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Tag: Advanced Sapphire Furnaces

GT Advanced files for chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection

Monday, October 6, 2014 12:28 pmMonday, October 6, 201421 Comments

NASDAQ may temporarily halt trading in the company’s stock pending…

Analysts: Apple’s iPhone 6 screen not likely to be sapphire

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:01 pmWednesday, July 30, 201424 Comments

The necessary orders for sapphire glass wending their way through the supply chain…

Corning stock cracks on Q2 earnings miss; Gorilla Glass hurt by weak Samsung phone sales

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 2:02 pmTuesday, July 29, 20149 Comments

Corning shattered its recent winning streak on the stock market…

Apple is going to give Corning the BlackBerry treatment

Monday, July 14, 2014 3:01 pmMonday, July 14, 201415 Comments

Folks, remember what BlackBerry said about the iPhone…

Following Apple, Samsung and LG explore sapphire crystal displays

Friday, May 23, 2014 9:29 amFriday, May 23, 201412 Comments

According to industry insiders cited by the Korean media earlier…

Apple reveals more details of their future sapphire cover glass

Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:01 pmThursday, May 22, 20144 Comments

On May 22, 2014, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…

Apple’s sapphire production will be hard for Samsung, other copiers to match

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 9:58 amWednesday, May 7, 201429 Comments

After sealing a deal with GT Advanced for the manufacture of sapphire crystals at a new plant in Arizona…

Rising sapphire display cost may limit 5.5-inch iPhone 6 production, source claims

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 12:02 pmTuesday, May 6, 201422 Comments

The majority of leaks and rumors concerning the iPhone 6…

Apple begins shipping sapphire from GT Advanced’s Arizona plant to China ahead of iPhone 6 launch

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:58 pmWednesday, April 30, 20145 Comments

Apple for the first time started shipping sapphire from Mesa, Arizona to…

How Apple’s billion dollar sapphire bet will pay off big time

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:29 amTuesday, April 22, 201413 Comments

Apple is making a billion dollar bet on sapphire as a strategic material…

Apple files ‘Continuous Sapphire Growth’ patent application

Thursday, April 3, 2014 8:27 am4 Comments

Feeding a base material into a crucible located within a growth chamber…

Apple plans to dramatically expand Arizona sapphire plant to boost output

Friday, March 28, 2014 10:27 amFriday, March 28, 201411 Comments

Apple and sapphire manufacturing partner GT Advanced Technologies…

New photos of Apple’s sapphire plant show build progressing; rumors point to project expansion

Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:01 pmThursday, March 27, 20143 Comments

Fresh photos of Apple’s Mesa, Ariz., sapphire plant…

New oleophobic patent application tips Apple’s hand on sapphire displays

Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:53 amThursday, March 27, 20149 Comments

In November, Apple signed a $578 million deal with sapphire producer GT Advanced Technologies…

Apple sapphire crystal display rumors buoy GT Advanced stock

Monday, March 17, 2014 3:01 pmMonday, March 17, 2014No Comments

GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) stock was up 2.5% in early afternoon trading…

Apple’s adoption of sapphire may not have much impact on Corning

Monday, March 10, 2014 11:29 amMonday, March 10, 20148 Comments

In November 2013, Apple announced a $578 million deal with GT Advanced Technologies…

Gorilla Glass-maker Corning again slams sapphire; subtext aimed at Apple

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 12:00 pmWednesday, March 5, 201448 Comments

A Corning executive launched a blistering critique of sapphire crystal…

Looking Ahead, GT Advanced Technologies looks incredibly cheap

Friday, February 28, 2014 4:31 pmFriday, February 28, 201410 Comments

Shares of GT Advanced Technologies have absolutely crushed it over the past 14 months…

What’s the deal with Apple’s new Arizona sapphire plant?

Friday, February 28, 2014 1:14 pmFriday, February 28, 201421 Comments

Basically, Apple has paid $113 million for an empty factory and loaned GT $578 million…

Apple, GT Advanced Technologies, and the ‘new’ vertical integration

Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:20 amThursday, February 27, 201410 Comments

Apple’s deal with GTAT is an ‘exclusive’ arrangement…

Apple’s iPhone 6 is not coming in May, but it is coming with sapphire

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:01 amWednesday, February 26, 20145 Comments

Because Apple sells more than 150 million iPhones a year…

Apple sapphire supplier’s projected 2H14 revenues likely indicate fall iPhone launch

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:01 pmTuesday, February 25, 20143 Comments

GT-Advanced announced its Q4 2013 earnings results…

Why did Apple just snap up the entire planet’s supply of sapphire glass?

Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:00 amThursday, February 20, 201430 Comments

the sapphire crystal Apple already uses for the cover glass on the iPhone 5s…

Canonical CEO: Apple just bought up a 3-year supply of sapphire displays

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:02 pmMonday, March 2, 201520 Comments

Apple just snapped up the entire 3-year supply of the same sapphire display…

Apple’s massive sapphire plant for ‘iWatch,’ not next-gen iPhone, sources say

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:00 amTuesday, February 11, 201421 Comments

Apple will manage to fit sapphire screens on…

Why Apple’s iPhone 6 won’t need a case

Monday, February 10, 2014 10:29 amMonday, February 10, 201443 Comments

Evidence that Apple is going big with sapphire is overwhelming…

Apple’s push into Sapphire manufacturing sends Taiwanese manufacturers scrambling to secure patents

Saturday, February 8, 2014 2:31 pm8 Comments

Sapphire substrate applications in consumer electronics…

Apple just procured enough Sapphire Crystal furnaces to make 100-200 million 5-inch iPhone displays

Thursday, February 6, 2014 3:56 pmThursday, February 6, 201423 Comments

Last year, Apple and GT Advanced struck a deal to open and operate…

Apple pushes for Arizona sapphire plant to go into production in February for ‘critical’ product component

Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:43 am11 Comments

In November of last year, Apple announced that it would be opening…

Apple makes at least 100 prototype next-generation iPhone units with sapphire-covered displays

Friday, January 24, 2014 7:15 pm114 Comments

Appel has at least 100 prototype next-generation iPhone units with sapphire-covered displays…

Apple patent application details uses for synthetic sapphire glass

Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:29 amThursday, January 23, 20145 Comments

An Apple patent application describing a method of mounting sapphire…

Apple partner GT Advanced recruiting for Jobs at Arizona sapphire plant

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:12 pmTuesday, January 21, 201416 Comments

GT Advanced, Apple’s manufacturing partner for its new sapphire glass plant…

What Corning’s curved glass may mean for Apple

Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:37 amSaturday, January 4, 201442 Comments

Predicting what Apple has up its sleeves is a cottage industry…

Apple spends over half a billion dollars on rumored iPhone 6 sapphire glass feature

Friday, November 29, 2013 11:01 amFriday, November 29, 201316 Comments

The iPhone 6 could feature sapphire glass display that doesn’t scratch…

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