Corning Celebrates Expansion of Emissions-Control Facility in China

Corning Celebrates Expansion of Emissions-Control Facility in China

November 27, 2007

Expansion Will Help Company to Meet Global Supply of
Ceramic Substrates


    CORNING, N.Y., Nov. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Corning
Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today celebrated the completed
expansion of its clean-air products facility, Corning
Shanghai Company, Ltd. (CSCL) in Shanghai, China.  The
additional capacity will help Corning to increase its
manufacturing capabilities to meet anticipated local and
global demand for advanced ceramic substrates for
light-duty vehicle applications.  Corning's Board of
Directors approved a capital expenditure of approximately
$15 million for the expansion in March 2006.

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    "We are delighted to celebrate this important
achievement with our customers, members of the Chinese
government and our dedicated employees," said
Corning's President and Chief Operating Officer Peter
Volanakis, who presided at the event.  "This
investment further demonstrates Corning's continued support
of the Greater China region.  It also increases our ability
to meet the demands of customers throughout Asia and the
rest of the world."

    The future growth of light-duty ceramic substrates, the
heart of catalytic converters, will be driven by the global
adoption of new and tighter emissions control regulations. 
Corning's advanced ceramic substrates are robust, monolithic
products that deliver high performance and reduced
engine-out emissions.  Corning's Celcor(R) product
portfolio includes standard, thin-wall and ultra-thinwall
substrates. 
 
    "The advanced ceramic substrates that we
manufacture at CSCL help our customers meet tightening
emissions regulations," said Thomas Appelt, vice
president and general manager, Automotive Technologies,
Corning Incorporated.  "In addition, our highly
skilled sales and engineering teams provide technical
expertise to help design, model and test emissions control
systems that help our customers meet global requirements
and achieve first-class standards."

    CSCL, which is wholly owned by Corning Incorporated, is
a state-of-the-art, high-tech emissions control substrate
facility that first began shipping product in early 2001. 
In addition to manufacturing advanced substrates, CSCL also
includes sales, marketing and engineering operations that
provide world-class service for Corning customers in China
and throughout Asia.
 
    Corning is a leading supplier of advanced catalytic
converter substrates and particulate filters, supplying the
world's major manufacturers of gasoline and diesel engines
and vehicles.  The company invented an economical,
high-performance cellular ceramic substrate in the early
1970s that is now the standard for catalytic converters
worldwide.  Corning also developed the cellular ceramic
particulate filter to remove soot from diesel engine
emissions in 1978.

    About Corning Incorporated

    Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is the
world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on
more than 150 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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