Corning may not be a name that’s super familiar to the average tech consumer, but you are almost certainly within touching distance of its products as its a leading supplier of speciality toughened glass for mobile devices, including Apple’s iPhone.

US firm made OEMs, glass processors sign exclusivity deals, tattle on competitors, claims Euro Commish Corning's Gorilla Glass is found in countless tech products, from smartphones and wearables to automobile windshields,

The EU has initiated a formal antitrust investigation targeting Corning over anticompetitive practices in supplying of the smartphone cover glass.

Apple supplier Corning is facing a European Commission-led antitrust probe over potential anticompetitive practices.

Corning is facing European Union antitrust scrutiny after the bloc's watchdog said Wednesday it's investigating the speciality glass maker's exclusive deals for its Gorilla Glass used in cellphones. The European Commission,

The European Commission is concerned that Corning has used exclusivity contracts to exclude rivals from the market.

EU antitrust regulators opened on Wednesday an investigation into U.S. glass maker Corning's exclusive supply deals with mobile phone makers and raw glass processing companies on concerns that these may exclude rival glass producers from large segments of the market.

The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Corning, the maker of Gorilla Glass, over concerns that its exclusive supply agreements with phone manufacturers may be anti-competitive.