Founded as Corning Glass Works in 1851, in April 1989 the firm was renamed Corning Incorporated. Organized into five business segments: Display Technologies, Optical Communications, Environmental Technologies, Specialty Materials, and Life Sciences, Corning Incorporated manufactures and sells specialty glasses, ceramics, and related materials worldwide. Display Technologies manufacture glass substrates for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used in LCD televisions, notebook computers, and flat panel desktop monitors. Optical Communications manufacture optical fiber and cable; and hardware and equipment products comprising cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware and connectors, optical components and couplers, closures, network interface devices, and other accessories. This segment also provides subscriber demarcation, connection and protection devices, passive solutions, and outside plant enclosures; and coaxial RF interconnects for the cable television industry. Environmental Technologies manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary, and gasoline and diesel applications. Specialty Materials manufactures products that provide approximately 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics, and fluoride crystals. Life Sciences develops, manufactures, and supplies scientific laboratory products consisting of consumables, such as plastic vessels, specialty surfaces, and media, as well as general labware and equipment for cell culture research, bioprocessing, genomics, drug discovery, microbiology, and chemistry. The Company also operates a pharmaceutical glass vessel and a tubing business; and precision materials, non-LCD business, as well as precision laser cutting/shaping technologies, and flow reactors and adjacency businesses for glass.
