The commission of the european union opened an investigation into antitrust to Corning

The European commission has launched an investigation into the officer to Corning for the misuse of suspect to its position strong in the market of the glass, which is used to protect the screens of electronic devices. The glass of the famous Gorilla Glass is that the signed agreement is an exclusive to damage your competitors.

The practice antikonkurruese
As written by the European Commission, Corning formed a special kind of glass resistant to cleavage, which is mainly used as a protection for the screen on phones, intelligent, tabletët, laptops, and classroom intelligence (here's the full list). The names of the merchants have Gorilla Glass, and Gorilla Glass Victus.

According to the Commission, the Corning stop the competition through agreements and exclusively to the supply of the producers of the smartfonëve, and the companies that process glass in the rough. In more detail, in agreement with the manufacturer of the phones, intelligent, include the obligation to take the supply of the glass, only by Corning, deductions, with the condition that it be the duty of the supply of, and the obligation to report to the offerings of competitors in Corning (who can be admitted only if it is Corning does not conform to the price).

In agreement with companies that process glass of raw predict the location of this obligation to purchase the glass concerned by Corning, and the prohibition and challenge the patents of Corning. Practices such as these can exclude competitors from the market, and to reduce the selection of the customer, to increase the prices and to suppress innovation.

There is no deadline for the investigation. If it is determined an abuse of dominant position, Corning also risks a fine of up to 10% of revenue in the global. A spokesperson for the company in the u.s. he said:

Corning is committed to and will continue to be in compliance with all rules and regulations applicable in the countries in which it operates. As part of this effort, we are working with the regulators are native to provide a discussion and co-operation to open up.