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Tag: GT Advanced Technologies

GT Advanced suggests it could sue Apple

Friday, October 10, 2014 4:06 pmFriday, October 10, 201423 Comments

GT Advanced Technologies Inc said it will cut 890 jobs…

The GT Advanced debacle: Where does Apple go from here?

Friday, October 10, 2014 3:26 pm15 Comments

Apple may come into possession of the Mesa sapphire furnaces, but…

GT Advanced blames ‘oppressive and burdensome’ Apple terms in quest to ax sapphire production

Friday, October 10, 2014 1:01 pmFriday, October 10, 201449 Comments

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. asked for bankruptcy court permission to shut down…

GT Advanced to request to shut down synthetic sapphire production

Friday, October 10, 2014 9:28 amFriday, October 10, 201410 Comments

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT) plunged more than 17 percent…

Apple, GT Advanced in secret session with bankruptcy judge

Thursday, October 9, 2014 3:01 pm11 Comments

A bankruptcy judge is huddling privately with GT Advanced Technologies Inc. and Apple Inc…

Apple supplier GT Advanced: Confidentiality pact rules out bankruptcy explanation

Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:52 pmThursday, October 9, 20146 Comments

Apple has been known in general to place strict confidentiality requirements on suppliers…

Apple ‘surprised’ by GT Advanced’s bankruptcy filing

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 1:27 pmWednesday, October 8, 20148 Comments

Apple Inc said on Wednesday it was surprised by supplier GT Advanced’s bankruptcy filing…

Shattered sapphire dreams at GT Advanced

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 8:35 amWednesday, October 8, 201410 Comments

The rapid meltdown of GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) remains shrouded in mystery, but…

Apple’s withholding of $139 million payment led to GT Advanced bankruptcy filing

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 6:02 pmTuesday, October 7, 201436 Comments

Apple’s decision not to use sapphire for iPhone 6/Plus followed tests in which the material proved too brittle…

GT Advanced CEO sold 9,000 shares the day before Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus event

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 4:29 pmTuesday, October 7, 201423 Comments

One day before Apple announced that its new iPhones would not use sapphire screens…

Law firms launch investigations into possible violations of federal securities laws by GT Advanced

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 1:55 pmTuesday, October 7, 201410 Comments

Levi & Korsinsky, LLP is investigating GT Advanced Technologies Inc…

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 invents a new ion implant methodology to embed their logo into next-gen sapphire cover glass

Thursday, July 10, 2014 11:01 amThursday, July 10, 201416 Comments

An entire housing created with sapphire cover glass…

Apple reportedly now has enough sapphire for iWatch, 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones with full sapphire cover glass

Friday, June 13, 2014 2:26 pmFriday, June 13, 201411 Comments

The sapphire plant is expected to be completed in June…

GT Advanced provides update on Apple Arizona partnership in latest earnings results

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 8:13 pm5 Comments

GT Advanced Technology has given an update on the status of its contract…

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…

Quanta to build 65 million Apple ‘iWatch’ units in first year, Q3 2014 release expected – report

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 6:02 pmTuesday, April 8, 201424 Comments

Apple’s iWatch will debut in the third quarter of this year and will include advanced sensors…

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…

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’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 Macs assembled in Texas by Flextronics

Friday, February 14, 2014 8:38 am13 Comments

Apple Inc. added Flextronics International Ltd….

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…

Arizona OKs tax break for Apple sapphire glass plant

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:30 pmWednesday, November 20, 201325 Comments

The fate of the high-profile deal seemed to hang in the balance…

Incentives to lure Apple’s sapphire glass plant to Arizona revealed

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:28 pmTuesday, November 19, 201312 Comments

The Arizona Commerce Authority has offered Apple…

Analyst: Sapphire likely to be used in new small form factor Apple device (Think iWatch)

Friday, November 8, 2013 10:30 amFriday, November 8, 201310 Comments

Apple has purchased a factory ($100 million) and partnered with GT Advanced…

GTAT able to supply sapphire for over 30 million iPhone screen covers due to Apple funding

Friday, November 8, 2013 10:07 amFriday, November 8, 20139 Comments

US-based crystal growth solution and equipment provider GT Advanced Technologies…

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