Browse Corning Incorporated (CAGE Code 27167, 36DP3, 01RL4) NSN Parts Catalog

Operating Segments: Technology, Electronics, Glass & Ceramics

HQ: Corning, New York, United States

About Corning Inc.

Corning Inc. is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies, such as advanced optics, for industrial and scientific applications. The company was founded as the Bay State Glass Company in Sommerville, Massachusetts. The company eventually moved to Brooklyn, New York, and operated under the name Brooklyn Flint Glass Works. In 1868, the company moved to Corning, New York, and took on the Corning name.

The company established an industrial research lab in 1908, testing and researching operations related to catalytic converters and diesel engine filter product lines. The company has been involved in a broad range of industrial and scientific products. Corning provided the mirrors for the California Institute of Technology’s 200-inch telescope. In 1935, Corning partnered with bottle-maker Owens Illinois and formed the company Owens Corning, which became an independent company in 1938.

In 1962, Corning developed Chemcor, a chemically treated automobile windshield designed to be lighter, thinner, and safer than existing windshields. While the Chemcor did not achieve widespread use, the company would later use the same manufacturing processes for the company’s LCD glass business. A major turning point for Corning came when it was asked by Apple to develop a display screen for the iPhone. Corning’s Gorilla glass is now the most widely used type of glass in LCD screens, and can be found in virtually all smartphones on the market.

CAGE Codes:

10RL4                                    02RL6                                    048H7                                    05KK8

079Y6                                    08JB9                                     0B2J7                                     0B921

0EM76                                   0FKA9                                    0HLS6                                    0JF84

0JZS6                                    12290                                     12734                                     14674

Products, Services, and Platforms

Products:

• Gorilla Glass:

  Corning’s Gorilla Glass is a brand of chemically-strengthened glass used in a variety of smartphones and consumer electronic devices. Gorilla Glass is also used in automobiles, with Ford adopting it for its GT sports car, F-150 truck, and Jeep Wrangler SUV.

• Display Glass:

  Corning’s various glass substrate brands, such as Eagle XG, Lotus NXT, Astra, and Iris, are used in a variety of LCD display and OLED display applications, such as digital tablets and notebooks, TVs, computer monitors, as well as in architecture and building design.

• Environmental Technologies:

  Corning’s clean-air technologies include cellular ceramic substrates designed for automobiles to meet U.S. Clean Air Act regulations. Corning also produces other ceramic substrates and particulate filters that form a core of pollution control systems and clean-air technologies for cars, trucks, and construction equipment

• Optical Communications:

  Corning offers a full range of optical communications hardware, including fiber optic hardware, cable and assemblies, connectivity solutions, and accessories.

• Advanced Optics:

  Corning is a global leader in optical solutions for a variety of commercial markets, including semiconductor manufacturing, microfabrication, consumer electronics, and more. This segment includes Corning Laser Technologies for laser processing machines, Optical Materials and Technologies for manufacturing materials and optical systems, Precision Glass Solutions for glass wafers used in mobile consumer electronics, and more.

Subsidiaries/Partners

Corning’s subsidiaries include Dow Corning, iBwave Solutions, SpiderCloud Wireless, Axygen Inc, Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Labnet International Inc, Discovery Labware inc, STRAN Technologies Inc, US Conec Ltd, Corning SAS, Corning Tropel Corp, Corning Gilbert Inc, Corning International Corp, and more.

Competitors

Corning’s competitors include Amphenol, AGC, MetamateriaL Technologies, Cambrios Technologies, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Nippon Electric Glass Co, and other manufacturers of advanced glass materials.