Corning Collaborates with Acer to Bring Vibrant Corning® Gorilla® Glass to the Mobile Consumer Electronics Market
April 21 2016 - 4:30PM
CORNING, N.Y., April 21, 2016
- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced that its
latest innovation in cover glass enhancements, Vibrant Corning®
Gorilla® Glass, is featured on Acer's new Chromebook 14 for Work
notebook, introduced to the market today.
With Vibrant Corning Gorilla Glass, Acer and other
leading mobile device makers can dramatically expand their options
for device design with multi-color, high-resolution images printed
on Corning's industry-leading cover glass solution, Corning Gorilla
Glass.
"Corning's proprietary technology is opening up a
new realm of creative possibilities in branding and decoration for
Acer and other mobile consumer electronic devices," said John
Bayne, vice president, Corning Gorilla Glass. "With Vibrant Corning
Gorilla Glass, device manufactures now have the opportunity to
decorate their smartphones, tablets and laptops with
photo-realistic images and designs at a resolution equivalent to
high-quality prints on paper. What's more, because the image is
printed on Corning's industry-leading cover glass, the images will
remain as durable, vivid, and beautiful as the glass it is printed
on."
"We are delighted to offer colorful options with
the new Acer Chromebook 14 for Work, enabled by Vibrant Corning
Gorilla Glass." said Jerry Kao, president of IT Products Business,
Acer Inc. "Consistent with our commitment to bringing fresh, timely
technologies to market, we are pleased to be the industry's first
to launch a notebook using Corning's latest innovation in Gorilla
Glass and offer our customers a new decorative device."
Corning Gorilla Glass is the world leader in
damage-resistant cover glass. Gorilla Glass is manufactured using
Corning's proprietary fusion draw process and is the cover glass of
choice for device manufacturers around the globe. Since its launch
in 2007, Corning Gorilla Glass has been used on 4.5 billion devices
worldwide, on more than 1,550 product models across 40 major
brands. For further information about Corning Gorilla Glass, please
visit www.corninggorillaglass.com.
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Corning (www.corning.com) is one of the world's leading innovators
in materials science. For more than 160 years, Corning has applied
its unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and
optical physics to develop products that have created new
industries and transformed people's lives. Corning succeeds through
sustained investment in R&D, a unique combination of material
and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to
solve tough technology challenges. Corning's businesses and markets
are constantly evolving. Today, Corning's products enable diverse
industries such as consumer electronics, telecommunications,
transportation, and life sciences. They include damage-resistant
cover glass for smartphones and tablets; precision glass for
advanced displays; optical fiber, wireless technologies, and
connectivity solutions for high-speed communications networks;
trusted products that accelerate drug discovery and manufacturing;
and emissions-control products for cars, trucks, and off-road
vehicles.
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