Corning, Inc. (GLW)

Corning, Inc. 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. http://www.corning.com/ Market Segments: Diplay Technology http://www.corning.com/displaytechnologies/ww/en/index.aspx ClearCurve Optical Fiber Cable http://www.corning.com/clearcurve/index.htm Corning Gilbert/Coaxial Technology http://www.corning.com/corninggilbert/ Corning Environmental Technologies http://www.corning.com/environmentaltechnologies/ http://www.corning.com/ophthalmic/ http://steuben.com/index.cfm? Key Facts: Employees Approximately 25,000 worldwide, 5.17 billions Revenues, Fortune 500 rank 439 Recent PR's: http://www.corning.com/media_center/press_releases/2007/2007120501.aspx http://www.corning.com/media_center/press_releases/2007/2007113001.aspx http://www.corning.com/media_center/press_releases/2007/2007120502.aspx http://www.corning.com/media_center/press_releases/2008/2008010301.aspx Abbe number(V value, orconstringence) This is the ratio of refractivity over mean dispersion. The higher the constringence, the smaller the light dispersion. The Abbe number (named for the German scientist Ernst Abbe) is generally calculated with the d and e ray: CHARTS[/b}