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Tag: GTAT

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…

Analyst: Apple may take possession of sapphire furnaces from GT Advanced

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:28 amTuesday, October 7, 201420 Comments

According to GT Advanced’s latest 10-Q filing, the facility in Arizona is owned by an Apple affiliate…

Apple to provide debtor in possession financing to GT Advanced?

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 9:04 amTuesday, October 7, 201418 Comments

Monday news broke that took almost everybody in the Apple investor ecosystem by surprise…

Investors stunned over GT Advanced bankruptcy filing

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 8:35 amTuesday, October 7, 201415 Comments

Stock and bond market partisans of sapphire screen maker GT Advanced…

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…

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…

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