Corning said it plans to maintain production levels at its Shizuoka and Sakai City LCD glass facilities in Japan despite its customer Sharp's temporary production curtailment of LCD panels. Sharp informed Corning that it's significantly curtailing operations at its Gen 8 and Gen 10 panel-making facilities for a period of time. However, Corning will maintain its own production levels at both of its Japan manufacturing facilities to replenish LCD glass inventories and provide glass to other geographic regions. The company said Sharp's decision has no impact on its Corning Gorilla Glass operations in Japan, as demand for Gorilla Glass continues to be very strong. Corning will provide additional details when it announces first-quarter results on 27 April.