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Corning may refer to: People * Corning (surname) Places In Canada: * Corning, Saskatchewan In the United States of America: * Corning, Arkansas * Corning, California * Corning, Indiana * Corning, Iowa * Corning, Kansas * Corning, Michigan * Corning, Minnesota * Corning, Missouri * Corning (city), New York * Corning (town), New York * Corning, Ohio * Corning, Pennsylvania * Corning, Wisconsin Businesses and organizations * Corning Inc., an American glass and ceramics manufacturer * Dow Corning * Owens Corning * Corning Museum of Glass Other uses * Corning (gunpowder), a gunpowder manufacturing process that improves consistency and power * Corning, a method of making salt-cured meat Salting is the preservation of food with dry edible salt. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning (surname)
Corning is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Edwin Corning (1883–1934), American businessman and politician *Erastus Corning (1794–1872), American businessman and politician *Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York *Howard Corning (1879–1924), Canadian cattle farmer and politician *Joy Corning (1932–2017), American politician *Parker Corning (1874–1943), U.S. Representative from New York *Peter Corning (born 1935), American biologist, consultant, and complex systems scientist *Ron Corning (born 1971) American television host *Thomas Corning (1842–1912), Canadian lawyer and politician {{surname, Corning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning (town), New York
Corning is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The town is in the eastern part of the county and borders the city of Corning. The town population was 5,986 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Erastus Corning, a financier. History The first settlement was near the current city of Corning around 1789. The Town of Corning began as the "Town of Painted Post" in 1796 when the county was founded. In 1836, the name was changed to honor an important investor in the local economy. The community of Corning incorporated as a village in 1848, and separated itself from the town entirely after its incorporation as a city in 1890. The town of Corning was incorporated in 1852. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which (1.07%) is water. The Chemung River, formed by the confluence of the Cohocton and Tioga Rivers a few miles west of the town, flows through the town, and the city of Corning. The east town l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning Museum Of Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning (city), New York, Corning, New York, United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Incorporated, Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass objects, some over 3,500 years old. History The Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) is a not-for-profit museum dedicated to glass, first created as the Corning Glass Center, in 1951. It was built by Corning Glass Works (renamed Corning Incorporated in 1989) upon the company's 100th anniversary. Thomas S. Buechner, who would later become director of the Brooklyn Museum, was the founding director of the glass museum, serving in the post from 1951 to 1960 and again from 1973 to 1980. Growth and renovations The original museum and library were housed in a building designed by Harrison & Abramovitz in 1951. Gunnar Birkerts designed a new addition, which was opened on May 28, 1980. The Studio opened for cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owens Corning
Owens Corning is an American company that develops and produces insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites and related products. It is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass composites. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company employs approximately 19,000 people around the world. Owens Corning has been a Fortune 500 company every year since the list was created in 1955. The Pink Panther acts as the company's mascot and appears in most of their advertisements. History 1935–1980 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Company was formed in 1935 through the merger of Owens-Illinois and Corning Glass Works. It became a separate company in 1938 with its headquarters established in Toledo, Ohio. In 1938, the company sales reached $2.6 million. The company held its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 1952. In 1955, Owens-Corning purchased land for a research and testing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dow Corning
Dow Corning Corporation, was an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States, and was originally established as a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Corning Inc., Corning Incorporated. In 2016, Dow bought out Corning, Inc. making Dow Corning a 100% Dow subsidiary. After a brief existence as a DowDuPont-owned company, Dow spun out from DowDuPont on April 1, 2019. The new company, Dow Silicones Corporation, which is wholly owned by Dow, specializes in silicone and silicon-based technology, and is the largest silicone product producer in the world. DOWSIL™ is the trade name for Dow Corning's 7,000+ products and services. History Dow Corning was formally established in 1943 as a joint venture between the American conglomerates Dow Chemical and Corning Glass to explore the potential of silicone and was a manufacturer of products for use by the U.S. military in World War II. The company began operating its first plant, in Midlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning Inc
Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company specializing in glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was named Corning Glass Works until 1989. Corning divested its consumer product lines (including CorningWare and Visions Pyroceram-based cookware, Corelle Vitrelle tableware, and Pyrex glass bakeware) in 1998 by selling the Corning Consumer Products Company subsidiary (later Corelle Brands) to Borden. , Corning had five major business sectors: display technologies, environmental technologies, life sciences, optical communications, and specialty materials. Corning is involved in two joint ventures: Dow Corning and Pittsburgh Corning. The company completed the corporate spin-offs of Quest Diagnostics and Covance (now Fortrea) in January 1997. Corning is one of the main suppliers to Apple Inc. Since working with Steve Jobs in 2007, to develop t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning, Wisconsin
Corning is a town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 883 at the 2010 census, up from 826 at the 2000 census. Geography Corning occupies the western side and southwestern corner of Lincoln County. It is the largest town in the county by area, with a total area of . of it are land, and , or 0.17%, are water. The town is drained primarily by the Copper River and New Wood River and their tributaries, flowing east to the Wisconsin River above Merrill. The southwest corner of Corning drains to the Big Rib River, which flows south and east to the Wisconsin River at Wausau. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 826 people, 299 households, and 246 families residing in the town. The population density was 5.6 people per square mile (2.2/km2). There were 392 housing units at an average density of 2.7 per square mile (1/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 99.15% White, 0.12% Native American, 0.24% from other races, and 0.48% from two or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning, Pennsylvania
Corning is a village in far southern Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States, located in both Upper Milford and Lower Milford Townships. It borders Berks and Montgomery Counties. The village is served by the Zionsville ZIP Code of 18092 and is in the Pennsburg telephone exchange with the area code of 215. It is in the watershed of the Perkiomen Creek and its roads are Corning Road, Palm Road, William Street, which becomes Pine Tree Road in Berks County, and Yeakel Road. It is on the Perkiomen Branch, which provides a rail connection between the Upper Perkiomen Valley and Allentown Allentown may refer to: Places * Allentown, California, now called Toadtown, California * Allentown, Georgia, a city in four counties in Georgia * Allentown, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Tazewell County * Allentown, New Jersey, a boroug .... References Unincorporated communities in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{LehighCoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning, Ohio
Corning is a village (United States)#Ohio, village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 488 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Originally named Ferrara, the town was focused on farming along the Sunday Creek Valley. That would change when the Atlantic and Lake Erie Railway completed the Moxahala tunnel in 1879. By 1880, Joseph Rodgers sold over 8,000 acres along Sunday Creek to the Ohio Central Coal Company. With New York capitalists investing heavily in the coal camp, the town was soon renamed Corning. A post office has been in operation at Corning since 1880. Known as one of the most lawless towns in the state, Corning can only be compared to violent mining towns such as Tombstone, Arizona, or Deadwood, South Dakota. In addition to shootouts and murders, Corning saw several violent events that made it famous. On September 19, 1880, the Ohio National Guard battled white coal miners trying to force out newly arrived African American miners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
