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Corning Incorporated announced that the United States District Court for the District of Delaware has issued a ruling in its favor.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. announced Monday it agreed to acquire 80 percent of British glassmaker Pilkington plc in a strategy to expand its global production capacity.
Industrial Development Bureau, Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), indicated that Taiwan panel makers will invest NT$260 billion (US$8.04 billion) this year, with the overall industry value to exceed NT$1 trillion (US$30.1 billion) in Taiwan…
Asahi Glass today announced the introduction of AsahiGuard E-SERIES, a new line of telomer chemicals that serve as fluorinated water and oil repellents for textile and paper.
Corning Inc. made its long-anticipated move into the growing Chinese market for liquid crystal display glass last week.
Corning Inc. has approved funding to establish a liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate finishing facility in the People's Republic of China.
Deutsche Bank hikes target price on Asahi Glass (5201.TO) to Y1,900 from Y1,470, affirms "buy" rating; analyst says downward revision to last FY group profit estimates due mainly to temporary factors; adds large profit growth expected this…
Shares of Corning Inc. rallied Wednesday despite a warning that prices for its lucrative, liquid-crystal-display glass used in flat-panel monitors will fall more sharply in the first quarter than in the past.
As a result of last year's heavy flooding in the Western States, Asahi India Glass (AIS) has reported a 89.89 per cent drop in its net profit at Rs 2.47 crore for the quarter ending December 31 as compared to Rs 24.44 crore in the corresponding…
Shares of Corning Inc. rallied Wednesday despite a warning that prices for its lucrative, liquid-crystal-display glass used in flat-panel monitors will fall more sharply in the first quarter than in the past.
A fired Corning Inc. employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing trade secrets for making ultrathin glass used in flat-panel televisions and computers and selling them to a rival business in Taiwan.
Bekaert, the premier supplier of rotatable sputtering technologies delivering lower cost of ownership and higher coater throughput, has announced that Lance Sides has joined the company as the Market Manager for North American Operations.
On 5 October, 2005, Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced that its board of directors has approved an additional capital expenditure plan of $425 million for expansion of the new liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate manufacturing…
Japan-based Dai Nippon Printing will invest 30 billion yen for its eighth generation (8G) color filter (CF) production line at its fab in Kita Kyushu, southwestern Japan.
Specialty Chemical industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU) DuPont (NYSE: DD) Glass Laminating Solutions recently announced a global price increase of 10 percent for all grades of DuPont(TM) Butacite® polyvinyl butyral interlayer and…
Asahi Glass of Japan won a $25.1 million jury verdict against Eden Prairie-based Cardinal Glass Industries in a patent-infringement suit over window coatings that keep summer heat from entering homes.
Corning Inc. of the United States has resolved to postpone mass production at its new glass-substrate plant in Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) by one quarter, making supplies remain tight of glass substrates to local makers of TFT-LCD panels.
Japan's largest glass maker Asahi Glass said on Thursday its affiliate will spend nearly six billion rupees ($140 mn) to build a new plant in India as the growing economy there sees a boom in construction and cars.
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd is expanding its electronics and energy materials operations on a full-scale basis as part of the medium-term management plan "JIKKO-2007." As part of the initiative, Asahi Glass decided to enter into the business of…
The Asahi Glass Foundation of Japan, which established the Blue Planet Prize in 1992, made the announcement Monday on its Web site.
Asahi Glass Co plans to begin producing eighth-generation glass substrates as soon as October 2006, being among the first to market with panels for the largest wide-screen TVs, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported without sources.
Czech Glass" may earn a place as the largest and richest exhibit ever assembled at the Corning Museum of Glass.The new three-part display features today's exuberantly over-the-top glass sculptures and some trailblazers from the 19th…
Asahi Glass announced on June 15 that it has decided to enter into the business of manufacturing and selling glass substrates for hard disks.The company will use high-strain point glass that enables the processing of glass substrates at higher…
Analyst Lalita Gupta of Morgan Stanley maintains her "equal weight" rating on Asahi Glass. The target price is set to ¥1,160.