Corning invests US$1.5 billion in South Korea over the next five years: building the first comprehensive supply chain to mass-produce ultra-thin bendable glass

According to news from this site on September 1, Corning, one of Apple’s major suppliers, announced on Thursday that Corning, the company’s chairman and CEO, Wendell Weeks, will...In the next five years It will invest US$1.5 billion (note on this site: currently about 10.905 billion yuan) to establish the first comprehensive supply chain in South Korea to produce the next generation of ultra-thin bendable glass.

Weeks announced a five-year investment plan at an event marking the 50th anniversary of its first factory in South Korea. Start mass production of advanced foldable substrates

Wicks said that the new factory is located in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, and is responsible for the mass production of next-generation Gorilla Glass Victus for smartphones and car screens. This site quoted official reports, The ultra-thin bendable glass is extremely flexible and can be folded and unfolded hundreds of thousands of times.

Weeks said that this new glass has been used in theSamsung Galaxy Z Flip5mobile phone. After mass production, it will be supplied to Samsung and other Korean customers, as well as other companies around the world.

Weeks said South Korea will become a global hub for bendable glass manufacturing.

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