CORNING INC /NY
Corning Incorporated is a global technology company that was founded in 1851 and traces its origins to a glass business. The company is vital to progress in various industries, including optical communications, mobile consumer electronics, display, automotive, solar, semiconductor, and life sciences. Corning's business strategy involves combining expertise in glass science, ceramic science, and optical physics with deep manufacturing and engineering capabilities to develop category-defining products. The company has five reportable business segments: Optical Communications, Display Technologies, Specialty Materials, Environmental Technologies, and Life Sciences. The Optical Communications segment is a leader in optical fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions for telecommunications networks. The Display Technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for flat panel displays, including LCDs and OLEDs. The Specialty Materials segment provides more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics, and crystals, as well as precision metrology instruments and software. The Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile applications. The Life Sciences segment provides innovative solutions for traditional small molecule drugs, biologics, vaccines, and emerging cell and gene therapies. Corning's website is www.corning.com, and its ticker symbol is GLW. The company competes with various large and varied manufacturers in each of its business segments and maintains a competitive advantage through technology and product innovation, deep customer relationships, reliability of supply, product quality, superior customer service, and technical specification of its products. The company also invests heavily in research and development to protect its innovations through patents. At the end of 2023, Corning owned about 12,975 unexpired patents in various countries.