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Monday 18 March 2013
Growth slowing for TFT LCD glass substrate capacity, says DisplaySearch
Over the past two years, there has been a slowdown in TFT LCD glass production. Yet demand for cover glass used on smartphones and tablets has continued to grow, causing TFT LCD glass...
Wednesday 6 March 2013
Touch-enabled mobile devices will drive worldwide cover glass shipments to more than 2.5 billion by 2017, says DisplaySearch
The growth of touch-enabled mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablet PCs, will drive worldwide cover glass shipments to more than 1.5 billion in 2013 and more than 2.5 billion...
Monday 4 March 2013
TPK breaks ground for glass making facility in Taiwan
A company jointly invested by TPK Holding and its subsidiary Cando has broken ground for a facility in Taichung, central Taiwan for making chemically strengthened glass. The joint...
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Calin Technology expanding glass grinding lens capacity
Calin Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of glass grinding and aspherical glass molding lenses mainly supplied to Canon to make DSLR cameras, is expanding monthly production capacity...
Tuesday 8 January 2013
China to account for over 20% of global glass substrate demand by 2015
With its panel makers rapidly expanding their capacity, China's demand for glass substrates has been growing fast, and is expected to account for more than one fifth of worldwide...
Friday 4 January 2013
CES 2013: Corning to showcase Gorilla Glass 3
Corning has announced its plans for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week. The Corning booth, No. 14813 Central Hall, will highlight the company's...
Thursday 27 December 2012
Taiwan Glass likely to swing back to profitability in 2013
Taiwan Glass Industry, a supplier of glass and fiber glass fabrics, has completed construction of a sodium carbonate plant in China. The in-house availability of sodium carbonate,...
Wednesday 19 December 2012
Fiber glass fabric makers not ready to restart furnaces
Fiber glass fabric makers Fulltech Fiber Glass and PFG Fiber Glass (Kunshan) have both not yet decided when to resume operations of their furnaces which were closed in October for...
Monday 19 November 2012
G-Tech expanding cover glass, coating glass capacities
G-Tech Optoelectronics, a Taiwan-based glass processing service provider, is expanding its monthly production capacity for cover glass from 1.8 million to 2.5 million units, and that...
Monday 5 November 2012
ITRI announces full roll-to-roll process on 100-micron flexible glass
ITRI has announced its roll-to-roll (R2R) process on 100um flexible glass substrates at FPD International. Drawing inspiration from the R2R process used to create newspapers, ITRI's...
Thursday 25 October 2012
Corning 3Q12 sales and profit up sequentially, but down on year
Corning has reported that its third-quarter 2012 sales came to US$2.04 billion, up 7% on quarter but down 2% on year. Net income totaled US$521 million, increasing 13% sequentially...
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Foxconn Group features new glass products at Glasstec
The Foxconn Group will participate in Glasstec, an international trade fair for glass products that takes place once every two years, in an attempt to further promote its glass products...
Monday 8 October 2012
The possibilities of Willow glass: Q&A with Corning executives Alan Eusden and Dipak Chowdhury
Corning Glass is one of the world's leading makers in specialty glass. One of its latest products is the Willow glass, which promises to enable the commercialization of flexible display...
Thursday 27 September 2012
Quotes for fiber glass fabrics to rise
Quotes for fiber glass fabrics, one of the key raw materials for the production of PCBs, will rise 5% or more in October 2012, according to industry sources.
Friday 14 September 2012
PCB material supplier Fulltech sales slightly rebound in August
Fulltech Fiber Glass, which makes fiber glass yarns and fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, has announced that revenues for August 2012 grew 10.8% sequentially and 2.6%...