Corning Confirms Chinese Panel Maker CCPD Is Big Oxide Customer Using Astra Glass

Chinese panel maker Chengdu CEC Panda Display (CCPD) is using Corning Astra glass on its oxide-LCD line for large-screen TV and monitor backplane substrates, said Corning Thursday. Corning used the Display Week expo in May to debut Astra as a display glass substrate material "optimized" for LCD and OLED oxide applications in premium TVs, notebooks and tablets with higher resolutions and refresh rates (see 1905110001). It said then that Astra had begun shipments to one of its big oxide customers for use in 8K TVs launching in 2019's second half. Corning confirmed Thursday that CCPD was that customer. A spokesperson declined comment on the specifics of the 8K TV product.