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Corning Launches Glass Ceramic 3 On Motorola Foldable

Corning just released its toughest cover glass to date. Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 debuts on Motorola's upcoming razr fold device. The headline number? Survives drops from over two meters onto con...

Apple Pushes For Mercury-free Cover Glass By 2028

Apple's latest supplier responsibility report dropped a quiet bomb. The company wants all cover glass used in its products to be mercury-free by the end of 2028. Why mercury? Traditional flat-p...

UTG Spot Market Emerges As Chinese Capacity Ramps

For the first time, ultra-thin glass is becoming a commodity. Tunghsu Group is now offering 35-micron UTG on the open market at $18 per square meter. That is 35% below SCHOTT's contract pricing...

Corning Loses Another Automotive Design Win To AGC

AGC just scored a direct hit on Corning's automotive glass business. The Japanese supplier will supply Dragontrail for BMW's next-gen iDrive panel starting Q1 2027. Volume is estimated at 1...

Glass Prices To Rise in Q3 As Raw Material Costs Jump

Three Chinese cover glass suppliers raised quotes by 8 -12% last week. The reason is not new demand. It is alumina. Alumina prices hit a 28-month high in March, up 34% YoY. Aluminosilicate glass (t...

Corning Pushes Anti-glare Into Laptops And Cars

Corning's Gorilla Glass Matte Pro won two more design wins this month: Dell's new Latitude AI series and Mercedes' 2027 CLA cockpit. Both applications care less about drop height and mo...

Foldables: UTG Supply Tightens As Huawei Scales Up

Huawei just doubled its foldable forecast for Q2 2026. That is good for UTG demand but bad for everyone waiting in line. Sources say Dowoo Insys (Samsung's main UTG partner) is now running at 9...

Cover Glass Weekly: Auto Glass Orders Boom But Margins Get Squeezed

The automotive display market is on fire. Demand for large curved cover glass for instrument clusters and center stacks jumped 40% YoY in Q1 2026, per Omdia. But suppliers are not celebrating. The ...

Cover Glass Weekly: Foldable Glass Yields Improve But Cost Remains The Villain

The foldable phone hype finally met real volume in Q1 2026. New data from DSCC shows global foldable shipments hit 4.2M units, up 31% YoY. That is good news for the ultra-thin glass (UTG) supply ch...

Cover Glass Weekly: Corning Banks On Optics As Auto & PC Demand Tightens

Corning Inc. (GLW) kicked off 2026 with a clear strategy: move beyond drop tests. The glass maker grabbed two CES Innovation Honors for surface treatments, signaling that the next battle in cover g...

Sustainability Takes Center Stage in Cover Glass Processing

Sustainability has become a critical focus for the cover glass processing industry in 2026, driven by consumer demand and regulatory pressure. Over 56% of cover glass production now uses 15–3...

Automotive Cover Glass Emerges As Fastest-Growing Segment

Automotive cover glass has become the fastest-growing vertical in the cover glass processing industry, projected to expand at a 6.2% CAGR through 2032. Modern vehicles now integrate 8-12 display su...