press releases
May 15, 2008
Corning To
Showcase Gorilla™ Glass at SID Display Week 2008
Corning Incorporated announced today that it will be featuring its recently
introduced Gorilla™ glass at SID Display Week 2008, May 19-23 in Los
Angeles. This new thin-sheet glass was designed such that, upon
chem-strengthening, it provides device manufacturers with a highly durable,
scratch-resistant liquid crystal display (LCD) display cover. With its unique
set of characteristics, Corning Gorilla glass offers added protection for
personal electronic devices and is especially valuable for those featuring
touch screen technologies.
March 27, 2008
Corning Introduces Suite of High-Temperature/Harsh-Environment Specialty Fibers
Corning Incorporated announced today the introduction of a suite of
Corning® High-Temperature/Harsh-Environment Specialty Fibers. Corning's new
products include single-mode and multimode fibers with polyimide coatings in
both hermetic and non-hermetic formats. These new fibers are designed to exceed
the requirements for high-temperature sensor applications, which include a high
resistance to hydrogen permeation, excellent fiber fatigue performance and high
usable strength.
April 25, 2007
Corning Announces Partial Reopening of its Concord, N.C., Optical Fiber
Manufacturing Facility
Corning Incorporated today announced plans to reopen a portion of its Concord,
N.C., optical fiber manufacturing facility. As previously stated, the company
expects it will take approximately six to nine months to restart fiber
manufacturing. Production will be paced to meet market demand.
March 27, 2007
Corning Introduces New Hermetic Single-Mode Specialty Fiber
Corning Incorporated announced today the introduction of a new Corning®
hermetic single-mode specialty fiber. This fiber offers improved fatigue
resistance and high-usable strength for numerous applications, including fiber
optic sensors and towed arrays. The properties of the hermetic layer improve
the fatigue performance of the fiber by five times compared with standard
single-mode fiber while maintaining identical optical quality to Corning
SMF-28® optical fiber.
March 26, 2007
Corning Celebrates Silver Anniversary of Polarcor™ Glass Polarizers
Corning Incorporated recognized today the silver anniversary of Corning®
Polarcor™ glass polarizers and is celebrating 25 years of excellence in
polarization management and innovation. Polarcor glass is one of the essential
optical elements in polarization-dependent isolators, external modulators,
dynamic gain or spectrum equalizers, polarimetry systems, optical sensors,
ellipsometers, shutters and many other polarization-based devices.
September 6, 2006
Corning Announces Expansion of Keene, N.H., Facility
Corning Incorporated today hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the
completion of a $2 million addition to Corning NetOptix, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary with manufacturing operations in Keene, NH. The expansion brings in
precision CNC grind and polish capabilities as well as expanded coating
capabilities and allows for additional assembly and test space.
May 25, 2006
Corning Tropel Introduces the FlatMaster® 1400
Corning Tropel Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Corning Incorporated,
today announced the introduction of the FlatMaster® 1400 Liquid Crystal Display
(LCD) Image Mask Flatness Metrology System. Corning Tropel is an industry
leader in providing flatness measurement technology and has expanded its
capabilities to include the measurement of large LCD image masks. The
FlatMaster 1400 provides full-surface flatness measurements for LCD image masks
with superior speed, repeatability and accuracy to meet next generation
flatness requirements.
March 31, 2006
Corning and Tokuyama to Collaborate to Develop State of the Art Photochromic
Technology
Corning Incorporated and Tokuyama Corporation today announced a collaboration
agreement to develop state of the art photochromic technology that will enable
the future growth of the plastic photochromic market, one of the fastest
growing segments in the ophthalmic industry.
March 31, 2006
Corning Expands its SunSensors® Product Line
Corning Incorporated today announced a new plastic photochromic lens material
in its SunSensors® product line. SunSensors®+™ is made from an
ultra-light weight material that combines the reliability and affordability of
the current mid-index SunSensors with improved tensile strength and 100% UVA
and UVB protection. SunSensors+ is optimized for rimless styles and
is attractive with true grey and warm brown colors that have exceptional color
stability over the life of the prescription. The new product offers the strong
performance of photochromic technology that you can trust from Corning.
January 23, 2006
Corning Expands Suite of Specialty Fiber Products
Corning Incorporated, a world leader in specialty optical fibers, announced
today the introduction of five new specialty optical fibers for use in display
applications, fiber sensors and high power fiber lasers. Corning continues to
build on its legacy of invention and expertise in materials science and optics
in order to meet the growing needs of its customers with the addition of these
innovative, high performance products to an already robust line of specialty
fibers.
January 20, 2006
Corning Introduces Polarcor™ W I D E band™ (600-1100) nm
Corning Incorporated announced today the introduction of Polarcor™ W I D E
band™ (600-1100) nm, an extended bandwidth glass polarizer capable of high
performance in the nominal wavelengths of 633 nm, 800 nm, 900 nm and 1060 nm.
This patented material is the latest innovation in the Polarcor W I D E band
portfolio which launched in March 2005 at the Optical Fiber Conference.
July 6, 2005
Intel and Corning Enter Joint Development Agreement for EUV Photomask
Substrates
Intel Corporation and Corning Incorporated have entered into an agreement to
develop Ultra Low thermal Expansion ULE® glass photomask substrates required
for Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology. These substrates are
needed to develop low–defect EUV photomasks to enable 32nm node high volume
production using EUV lithography.
June 22, 2005
Corning Reaches Successful Milestone in Development of Discovery Channel
Telescope
Corning Incorporated announced today that it has completed the sagging process
of the 4.2-meter ULE® mirror blank that will serve as the primary mirror for
Lowell Observatory's Discovery Channel Telescope. Corning's proprietary ULE® is
a glass material which exhibits virtually no dimensional changes over extreme
temperature variations. This material is generally considered to be one of best
in the world for astronomical optics.
April 13, 2005
Corning Delivers Mirror Blanks For the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid
Response System (Pan-STARRS) PS-1 Telescope
Corning Incorporated announced today the delivery of a 1.8 meter ULE ® mirror
blank to the Pan-STARRS project being coordinated by the University of Hawaii's
Institute for Astronomy (IFA). The IFA is leading the effort to design and
implement an astronomical survey system to search for potential earth-impacting
asteroids and comets. The United States Air Force Research Laboratory provides
funding for this project.
January 24, 2005
Corning Awarded Epoxy Free Isolator Patent
Corning Incorporated announced today that it was recently awarded a U.S. patent
for the method of manufacture of a polarization dependent optical isolator
core.
January 21, 2005
Corning Introduces Fully Packaged High Performance Miniature Collimator
Corning Incorporated today announced the introduction of a fully packaged high
performance miniature collimator utilizing the award-winning OptiFocus™ Lensed
Fiber technology.