Corning

[caption id="attachment_357003" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Image: Corning[/caption] According to The Verge, Corning Inc. has has announced two varieties of a new glass composite designed for smartphone camera lenses — Gorilla Glass with DX and Gorilla Glass with DX+. Every single one of the camera lenses on your phone has a protective glass covering to prevent damage to...

Apple has announced that it's investing $250 million into display glass supplier Corning. According to a new press release, Apple said it is awarding key supplier Corning with $250 million USD from the company's $5 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund, designed to invest in U.S.-based companies that make parts for the Cupertino company. Apple says that the...

Apple announced on Friday that it's partnering with Corning to give the Gorilla Glass manufacturer a $200 million grant for its Harrodsburg, KY facility to make next-generation glass as part of Apple's new $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund. The investment will support the 65-year-old Corning plant’s research and development, equipment needs and glass processing, according...

Corning yesterday unveiled its all new Gorilla Glass SR+ for smartwatches and other wearable devices, which has been designed to better endure the bumps, knocks and scrapes these wearables must withstand. The new glass composite significantly reduces visible scratches while delivering the toughness, optical clarity and touch sensitivity that make Gorilla Glass famous. “In early 2015, Corning launched Project...

Corning yesterday launched Gorilla Glass 5, which the company says was able to survive 80 percent of drop tests from 1.6 metres high onto rough surfaces, which is up four-times better than competitors. Despite being tougher, Corning explains "it still provides the damage resistance, optical clarity and touch sensitivity Gorilla Glass is famous for." John Bayne,...

Today, Corning has unveiled a new material which combines the strength of its Gorilla Glass with scratch resistance like that of sapphire. Corning Glass president James Clappin showed off the new material, which goes by the name “Project Phire,” at an investor meeting. Corning’s Gorilla Glass is currently used in a wide range of smartphones...

In case you were wondering how strong your iPhone's display is, the guys from MythBusters have an answer for you. You may already know that Apple used Gorilla Glass with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and that the devices performed decently in this years' drop tests. In a video sponsored by Corning, the manufacturer...

Corning has announced Gorilla Glass 4, which it says is two times tougher than competitors when dropped on rough surfaces based on a new one-metre high face-down drop tests. These tests revealed Gorilla Glass 4 survived 80 percent of the time during face down drop tests on 180-grit sandpaper and outperformed competing materials such as...

While speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Tony Tripeny, a senior vice president at Corning, the company who manufactures the Gorilla Glass used in iPhone displays, has said that sapphire crystal is not by any means an attractive option for consumer electronics, and that it should not be used as a protective material for...

It was just two days ago when Corning announced that it was ready to manufacture 3D-shaped Gorilla Glass, but now the company is back with a new announcement: the Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass, which incorporates ionic silver (antibacterial agent) to address the growing concern of bacteria on the surface of mobile devices. "Corning’s Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass...

Corning announced today the manufacturing readiness of their 3D glass-forming technology to shape Corning Gorilla Glass. Partnered with G-Tech Optoelectronics Corp. (GTOC), Corning is targeting a commercialization of finished 3D-shaped Gorilla Glass parts in 2014. More than half of all the top ten smartphone manufactures already market products with a curved glass display and the...