Inside GD-OBL
Corporate Profile

Since 1977, General Digital has been at the forefront of flat panel technology. Our company has a rich history of providing ruggedized and militarized displays. Among some of our accomplishments were the first industrial touch screen (VuePoint™, 1977); the first microprocessor programmable intelligent terminal (Vuepoint II™, 1982); the first foldup rack mount display capable of passing military shock and vibration requirements (SlimLine™, 1994); and, most recently, the first large format sunlight readable display capable of 27:1 contrast ratio in direct sunlight (GenStar™, 1998). The GenStar™ monitor was selected by the FAA’s STARS program as the primary tower monitor.

Throughout the 90’s, General Digital experienced numerous successes within the FAA and Department of Defense. At the forefront of this success was the optical bonding process, whereby a filter or reinforced glass covering was married to the surface of an LCD module. The resulting improvement to contrast and ruggedization encouraged us to offer this feature on all of our products. However, while searching for sources of supply, it became apparent that there were few companies capable of offering optical bonding services for large format LCD’s. Faced with a lack of qualified suppliers, we set about developing in-house bonding capabilities. The success of this process and the engineering expertise gained from this experience prompted the creation of General Digital™ Optical Bonding Laboratories™.

As the newest operating group within General Digital, the Optical Bonding Laboratories is chartered with providing high quality LCD, OLED and Plasma display enhancement services to OEM’s, Systems Integrators and the Armed Forces. It is our goal to become the premier supplier of flat panel display enhancement services.