Corning Glass Works

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Dates:
Establishment 1851
Disestablishment 1989
Active 1873
Active 1970

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Corning Glass Works was founded in 1851 by Amory Houghton, in Somerville, Massachusetts, originally as the Bay State Glass Co. It later moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and operated as the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works. The company moved again to its ultimate home and eponym, the city of Corning, New York, in 1868 under leadership of the founder's son, Amory Houghton, Jr. The California Institute of Technology's 200-inch (5.1 m) telescope mirror at Palomar Observatory was cast by Corning during 1934–1936 out of low expansion borosilicate glass. The company had a history of science-based innovations following World War II and the strategy by management was research and "disruptive" and "on demand" product innovation.

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  • Glass manufacture
  • Infrared heating

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