Business Chief US+CAN Magazine September 2019 | Page 190

CORNING INCORPORATED

Breakthrough Innovations

1879 : Light Bulb Glass Corning developed the glass encasement for Thomas Edison ’ s lightbulb and a mass-production process that made them more widely available .
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1947 : Cathode Ray Tubes Corning revolutionized the television industry by inventing a process to mass-produce TV picture tubes .
1970 : Optical Fiber Corning developed the very first opticle fiber capable of maintaining laser light signals over significant distances , paving the way for fiber optics in telecommunication .
2007 : Corning ® Gorilla ® Glass
Corning developed a revolutionary glass that ’ s thin , light , and damage resistant , making it an ideal cover material for consumer electronics .
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