The company, based in Corning, N.Y., makes optical fiber, cable and electronic display components.
The two research groups have created plastic photovoltaic versions of these two display components, which convert light into electricity.
Corning Precision Lens, based in Cincinnati, is a subsidiary of Corning Inc. 3M said it believed that display components represented a multibillion-dollar growth industry.
The new company, which has not been named, will have headquarters in Hong Kong and be run by Philippe Combes, chief executive of Philips display components division.
Chui says displays will be made to serve both full-size tablets and phones and that demonstration tablets and display components have already been provided to various partners.
Here, through a holistic analysis of a courtship display, we uncovered previously unquantified synchronization between visual and acoustic display components in hummingbird dives.
One reason, according to E Ink, is that manufacturing flexible screens requires temperatures higher than in typical manufacturing processes for display components.
Mr. Busse and his staff construct the miniature buildings, bridges and other display components by hand, using natural materials like leaves, bark and branches.
In a note sent to clients earlier this week, Piper Jaffray analyst (and longtime Apple TV enthusiast) Gene Munster said he'd spoken to a major television component maker that has been contacted by Apple about the capabilities of its display components.
A lot more work is needed to make the substrates flexible, durable and able to keep the display components sealed away from the environment.
