Corning Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
1 Riverfront Plz., Corning, NY 14830-2556, United States
(607)974-9000, (607)974-8091 fax, http://www.corning.com

Primary SIC: Telephone And Telegraph Apparatus, Primary NAICS: Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing
Description: Corning Incorporated traces its origins to a glass business established in 1851, but the present corporation was incorporated in December 1936. The company's name was changed from Corning Glass Works to Corning Incorporated on April 28, 1989. It is headquartered in Corning, New York. Corning is a technology-based company and has five reportable business segments -- display technologies, telecommunications, environmental technologies, specialty materials and life sciences. Corning operates under various subsidiaries. The company produces a wide range of products, such as glass substrates for LCD screens, optical fiber and cable, ceramic technologies and solutions for emissions and pollution control in mobile and stationary applications, microplate products, coated slides, filter plates for genomics sample preparation, plastic cell culture dishes and more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for unique customer needs. Corning manufactures and processes products at more than 51 plants in 15 countries. More

Manufacturing: Optical fiber cables and strands, flat glass used in television screens and computer monitors, scientific laboratory products, lighting and industrial materials.