Prix Corning Incorporated

Corning Incorporated is a global enterprise operating across five key business areas: display technologies, optical communications, environmental solutions, specialty materials, and life sciences. Its Display Technologies division manufactures glass substrates essential for liquid crystal displays and organic light-emitting diode screens, which are integrated into consumer electronics such as televisions, laptops, desktop monitors, tablets, and handheld devices. The Optical Communications segment provides a comprehensive range of products, including optical fibers and cables, alongside various hardware and equipment like cable assemblies, fiber optic connectors, optical components, couplers, network closures, interface devices, and other accessories. This segment serves commercial enterprises, government bodies, and individual consumers alike. The Specialty Materials division develops and produces a diverse portfolio of items, including material formulations for glass, glass ceramics, and crystals. It also offers precision measurement instruments, software, ultra-thin and ultra-flat glass wafers and substrates, tinted eyewear, and products for radiation protection. This division caters to sectors such as mobile consumer electronics, optics and consumables for semiconductor manufacturing, aerospace and defense optics, radiation shielding applications, sunglass production, and telecommunications components. Corning's Environmental Technologies segment is responsible for ceramic substrates and filtration systems, crucial for controlling emissions in mobile, gasoline, and diesel engine applications. Within the Life Sciences segment, the company supplies a variety of laboratory products. These include consumables like plastic vessels, liquid handling plastics, specialized surfaces, cell culture media, and serums, as well as general labware and equipment, all marketed under prominent brands such as Corning, Falcon, Pyrex, and Axygen. Originally founded in 1851 as Corning Glass Works, the company adopted its current name, Corning Incorporated, in April 1989. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Corning, New York.