Corning to Receive Awards at SID 2009.CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ) will receive two industry awards during Display Week 2009, the annual conference of the Society for Information Display (SID), that will be held May 31 through June 5 in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . Corning's Jade[TM] glass for advanced display is a winner in the 2009 Display of the Year Awards (DYA DYA DamnYouAll.net (Family Guy TV show forum) DYA Define Your Acronyms DYA Department of Youth Affairs DYA Dependent Youth Activities (for military dependents) ), which recognize innovative display products, components, and applications that hold the most promise for shaping the future of the global display industry. The DYAs are awarded each year with Gold and Silver honors in three categories: Display of the Year, Display Product of the Year, and Display Component of the Year. Corning received the Gold Award in the Display Component of the Year category for Jade glass substrates. Jade substrates are optimized for two display technologies -- low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS See LTPS TFT LCD. ) applications and organic, light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) -- to solve some of the challenges facing the mobile device industry at a time when the popularity of small mobile devices is at an all-time high. This is the second time Corning has received a DYA award. The company's environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] EAGLE XG[TM] substrates were similarly honored in 2007. "The Display of the Year Awards recognize the chief influential technologies across the global display community," noted Dick McCartney, SID's DYA Chair. "The caliber of products and technologies nominated this year certainly made the decision process tough on our Awards Committee. We received a number of nominations from around the world, and we are excited to award Corning with the gold honor in the 2009 Display Component category for its Jade Glass for Advanced Display. We truly commend the company's ongoing commitment to innovation and to shaping the future of today's display arena." SID has also bestowed a major industry honor on Corning's Chief Technology Officer - East Asia East Asia A region of Asia coextensive with the Far East. East Asian adj. & n. , Dr. Peter L. Bocko. The Special Recognition Award honors outstanding achievements in the following categories: Technical Accomplishments, Contributions to Literature, Service to the Society, Entrepreneurial Accomplishments, and Achievements in Education. SID will recognize Dr. Bocko for his central role in delivering innovative, high-performance glass substrates for the display industry, including environmentally friendly display glass and substrates compatible with polysilicon backplanes for liquid crystal and organic, light-emitting displays. "For more than two decades, Dr. Bocko has been integral to the advancement of the LCD business at Corning Incorporated," said James Clappin, president, Corning Display Technologies. "Corning considers this award a formal acknowledgement of what Dr. Bocko's peers already recognize: the depth and breadth of his contributions to the display industry, as well as the lasting impact his work has had on advancing the science and technology behind the glass." Dr. Bocko will be speaking at the SID Investors Conference and in a technical session. Throughout the tradeshow, Corning will present its perspective on what's next in advanced display. To experience the latest in market trends and learn more about emerging display technologies that demonstrate Corning's expertise and long-standing history in the industry, visit the Corning booth #453. For more information about DisplayWeek and a complete schedule of events, please visit www.sid2009.org. About Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science materials science Study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by the material's composition and structure, both macroscopic and microscopic. and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control Emissions control may refer to:
About the DYA The Display of the Year Awards (DYA) are the most prestigious awards in the display industry. Each year since 1995, SID's International Awards Committee--comprising a distinguished panel of display luminaries--has honored the most innovative display products, components and applications with the most promise of shaping the future of the display industry. This year's DYAs will be presented at the 47th SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, dubbed Display Week 2009--the premier international gathering of scientists, engineers, manufacturers and users in the field of electronic information displays. Display Week will be held May 31-June 5, 2009 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is located in downtown San Antonio along the banks of the San Antonio River Walk. The facility is the central component of the city’s successful convention industry. The center, named for the late US congressman Henry B. , San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , TX. For more information on the DYAs or Display Week 2009, please visit www.sid2009.org. |
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