Corelle expands EAGLE XG Slim LCD glass substrate product line

Corelle (New York stock exchange code: GLW) 5 announced the expansion of its EAGLE XG Slim glass substrate product line to support portable display products LCD panel manufacturing. The news was announced at the Boston Institute of information display display products exhibition.

Corelle today announced an increase of sixth generations (1500mm x 1800mm or approximately 5 feet x 6 feet) 0.3mm glass, which will help LCD display panel manufacturers significantly reduce costs.

At present, many manufacturers have to display by adding expensive etching in the production process of LCD glass thinning process to reduce the thickness of the panel, Corelle shows the Ministry of science and technology product line manager Andrew Beck said, "EAGLE XG Slim glass itself is very thin, no longer needed by etching thin thickness reduction target to reach 0.3mm, so do not have to pay the cost. "

EAGLE XG Slim glass is widely used in mobile phones, tablet PCs, notebook computers, monitors and TV products. The introduction of the sixth generation of 0.3mm substrate will bring ideal solutions for the emerging mobile devices, such as the Ultrabook series of products. Ultrabooks (super) is a trademark of Intel (IntEL), which can improve the user's experience without sacrificing portability.

"The emerging mobile applications are driving the more thin display panel demand growth," Beck said, "we EAGLE XG Slim glass panel will help manufacturers to lower cost and more environmentally friendly way to respond to this demand. "

EAGLE XG Slim EAGLE XG glass used in glass composition and award-winning environmental protection, and still uses a patented fusion process for Corelle. This precision process produces glass with spatial inherent stability and superior cleanliness, smoothness and surface roughness, and these qualities are essential for the success of manufacturing the LCD display.

Learn more about EAGLE XG Slim, please visit www.corning.com/EAGLE.

About Corelle

Corelle (www.corning.com) is a global leader in specialty glass and ceramic materials. With 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, and many of the key part of Corelle to create a production, these components promote a number of high-tech consumer electronics system, 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 system; communication network for optical fiber, cable, hardware and equipment; optical biosensors for drug development; and for some other industries, such as advanced optics and semiconductor, special glass aerospace, defense, astronomy and Metrology solutions.