Corning Developing Curved Screens to Keep Smartphone Edge
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Corning Inc., a 163-year-old company that once made cookware and railroad lanterns, has emerged as an improbable star of the $280 billion smartphone industry as it develops curved screens and glass that repels germs.
As smartphone sales slow, Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Google Inc. are increasingly counting on display technology to lure consumers. That’s elevated the importance of Corning, the top supplier of glass for high-end phones. Like the chipmakers of Silicon Valley, the company is under pressure to build products that are both thinner and stronger -- whether that means better withstanding scratches, blocking glare or taking on new shapes.