Corning Incorporated

The Corning, Inc. is a company from the United States, based in Corning, New York. The 500 is listed on the stock index S & P company employs approximately 26,200 people and produces glass, ceramics and related materials for industrial and scientific applications.

History

The company was founded in 1851 in the area of ​​Williamsburg ( Brooklyn ), but later moved its headquarters to Corning. Until 1989 the company was known under the name of Corning Glass Works.

A 1964 in Corning by Stuart Dockerty ( 1911-1974 ) and Clint Shay developed method (overflow fusion or draw down ) to produce very thin and uniform glass panes could initially not be used commercially, but allows since the 1990s, the manufacture of LCD screens and since the mid- 2000s of touch screens.

In the fall of 1970, Corning announced that the developers of the company had successfully produced optical waveguides, which were suitable for the transmission of long distance calls. By this invention, Corning became one of the world's largest manufacturers of optical waveguides in the 1990s.

Because of strong expansion of production of Gorilla Glass $ the factory in Harrodsburg was since 2010 for about 180 million U.S. extended.

Divisions

Corning is divided into five segments:

• Display Technology Display Technologies ( 45% of sales )

• Telecommunications Telecommunications (31% of sales)

• Environmental Technologies Environmental Technologies (11% of sales)

• Specialty Materials (6% of sales)

• Life Science (7% of sales)

Investments

Corning and Dow Chemical each own 50 % of Dow Corning Corporation. Dow Corning is a world leader in the field of silicon and silicone chemistry and majority owner of Hemlock Semiconductor. Corning owns 50 % interest in Samsung Corning Precision Glass Co., Ltd. (43% Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.. , 7% other owners ), a highly profitable manufacturer of liquid crystal glass for the production of LCD monitors.

Corning in Germany

Corning has in Germany has offices in Berlin, Hagen, Kaiserslautern, Munich, Neustadt bei Coburg and Wiesbaden. In Kaiserslautern is one of the world's four major works for ceramic substrates in catalytic converters ( Division Environmental Technologies) with about 500 employees.

Gorilla Glass and Glass Willow

One of the most famous products of the company Corning 's Gorilla Glass, an aluminosilicate with 0.7-2 mm thickness. Gorilla Glass in 2007 came the first iPhone on the market. It has since been used in over 500 million smartphones, tablet computers and netbooks from more than 30 manufacturers with over 575 models; Gorilla Glass is characterized by an improved tensile strength and high resistance to scratching. A developed for similar applications, but with 0.1-0.2 mm thickness much thinner, more flexible borosilicate glass is Willow Glass.