Corning Incorporated

Corning, NY United States

  (NYSE: GLW)

Company Description

Corning is building a foundation out of glass. Once known for its kitchenware and lab products, the company manufactures glass substrates primarily for LCD displays. It also makes optical fiber and cable, and other telecommunications equipment, substrates and filters for automotive emissions control products, glass and optical materials for a wide range of industries, and labware and equipment. More than half of Corning's sales (and all of its display segment customers, including AU Optronics and Sharp Electronics, each around 10% of total sales) come from the Asia/Pacific region, including nearly a quarter from Taiwan. Corning has about 80 manufacturing and processing facilities across more than a dozen countries.