The EU is investigating Corning, the maker of Gorilla Glass, for possible abuse of dominance.

The European Commission says Corning’s agreements with manufacturers could harm competition.

It is very likely that your mobile phone screen protected by one of the types of reinforced glass created Corning. The company responsible for the development of alkali aluminosilicate glass under the brand Gorilla Glassis now in European Commission focus due to possible practices associated with the abuse of a dominant position.

In particular, the European Commission has focused on agreements the company maintains with some major smartphone manufacturersincluding Samsung, Apple, Sony, Google or Lenovo and others. The purpose of the investigation is to demonstrate whether these agreements could have harm to competition.

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Dozens of smartphones, tablets and smartwatches available on the market use glass made by Corning as a method of protecting their screens. And although companies such as Xiaomi or HUAWEI have decided develop your own solutions Over the past few years, Gorilla Glass has continued to be the most used glasses in the industry.

That is why the European Commission intends to check whether US firm agreements could undermine competition through possible abuse of a dominant position. Margrethe Vestager, EU Competition Commissioner, said that “breaking a mobile phone screen is a very unpleasant and expensive experience” and therefore believes that “it is very important that there is strong competition in the glass industry. these devices to provide low prices and high quality glass.