India, Aug. 30 -- Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwani Vaishnaw on Saturday inaugurated India's first Tempered Glass Manufacturing Facility for mobile devices at Noida.

The facility has been set up by Optiemus Electronics in collaboration with Corning Incorporated, USA, and will produce high-quality tempered glass under the globally recognised brand "Engineered by Corning". The products will be supplied to both domestic and international markets.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that tempered glass is an important accessory for mobile phones and its indigenous manufacturing is a major step forward in the success of Make in India and the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He added that step by...