1. MGMT-632
A Method using Chemical Resin to
Make Impact Resistant Glass
Young, Sakshi, Max, Gourav

2. Contents
Technology Description
Technologies Benefits
Potential Market
Market Interest
Development status of Technology
Intellectual Property status
Competing Technologies and Competitors
Barriers of Market Entry
Recommendations

3. Technology Description
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New method of strengthening glass
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Chemical resins used
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Strata of materials
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Added durability without interfering with
transparency

4. Technologies Benefits
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Lighter
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Cheaper
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Heat-resistant
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Scratch-proof
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Use regular commercial glass

5. Technologies Benefits
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One-inch thickness able to withstand armor
piercing bullet
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Smaller fracturing diameter

6. Potential Market
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Bullet Resistant Glass
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Construction Glass
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Automotive Glass
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Electronic Glass

7. Market Interest
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Very large potential market
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Market is already heavily saturated
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Suffers from poor timing and funding
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Potential partners expressed interest but
were concerned about potential costs

8. Development status of Technology
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Tested and proven using several kinds of
armor piercing bullets
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One-inch thickness or thinner
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Ready for scale-up

9. Intellectual Property status
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Charles Smith and Catherine Sincich
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Licensing through the Office of Technology
Commercialization at Texas A&M University
System
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Patented since 2008.

10. Barriers of Market Entry
Competition
Big Companies
have suppliers
Total Cost
Unknown
Scale Up
required

11. Barriers of Market Entry
More Testing
Visibility
Retainable
properties?
Marketing

12. Competing Technologies and Competitors
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Market Leader Technologies
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Corning Gorilla Glass
Bullet Resistant Glass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doCbCU92AjE
Impact Resistant Glass Technologies
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Thermal Tempering
Chemical Tempering
Acid Etching

13. Recommendations
“We know the Wheel is already reinvented and it will take a lot of pain to
resell it.”
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We do not recommend that A&M invest any additional funds into this
project.
The market for this technology is highly saturated and it is unknown if
the technology will be marketable without first scaling it up to an
industrial scale.
There is simply too much risk to invest on a technology which
achieves the same results as other technologies in a highly saturated
market, especially when these technologies, such as Gorilla Glass are
already firmly entrenched in their markets. Hence,

14. Thank You
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