Samsung Corning Precision Glass

Infobox Company
company_name = Samsung Corning Precision Glass
company_
company_type = Joint venture between Samsung and Corning Inc.
foundation = May 15 1995
location =
key_people = Suk-Jai Lee: President and CEO;
products = TFT LCD Glass Substrates

Samsung Corning Precision Glass produces optimizing materials for the electronics industry and glass substrates that are a critical part of TFT-LCDs in Korea.

History

During the 1980s, Corning Inc. developed a technology known as the "overflow downdraw method" or "fusion method" for making glass substrates used in TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display)panels. In 1995, Samsung and Corning Inc. established a jointly owned equity company by the name of Samsung Corning Precision Glass in Gumi, North Kyungsang Province. In 2002, a second plant was constructed in Asan, South Chungchong Province, positioning the company as Korea's largest TFT-LCD glass substrates provider.

Products : TFT-LCD Glass substrates

Glass substrates provided by Samsung Corning Precision Glass are used to make TFT-LCDs, a display for lap top computers, LCD monitors, LCD TVs and other handheld devices like digital cameras, PDAs and navigators.

Glass substrates for TFT-LCD panels require pristine surface quality and must withstand heat without being transformed. These requirements are not satisfied by ordinary glass. The overflow downdraw method employed by this company leaves the glass untouched by any material but air during its formation. The resulting glass substrates are alkaline-free and designed to maintain high resistance against chemical agents and heat.

External links

* [http://www.scp.samsung.com/ Official website]