Now, Corning wants to put its glass into cars

Corning — the company that makes screens for the iPhone — told analysts that it is working on “the next big thing”. The glass maker wants to put Gorilla glass into automobiles, and has been working with BMW for a while, according to a note from investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

Corning’s Gorilla Glass could find its way into windshields and sunroofs over the next two years. This could be a huge boon to Corning, since there is more glass-space with cars than there is with phones. With a “total glass opportunity of 5.5 billion square feet”, versus about 4 billion for LCD screens in consumer electronics de -vices.

Corning has a chance to corner a big share of the market with their damage resistant and lighter weight glass, though they expect this to take another three to four years.