Sony BRAVIA® HDTVs Featuring Corning® Gorilla® Glass Now Available

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Sony BRAVIA® HDTVs Featuring Corning® Gorilla® Glass Now Available

Sony BRAVIA® HDTVs Featuring Corning® Gorilla® Gla

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Sony BRAVIA® HDTVs Featuring Corning® Gorilla® Glass Now Available
Sony BRAVIA® HDTVs Featuring Corning® Gorilla® Glass Now Available
CORNING, N.Y. | Corning Incorporated | mayo 19, 2011
Cutting-edge monolithic sets lead the industry in slim, seamless design 

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced today that models of Sony Corporation’s (NYSE: SNE) latest line of BRAVIA® LCD HDTVs with Corning® Gorilla® Glass are now available in select stores nationwide.

Already available for purchase in Sony Stores and online, the sets will continue to arrive on shelves at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and other retail outlets across the United States in the coming weeks.

The new Sony BRAVIA® series HDTV
featuring Corning® Gorilla® Glass.

The very thin 0.7 mm Corning Gorilla Glass is designed into several models of Sony’s 46-inch and larger BRAVIA HDTVs. The innovative televisions boast a sleek monolithic design enhanced by an OptiContrast™ panel that provides best-in-class picture quality. 

“We selected Corning Gorilla Glass for its toughness,” said Brian Siegel, vice president of television business, Sony Electronics. “The thin elegance of Corning Gorilla Glass matches the refined styling of our new BRAVIA models, helping us deliver TVs with sleek lines. These high-performance TVs are designed to offer the consumer a stunning accent piece to a living room when off, and spectacular performance when on.”

The environmentally friendly Corning Gorilla Glass is strengthened at the molecular level in order to provide superior damage resistance.

“It’s an outstanding cover glass – lightweight, yet providing exceptional durability to help protect against everyday wear,” said John P. Bayne, division vice president, OLED and TV Cover Glass. “Corning Gorilla Glass enables the sleek designs consumers are currently demanding in their electronics, whether it be handhelds, slates, laptops, or televisions.”

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), which are based on current expectations and assumptions about Corning’s financial results and business operations, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include: the effect of global political, economic and business conditions; conditions in the financial and credit markets; currency fluctuations; tax rates; product demand and industry capacity; competition; reliance on a concentrated customer base; manufacturing efficiencies; cost reductions; availability of critical components and materials; new product commercialization;  pricing fluctuations and changes in the mix of sales between premium and non-premium products;  new plant start-up or restructuring costs; possible disruption in commercial activities due to terrorist activity, armed conflict, political or financial instability, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, or major health concerns; adequacy of insurance; equity company activities; acquisition and divestiture activities; the level of excess or obsolete inventory; the rate of technology change; the ability to enforce patents; product and components performance issues; retention of key personnel; stock price fluctuations; and adverse litigation or regulatory developments. These and other risk factors are detailed in Corning’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Forward-looking statements speak only as of the day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no obligation to update them in light of new information or future events.

About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.

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