Corning Ophthalmic Enters into Manufacturing and Distributing Finished Molds

Corning Ophthalmic Enters into Manufacturing and Distributing Finished Molds

September 27, 2006

    BEIJING, China, Sept. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Corning
Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced on Sept. 26 it is
entering manufacturing and distributing high-quality
finished mineral molds for plastic lens manufacturers
(casters).

    For 250 years, the Corning Ophthalmic Group has devoted
its energy and resources to making life easier for its
customers through a search for relevant solutions. 

    Corning has set up a state-of-the-art free form
production technology machines that allows the manufacture
of products of extraordinary technical sophistication. The
production and distribution sites will provide product
ranges that meet a variety of customer needs.

    "Corning Ophthalmic will manufacture and supply
the full product range (bifocal, aspheric and progressive
lenses) for manufacturers who already have their own
progressive designs but wish to subcontract their
production," said Pradeepak Malvai, director, sales
& marketing, Ophthalmic South Asia, Greater China &
Korea.  Malvai announced the news during the China
International Optics Fair 2006 in Beijing.

    "For manufacturers who do not have their own
design, Corning will assist them in getting a design from
reputable mold design suppliers," Malvai continued. 

    "Corning Ophthalmic has a explicit objective:
facilitate the difficult management of producing finished
molds in a market that increasingly demands innovation and
originality with regard to plastic lens products,"
said Philippe Engel, global sales manager of Corning
Ophthalmic. "This objective is a logical complement to
the line of metallic inserts for polycarbonate lens
production that Corning already supplies to its customers
through the Corning Diamond Turning division."

    Additional information about Corning Ophthalmic
products can be found at http://www.corning.com/ophthalmic
.

    About Corning Incorporated

    Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is a
diversified technology company that concentrates its
efforts on high-impact growth opportunities.  Corning
combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic
materials, polymers and the manipulation of the properties
of light, with strong process and manufacturing
capabilities to develop, engineer and commercialize
significant innovative products for the telecommunications,
flat panel display, environmental, semiconductor, and life
sciences industries.
				     
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     Lydia Lu
     Tel:   [phone] x1900
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     Tel:   [phone] x1701
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