Apple Supplier Corning Sees 3-Year Wait on Flexible Glass

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Corning Inc., the maker of glass for Apple Inc. iPhones, said it will probably take at least three years before companies start making flexible displays using its new Willow material.

Companies have yet to come up with products that can take full advantage of Willow glass, which can be made in a roll similar to newsprint, James Clappin, president of Corning Glass Technologies, said in an interview in Beijing yesterday. The product will let companies make curved or flexible displays.