Tag: synthetic sapphire
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Apple’s failed sapphire partner GT Advanced Technologies emerges from bankruptcy
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. today announced that it has emerged from Chapter 11 as a newly reorganized company…
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Apple and GT Advanced reach new accord on $439 million loan
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has reached an accord with Apple that will get it out from under $439 million in debt…
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GT Advanced cuts 40% of workforce
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., which is trying to emerge from bankruptcy…
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Apple’s sapphire producer grows the world’s largest sapphire crystal boule
In July, the factory, based in the Russian city of Stavropol, grew a sapphire crystal that weighed…
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Apple objects to bankrupt sapphire supplier’s financing plan
Apple is objecting to bankrupt GT Advanced Technologies’ financing plan…
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GT Advanced to pursue $95 million bankruptcy loan
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. is lining up $95 million worth of loans…
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The death of sapphire and the birth of ‘Phire’
Last fall, after Apple introduced the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus…
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How an Apple rumor sparked a sapphire revolution
For years, Gorilla Glass was the toughest material a mobile device could use to protect…
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Apple supplier debuts phone with ‘unbreakable’ sapphire display
While the timetable for a sapphire-screen iPhone remains unknown…
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GT Advanced files for chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection
NASDAQ may temporarily halt trading in the company’s stock pending…
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Analysts: Apple’s iPhone 6 screen not likely to be sapphire
The necessary orders for sapphire glass wending their way through the supply chain…
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Corning stock cracks on Q2 earnings miss; Gorilla Glass hurt by weak Samsung phone sales
Corning shattered its recent winning streak on the stock market…
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Apple reportedly now has enough sapphire for iWatch, 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones with full sapphire cover glass
The sapphire plant is expected to be completed in June…
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Following Apple, Samsung and LG explore sapphire crystal displays
According to industry insiders cited by the Korean media earlier…
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Apple reveals more details of their future sapphire cover glass
On May 22, 2014, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…
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GT Advanced provides update on Apple Arizona partnership in latest earnings results
GT Advanced Technology has given an update on the status of its contract…
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Apple’s sapphire production will be hard for Samsung, other copiers to match
After sealing a deal with GT Advanced for the manufacture of sapphire crystals at a new plant in Arizona…
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Rising sapphire display cost may limit 5.5-inch iPhone 6 production, source claims
The majority of leaks and rumors concerning the iPhone 6…
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Apple begins shipping sapphire from GT Advanced’s Arizona plant to China ahead of iPhone 6 launch
Apple for the first time started shipping sapphire from Mesa, Arizona to…
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How Apple’s billion dollar sapphire bet will pay off big time
Apple is making a billion dollar bet on sapphire as a strategic material…
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Apple’s iPhone 6 will demolish Android
If Apple wanted to actively pursue Android-like marketshare it would and easily could have done it a long time ago…
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Quanta to build 65 million Apple ‘iWatch’ units in first year, Q3 2014 release expected – report
Apple’s iWatch will debut in the third quarter of this year and will include advanced sensors…
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Apple plans to dramatically expand Arizona sapphire plant to boost output
Apple and sapphire manufacturing partner GT Advanced Technologies…
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New photos of Apple’s sapphire plant show build progressing; rumors point to project expansion
Fresh photos of Apple’s Mesa, Ariz., sapphire plant…
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New oleophobic patent application tips Apple’s hand on sapphire displays
In November, Apple signed a $578 million deal with sapphire producer GT Advanced Technologies…
