Topics cover glass production, processing, performance and low-emissivity coatings. PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has introduced two American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA CES) registered programs covering ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has introduced two American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA CES) registered programs covering architectural glass. The first, "Glass Production, Processing and Performance," examines ...
Tags: glass, production, processing, performance, low-emissivity, coating
Prices for sapphire, due to potential extended use in smartphones, are expected to increase 10-15% in the first or second quarter of 2014, Taiwan-based makers cited Russia-based sapphire maker Monocrystal as indicating. Following use to ...
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Asahi says that its profitability of the PV glass market is falling due to Chinese competitionAsahi Glass Co. Ltd. (AGC, Tokyo) has announced that it will transition its factory in Suzhou, China from making glass for solar photovoltaic (PV) ...
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Japanese glass company AGC is the latest concern to take a swipe at Chinese-manufacturing driven oversupply. In a press release on Thursday, the Asahi Glass Company (AGC) announced that its solar cell cover glass manufacturing facility in ...
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Asahi Glass will reduce its solar output with the conversion of an existing Chinese plant to automotive production. Source: AGC Solar. Asahi Glass will convert one of its solar glass factories in China to make automotive products. ...
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Asahi Glass Co (AGC) is set to establish a new auto glass plant in China at its subsidiary AGC Flat Glass (Suzhou) Co, with a total investment of JPY4.5bn ($46m). AGC said it will stop operating the current manufacturing facilities for ...
Tags: Asahi Glass, Auto Glass Plant
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, says it has delivered a specially designed lightweight version of its record-breaking solar module to the Nuon Solar Team to help ...
With more and more smartphones and other portable devices adopting sapphire as cover glass, sapphire ingot vendor Sapphire Technology Company (STC) is looking to double its production capacity to meet the anticipated growth in demand, ...
The analysts forecast the Global Cover Glass market to grow at a CAGR of 21.8 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing adoption of mobile phones. The Global Cover Glass ...
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While shipments of touch panels for handset applications will continue to dominate the touch panel industry in China in the second half of 2013, the ratio of tablet touch panels will rise in the fourth quarter as China-based touch panel ...
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Corning has introduced Gorilla Glass NBT, a new cover glass designed to protect the screens of touch-enabled notebooks. The company said this new solution provides enhanced scratch resistance, reduced scratch visibility, and better retained ...
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After making scratchproof glass for smartphones and tablets in past years, Corning is now working on making its famous Gorilla Glass resistant to germs and glare as well, a tech site reported. Mashable said Corning is adding ...
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LG Display said Thursday it has developed the world's thinnest full HD LCD display for smartphones, measuring just 2.2 millimeters thick. The company said its new 5.2-inch (132 mm) display panel has a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and ...
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According to the latest '2013 Global Sapphire Substrate Market Report' published by the LEDinside research department of market research institute TrendForce, sapphire substrate manufacturers are optimistic about the emerging demand for ...
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