GLW Profile
Corning Incorporated, founded in 1851 and headquartered in Corning, New York, operates globally across several business segments including display technologies, optical communications, environmental technologies, specialty materials, and life sciences. In the Display Technologies segment, Corning produces glass substrates for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which are used in a variety of devices such as televisions, notebook computers, desktop monitors, tablets, and handheld devices.
The Optical Comunications segment of Corning provides a wide range of products including optical fibers and cables, hardware, and equipment. This includes cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware and connectors, optical components, couplers, closures, network interface devices, and other accessories, catering to businesses, governments, and individual consumers. Corning's Specialty Materials segment focuses on advanced material formulations for various industries, producing ultra-thin and ultra-flat glass wafers, glass ceramics, precision metrology instruments, and other specialty products used in mobile consumer electronics, semiconductor equipment, aerospace, defense optics, and telecommunications.
Corning's Environmental Technologies segment supplies ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in both mobile and stationary applications, addressing gasoline and diesel engine needs. The Life Sciences segment offers a broad range of laboratory products under brands like Corning, Falcon, Pyrex, and Axygen, including consumables such as plastic vessels, liquid handling plastics, specialty surfaces, cell culture media, serum, and general labware and equipment. Originally known as Corning Glass Works, the company changed its name to Corning Incorporated in 1989, reflecting its evolution and expansion into diverse high-tech industries.
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