TV that wowed Display Week attendees as …

BC24 Asahi Promotes its Brand

by Bob Raikes

Naoki Sugimoto is from Asahi Glass and he started by showing how images are likely to be seen on windscreens in the future. There can be no compromise on safety. Asahi also has chemical …

Corning Iris™ Glass Named a Display Component of the Year by Society for Information Display

by Isaac Oburu

Corning Incorporated’s light-guide plate solution, Iris™ Glass, has received a 2016 Display Component of the Year award from the Society for Information Display (SID). The 2016 Display Industry Awards (DIAs) recognized innovative display products, …

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Corning Takes SID Award

by Tom Allen

Corning’s Iris Glass light guide plate has won a Display Component of the Year award, from the Society of Information Display.

LG Innotek Embeds Fingerprint Sensor in Front Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

LG Innotek has announced the development of a fingerprint sensor for mobile devices. While fingerprint sensors are widely used already in higher end smartphones and other products, they all rely on a sensor that …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Fraunhofer Shows Ultra-Thin Glass Results

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP will show off its newest developments in ultra-thin glass at SVC TechCon 2016, held from the 9th – 13th May in Indianapolis, USA. The organisation’s most recent focus is sheet-to-sheet coatings of …