Apple sapphire glass road adds rough, was a domestic supplier of prosecution

According to AppleInsider Beijing time January 23rd reported that the local time on Monday, apple is Heng Hebei new materials Polytron Technologies Inc (hereinafter referred to as the "Hebei Heng Bo") sued for breach of contract. This marks the apple sapphire glass adds a new rough road.

A raw material contract Hebei Heng Bo asked the jury of between it and apple related high purity vanadium soil used for the manufacture of sapphire glass dispute ruling.

Hebei Heng Bo asked to cancel the current contract with apple, apple violated the terms of the contract for compensation for the economic losses caused by. If the court does not support the demands of Hebei Heng Bo asked apple to the implementation of the original contract.

Although there is no mention of specific figures, the contract amount of apple and Hebei Heng, Heng Hebei or expected losses of more than $75 thousand -- the amount of litigation limit civil dispute case the federal court accepted the.

Today the lawsuit highlights the bumpy course of Apple sapphire glass on its mobile products in the.

In 2013, apple and sapphire glass manufacturer GT Advanced Technologies reached an agreement worth $578 million, making a large building in Arizona sapphire glass factory. According to the agreement, GT Advanced Technologies will invest in the project about $900 million, of which $439 million is apple advance.

In the months before the agreement, there has been rumors that apple is considering the use of sapphire glass on the iPhone and iPad mobile hardware.

GT Advanced Technologies filed for bankruptcy in 2014, Apple was known as the "accident", marks the failure of plan. Filed in the bankruptcy court documents, GT Advanced Technologies said Apple contract is not sustainable, apple is "unbearable and annoying".

Apple said, announced at the GT Advanced Technologies filed for bankruptcy protection, it tried to help the latter to continue to perform the contract, but they can not solve the problem of sapphire glass qualified rate and poor management, destined to the failure of the plan.

At the end of 2014, apple GT Advanced Technologies an $439 million of outstanding debt agreement.

At present, the use of Apple sapphire glass, limited to the part of Apple Watch, Touch screen ID fingerprint sensor and iPhone rear camera protective cover.

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