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Corning Incorporated (Corning), incorporated in December 1936, is a global, technology-based company that operates in five business segments: Display Technologies, Telecommunications, Environmental Technologies, Specialty Materials and Life Sciences. Display Technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for use in liquid crystal flat panel displays. Telecommunications segment manufactures optical fiber and cable, and hardware and equipment components for the telecommunications industry. Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filters for automobile and diesel applications. Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for customer needs. Life Sciences segment manufactures glass and plastic consumables for pharmaceutical and scientific applications. In August 2008, Corning completed the sale of its Steuben Glass Division to Steuben Glass LLC, an affiliate of Schottenstein Stores Corporation. In September 2009, the Company acquired all the interest in Axygen BioScience, Inc. and its subsidiaries from American Capital Ltd. In November 2009, Dow Corning, equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and the Company, announced that it acquired 100% interest in Globe Metais Industria e Comercio S.A., a silicon metal manufacturer in Para, Brazil, and a 49% interest in Globe Metallurgical Inc.’s silicon manufacturing operation in Alloy, West Virginia (United States), WVA Manufacturing LLC.
Display Technologies
Corning’s Display Technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs), that are used primarily in notebook computers, flat panel desktop monitors and LCD televisions. The Company’s facilities in Kentucky, Japan, Taiwan and China, and those of Samsung Corning Precision Glass Co., Ltd. (Samsung Corning Precision, which is 50% owned by Corning) in South Korea develop, manufacture and supply glass substrates using a fusion manufacturing process and technology. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has a 43% interest in Samsung Corning Precision, which sells glass to LCD panel manufacturers in Korea. Panel manufacturers in the other LCD-producing areas of the world, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and China, are supplied by Corning.
Corning markets large-generation sized glass substrates used by its customers in the production of larger LCDs for monitors and television. Glass substrates are available from Corning in sizes up to Generation 8 (2160 millimeter x 2460 millimeter). During the year ended December 31, 2008, approximately 92% of Corning and Samsung Corning Precision’s volume of LCD glass was Generation 5 (1100 millimeter x 1250 millimeter) and higher. In 2008, the Display Technologies segment represented 46% of Corning’s sales.
Telecommunications
The Telecommunications segment produces optical fiber and cable, and hardware and equipment products for the worldwide telecommunications industry. The Company offers a range of optical fiber technology products and enhancements for a variety of applications, including premises, fiber-to-the-premises access, metropolitan, long-haul and submarine networks. Corning makes and sells InfiniCor fibers for local area networks, data centers and central offices; NexCor fiber for converged services networks; SMF-28e single mode optical fiber that provides additional transmission wavelengths in metropolitan and access networks; MetroCor fiber products for metropolitan networks; LEAF optical fiber for long-haul, regional and metropolitan networks; ClearCurve fiber for use in multiple dwelling units, and Vascade submarine optical fibers for use in submarine networks. It has two optical fiber manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and another facility in China. A significant portion of Corning’s optical fiber is sold to subsidiaries, such as Corning Cable Systems LLC (Corning Cable Systems) and Corning Cable Systems Polska Sp. Z o.o.
The Company’s cabling operations include facilities in North Carolina, Poland and Germany, and smaller regional locations and equity affiliates. Its hardware and equipment products include cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware, fiber optic connectors, optical components and couplers, closures and pedestals, splice and test equipment and other accessories for optical connectivity. For copper connectivity, Corning’s products include subscriber demarcation, connection and protection devices, xDSL (different variations of digital subscriber lines (DSL)) passive solutions and outside plant enclosures. In addition, Corning offers products for the cable television industry, including coaxial connectors and associated tools. In 2008, the Telecommunications segment represented 30% of Corning’s sales.
Environmental Technologies
Corning’s environmental products include ceramic technologies and solutions for emissions and pollution control in mobile and stationary applications around the world, including gasoline and diesel substrate and filter products. Corning manufactures these products in New York, Virginia, China, Germany and South Africa. The Company sells its ceramic substrate and filter products worldwide to manufacturers of emission control systems who then sell to automotive and diesel engine manufacturers. In 2008, the Environmental Technologies segment represented 12% of Corning’s sales.
Specialty Materials
The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for customer needs. This segment operates in a variety of commercial and industrial markets that include display optics and components, semiconductor optics components, aerospace and defense, astronomy, ophthalmic products, telecommunications components and optical quality glass that are optimized for high-end portable devices and touch screens. Semiconductor optics manufactured by Corning includes high-performance optical material products, optical-based metrology instruments, and optical assemblies for applications in the global semiconductor industry. Corning’s semiconductor optics products are manufactured in New York. Other specialty glass products include glass lens and window components and assemblies and are made in New York, Virginia, and France or sourced from China. The Specialty Materials segment represented approximately 6% of Corning’s sales for 2008.
Life Sciences
Life Sciences laboratory products include microplate products, coated slides, filter plates for genomics sample preparation, plastic cell culture dishes, flasks, cryogenic vials, roller bottles, mass cell culture products, liquid handling instruments, Pyrex glass beakers, pipettors, serological pipettes, centrifuge tubes and laboratory filtration products. It sells products under three primary brands: Corning, Costar and Pyrex. The Company manufactures these products in Maine, New York, and Mexico and markets them worldwide, primarily through distributors, to government entities, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, hospitals, universities and other research facilities. Its Epic system, a high-throughput, label-free screening platform based on optical biosensor technology, offers drug developers the ability to evaluate new drug targets through both biochemical and cell-based drug discovery applications. In 2008, the Life Sciences segment represented approximately 6% of Corning’s sales.
The Company competes with Asahi Glass, Nippon Electric Glass, Avan Strate, Inc., Furukawa Electric/OFS, Fujikura Ltd., Sumitomo Electric, Prysmian Cables & Systems, Draka Comteq, NGK, Denso, Ibiden, Emitec, Schott, Shin-Etsu Quartz Products, Carl Zeiss, Nikon, Transitions Optical, Oerlikon, Hoya, Heraeus, Kimble, Greiner and Becton Dickinson.
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