Contract woes: Sapphire screen maker seeks a way out
Sapphire touch screens are a very tough synthetic replacement for the glass currently used on many Apple devices
SAN FRANCISCO:
A supplier enlisted to make sapphire screens for Apple mobile devices on Friday urged a bankruptcy court to free it from contracts it branded “oppressive and burdensome”. Sapphire touch screens are a very tough synthetic replacement for the glass currently used on many Apple mobile devices, and are already used in a limited way for particularly sensitive parts of devices. The synthetic screens were also expected to be used in the Apple Watch and in some versions of the latest iPhones. US-based GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) “believes that it has many claims against Apple arising out of its business relationship,” lawyers for the firm said in paperwork filed in US Bankruptcy Court. “The agreements imposed oppressive and burdensome terms and obligations on GTAT.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 12th, 2014.
A supplier enlisted to make sapphire screens for Apple mobile devices on Friday urged a bankruptcy court to free it from contracts it branded “oppressive and burdensome”. Sapphire touch screens are a very tough synthetic replacement for the glass currently used on many Apple mobile devices, and are already used in a limited way for particularly sensitive parts of devices. The synthetic screens were also expected to be used in the Apple Watch and in some versions of the latest iPhones. US-based GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) “believes that it has many claims against Apple arising out of its business relationship,” lawyers for the firm said in paperwork filed in US Bankruptcy Court. “The agreements imposed oppressive and burdensome terms and obligations on GTAT.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 12th, 2014.