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Leading US glass manufacturer Corning Incorporated is considering investing in the Chinese mainland to produce special glass substrates used in the production of liquid crystal displays (LCD).

Joseph E. Jendrisak, an engineer who devised techniques at a Rossford glass factory for manufacturing curved glass for airplanes and automobiles, died of liver cancer on Thursday in the Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township.

Demand for glass helped Corning make a profit in its second quarter but it warned it was running out of glass and would have to build another glass factory.The firm made net profits of $108 million on turnover of $971 million.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's largest provider of TFT-LCD display panels, announced to the U.S. market today the glass substrate for its new 7th generation TFT-LCD line located in Tangjung, Asan, Korea.

Nippon Sheet Glass Co . (J.NSG or 5202) Friday revised down its profit forecast for the year ended March 31 due to slimmer profits on its information technology products and poor earnings at subsidiaries.

Modern architecture, with its increasing dependence on glass, is stimulating the development of newer and safer glazing that is designed to meet tighter requirements of impending European CEN standards for bullet and blast-resistant screens.

TTF Aerospace, LLC has teamed up with InspecTech Aero Service, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, FL to install bullet-resistant, anti forced-entry SPD windows into new, TTF-designed armored cockpit doors.