13 Surprising Facts About Corning - The Motley Fool
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, Tracing its roots back to before the Civil War, to an 1851 investment in a glass company.
4. The range of products that Corning has specialized in or currently specializes in is extremely diverse, including railroad lanterns, light bulbs, television tubes, cookware, ceramic substrates, optical fiber, and active-matrix liquid crystal displays. Indeed, long ago, Corning developed a mass-production system for light bulbs that helped make them affordable.
5. Today Corning focuses on five key realms: glass substrates for TV, computer, and other electronic displays; ceramic substrates and filters for emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, and hardware for telecommunication networks; glass and plastic ware for laboratories; and specialty materials for a range of applications and industries.
6. During World War II, Corning boosted morale among employees (and others) by sponsoring a local radio show: the Corning Glass Works Radio Family Party. Corning also sponsored the opening-night concert at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, in September 1962. Some 26 million people watched it on TV.
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