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Corning Shows Ideas for Glass in the Future

by Norbert Hildebrand

Corning is a material supplier to many parts of the consumer electronics, even though they typically do not supply any devices under the Corning brand name. One exception to this business approach is in …

Tags:CES 2016| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 02

BOE Signs G10.5 Supply Agreement with Corning

by Tom Allen

Corning is to establish a production base adjacent to BOE’s under-construction G10.5 fab in Hefei, China, from where it will supply glass substrates to the new plant. Glass production is expected to support BOE’s …

Tags:BOE| China| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Glass, Projection and UHD at CES

by Tom Allen

Corning, LG and the UHD Alliance have announced their plans for CES 2016 (6th – 9th January, Las Vegas). Corning caused a stir with its 2011 promotional video, A Day Made of Glass (http://tinyurl.com/8psw74h). …

Tags:Certification| CES 2016| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Projectors| Short Throw| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 49

US Navy Research Looks at Glass Alternative

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent article “US Navy research looks at glass alternative”, it was suggested that a new high tech material could make a smartphone unbreakable by using a material developed for transparent armor and …

Tags:Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 48

The Difference between Science and a Good Story

by Norbert Hildebrand

During the last few days several news outlets have reported on a new wonder glass developed by Japanese Scientists that is “nearly unbreakable”, “almost as strong as steel” and “will be ready for commercialization” …

Tags:Glass| Materials| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Asahi Glass Result 29/10/2015

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Asahi Glass company reported net profit for Q3 2015 at JP¥ 8.8 billion ($72.8 million), up 47% YoY, but down 70% QoQ. Turnover was flat at JP¥ $331 billion, compared to JP¥ 335 billion …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Financial Data| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 44

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3D Printing of Optical Components with Glass

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Additive Manufacturing (AM), better known as 3D printing, has taken off since a patent on the topic was issued in 1984 to Charles Hull who used a photo-crosslinkable polymer material. Most current 3D printing …

Tags:3D Printers| Glass| Large Display Monitor| MIT| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Corning Lotus™ NXT Glass Chosen for Samsung Display’s LTPS-OLED Line

by Isaac Oburu

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced Samsung Display’s selection of Corning Lotus™ NXT Glass for its line of low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS), organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels. Samsung Display, a global leader in display panel technology …

Tags:Corning| Glass| Samsung

Motorola Confident in ‘Shatterproof’ Display

by Tom Allen

The stand-out feature of Motorola’s new Droid phone – the brand name for phones produced with Verizon – is its ‘shatterproof’ display. The company is so confident that the display cannot be damaged, in …

Tags:Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Samsung Adopts Corning

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display has chosen to use Corning Lotus NXT Glass as a backplane substrate for its LTPS OLED panels. These panels are used in the Galaxy Note 5.

Tags:AMOLED| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Central Glass Uses Diamond in Projection Glass

by Tom Allen

Central Glass, a Japanese firm, has developed a way to deliver sharp projected images on windows. The company creates glass that can serve as a projection screen, by baking diamond particles into the surface. …

Tags:Glass| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Research Reports Highlight Glass, Interactives and LFDs

by Tom Allen

Below is a list of the paid market research reports published this week: Research and Markets has published a report on the global LCD glass market, covering the period between 2015 and 2019. Specifically, …

Tags:Glass| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data| MEMS| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 22 - Issue 31