Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW)

1 Riverfront Plaza
Corning, NY 14831-0001 (Map)
Phone: 607-974-9000
Fax: 607-974-8091
http://www.corning.com

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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 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) come from the Asia/Pacific region, including nearly a third from Taiwan; more than a quarter of sales comes from the US. Corning has about 60 manufacturing and processing facilities across 14 countries.

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Company Type Public (NYSE: GLW)
Fiscal Year-End December
2010 Sales (mil.) £4,286.9
1-Year Sales Growth 22.9%
2010 Net Income (mil.) £2,299.9
1-Year Net Income Growth 77.2%
2010 Employees 26,200
1-Year Employee Growth 11.5%
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Chairman, President, and CEO Wendell P. Weeks
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Vice Chairman and CFO James B. Flaws
EVP and CTO Joseph A. (Joe) Miller Jr.
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