May 25 2010
Unidym, an Arrowhead Research subsidiary, has inked an agreement with glass producer Guardian Industries for developing and commercializing carbon-coated glass products that find applications in touch screen devices among others. Guardian Industries, a manufacturer of fabricated glass and float glass products for building materials and automotive businesses, provides glass solutions for electronics and solar energy applications.
As per the terms of the contract, Guardian Industries will provide funds for a joint development initiative aimed at scaling and optimizing carbon-coated glass products. Initially, the two companies are likely to market the glass products to touch panel customers. During the production stage, Guardian Industries is likely to be supplied with electronic inks by Unidym for producing coated glass.
The CEO and President of Unidym Mark Tilley commented that going forward, the two companies intend to launch carbon-coated glass solutions in other sectors such as the photovoltaic, building materials and automotive.
Guardian Industries’ electronics division marketing director Jim St. Jean stated that the novel Transmissive Conductive Coatings (TCC) solutions will complement other coated-glass and glass solutions for the solar and electronics market.
Source: http://www.guardian.com/