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Report from CES 2037 – Broken Phones Not an Issue Anymore

by Norbert Hildebrand

After a week of CES bombardment with the newest and finest consumer electronics products we have thought up last year, I want to entertain you with the headline of CES 2037 (plus minus a …

Tags:Glass| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 02| warranty

Japanese Glass Maker Sold for $158 mn

by Milos Pavlovic

An Indian company, Vedanta, led by Anil Agarwal, has bought a controlling stake in AvanStrate, a Japanese specialist in LCD glass substrates for small medium panels and with products to support substrates up to …

Tags:Glass| India| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Japanese Glass Maker Sold for $158 mn

by Bob Raikes

An Indian company, Vedanta, led by Anil Agarwal, has bought a controlling stake in AvanStrate, a Japanese specialist in LCD glass substrates for small medium panels and with products to support substrates up to …

Tags:Glass| India| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Will QDOG Have its Day?

by Bob Raikes

Quantum dots (QDs) (Beginning of the End for the Color Matrix Filter?) have been delivering on their promise of delivering better LCD colour and with the development of QD colour filters, may solve some …

Tags:Glass| LCD Backlights| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Solar Tectic LLC

Solar-Tectic Developing Material Technologies Having Display Applications

by Arthur Berman

Solar-Tectic LLC (Briarcliff Manor, NY) is promoting a technology called Low Temperature single Crystal Silicon (LT1CS). The primary focus of the technology is in solar cells but use also extends to display applications. This …

Tags:Glass| Large Display Monitor| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Sapphire| TFT| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Is a Wide Color Gamut the Wrong Thing?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release Corning and Healthe announced their collaboration on protecting eyes against damage from digital device blue light exposure. This collaboration is based on Healthe offering Eysafe covers for smartphones, tablets, …

Tags:Blue Light| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 40| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

AGC Has Curved Cover Glass for Audi A8

by Andrew Fenn

AGC Asahi Glass has announced that its curved cover glass is to be used in the newly redesigned Audi A8. The announcement makes the new A8 the first mass-produced car ever to incorporate curved …

Tags:Automotive| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Moto Z2 Force: A Smartphone Without Gorilla Glass

by Ken Werner

Note: I am delighted to yield most of my space today to the distinguised technology journalist Barbara Krasnoff. I will return briefly after Barbara has had her say. — Ken Werner “Corning’s Gorilla Glass …

Tags:Glass| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Motorola – Shatterproof Display but Scratchproof, Not so Much

by Norbert Hildebrand

Don’t drop your smartphone was a very good advice if you didn’t plan on replacing your display prematurely, My family has a history of supporting a small business industry making their living by replacing …

Tags:Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Asahi Glass Company Announces Corporate Name Change

by Andrew Fenn

Asahi Glass Company has released a statement announcing its decision to change its corporate name, which will come into effect on July 1st, 2018. From this date, the company will be known as AGC …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Corning Cold Forms for Automotive & Shows Iris LGP for Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Corning held its customary press breakfast and booth tour at the show. We started by looking at the development that Corning has done with Pegatron (as the OEM) and AUO (as the panel supplier) …

Tags:Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21

BC10 Consumer Product Panel

by Bob Raikes

At the end of the session, there was a panel discussion and the panel was joined by Chris Larson, who is a SVP of TCL North America. He was asked about quantum dots and …

Tags:Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| SID Display Week 2017| TV Production| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 21