Japanese suppliers such as Nitto Denko, the world’s biggest maker of optical films used on Apple’s iPhone screens
Nitto Denko controls about 40 per cent of the global market for optical films or polarisers for liquid crystal displays, and its technology is embedded in an Apple iPhone or Samsung Electronics television. Its product line-up tops 13,000 items in 70 sectors.
The Japanese chemical company mainly competes with global rivals such as 3M