Corning Launches Ultra-Slim Flexible Glass
04 Giugno 2012 - 2:15PM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced the launch of
Corning® Willow™ Glass, an ultra-slim flexible glass, which could
revolutionize the shape and form of next-generation consumer
electronic technologies. The company made the announcement today at
the Society for Information Display’s Display Week, an industry
tradeshow in Boston.
Corning(R) Willow(TM) Glass Bend
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Corning Willow Glass will help enable thin, light and
cost-efficient applications including today’s slim displays and the
smart surfaces of the future. The thinness, strength, and
flexibility of the glass has the potential to enable displays to be
“wrapped” around a device or structure. As well, Corning Willow
Glass can be processed at temperatures up to 500° C. High
temperature processing capability is essential for today’s high end
displays, and is a processing condition that cannot be supported
with polymer films. Corning Willow Glass will enable the industry
to pursue high-temperature, continuous “roll-to-roll” processes –
similar to how newsprint is produced - that have been impossible
until now.
It will support thinner backplanes and color filters for both
organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and liquid crystal displays
(LCD) in high performance, portable devices such as smartphones,
tablets, and notebook computers. This new, ultra-slim flexible
glass will also help develop conformable (curved) displays for
immersive viewing or mounting on non-flat surfaces.
Corning Willow Glass is formulated to perform exceptionally well
for electronic components such as touch sensors, as well as
leveraging glass’s natural hermetic properties as a seal for OLED
displays and other moisture and oxygen-sensitive technologies.
“Displays become more pervasive each day and manufacturers
strive to make both portable devices and larger displays thinner.
Corning Willow Glass provides the substrate performance to maintain
device quality in a thin and light form factor,” said Dr. Dipak
Chowdhury, division vice president and Willow Glass program
director. “Currently manufacturing in a sheet-to-sheet process, we
expect Corning Willow Glass to eventually allow customers to switch
to high throughput, efficient roll-to-roll processing, a
long-awaited industry milestone.”
Like Corning’s other leading-edge glass substrates, including
EAGLE XG® Slim and Corning LotusTM Glass, Corning Willow Glass is
produced using the company’s proprietary fusion process. Advances
in fusion forming have made it possible to produce glass that is
100 microns thick – about the thickness of a sheet of copy paper.
Even at that thickness, it provides hermetic sealing to sensitive
components, while also providing excellent optical, thermal, and
surface properties.
Corning is currently shipping samples of its Willow Glass to
customers developing new display and touch applications. The
company is also collaborating with research institutions,
customers, and equipment makers to develop an ecosystem of
compatible process equipment, including optimized process
design.
Although initially being launched as an advanced display
substrate, Corning is actively working on other potential
applications for its Willow Glass, including use in lighting and
flexible solar cells.
“Corning will continue to develop and improve innovative glass
products to enable the high-performance, game-changing displays
that will drive tomorrow’s increasingly diverse electronics
markets,” Chowdhury said.
For more information, please see www.corning.com/WILLOW.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” (within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995), which are based on current expectations and assumptions
about Corning’s financial results and business operations, that
involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties
include: the effect of global political, economic and business
conditions; conditions in the financial and credit
markets; currency fluctuations; tax rates; product demand
and industry capacity; competition; reliance on a concentrated
customer base; manufacturing efficiencies; cost reductions;
availability of critical components and materials; new product
commercialization; pricing fluctuations and changes in
the mix of sales between premium and non-premium products; new
plant start-up or restructuring costs; possible
disruption in commercial activities due to terrorist activity,
armed conflict, political or financial instability, natural
disasters, adverse weather conditions, or major health concerns;
adequacy of insurance; equity company activities; acquisition and
divestiture activities; the level of excess or obsolete inventory;
the rate of technology change; the ability to enforce patents;
product and components performance issues; retention of key
personnel; stock price fluctuations; and adverse litigation or
regulatory developments. These and other risk factors
are detailed in Corning’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as
of the day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no obligation
to update them in light of new information or future events.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in
specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of
materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning
creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology
systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control,
telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass
substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops;
ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems;
optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for
telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery;
and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a
number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense,
astronomy, and metrology.
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