# SKC targets full-scale glass substrate production in 2027 after customer requirements change

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Date: 24 Jul 2026
About: [Absolics](https://technooptimist.io/companies/absolics.md) · [Covington glass substrate plant](https://technooptimist.io/computing/covington-glass-substrates.md)
Original source: https://www.trendforce.com/news/?p=61380

SKC's goal of the world's first commercial glass substrate production by end-2026 slipped, which Business Post attributed to changing customer requirements. SKC is supplying prototypes to several North American big tech firms, plans final reliability testing in 2026 and full-scale production in 2027.

## Key facts

- Evaluation samples went to global customers from April 2026.
- SKC has posted 15 straight quarterly operating losses since Q4 2023.
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG Innotek target production after 2027.

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