Corning Announces New Roles for Business Leaders.CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ) announced today that several global business leaders are moving to new roles. Eric S. Musser is appointed general manager, Greater China; Martin J. Curran is elected senior vice president and general manager, Corning Optical Fiber; Clark S. Kinlin is appointed chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Corning Cable Systems; and Stuart E. Hoiness is appointed senior vice president and general manager, hardware and equipment division, Corning Cable Systems. Eric S. Musser joined Corning in 1986 and has held a variety of roles in manufacturing, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , and quality. For the past two years, he has served as vice president and general manager of Corning Optical Fiber. In this role, he has been instrumental in the significant financial improvement of the division. He also helped lead the successful migration of the Shanghai Fiber Optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber Co. into a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Corning Incorporated, a key milestone in the company's strategy of building access to the fiber market in China. Martin J. Curran joined Corning in 1987 and has held a variety of roles in finance, sales and marketing. Since 2000, he has served as senior vice president and general manager for Corning Cable Systems' hardware and equipment operations in the Americas. Marty has played a significant role in the introduction of new products for the fiber-to-the-home and public and private telecommunications networks markets. Clark S. Kinlin joined Corning in 1981 and has held leadership roles in a variety of global organizations, including Telecommunications Products, Consumer Products and Corning International. In 2003 he was appointed general manager, Corning China. Over the past four years, he has led the growth of Corning's businesses in China. Stuart E. Hoiness joined Corning in 1996 and has held a variety of roles in sales, marketing and product management. Since 2002, he has served as vice president of global product management for Corning Cable Systems' hardware and equipment organization and has been instrumental in the growth of the business. The leaders will transition into their new roles over the next several months, with all changes effective by Sept. 30. About Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science materials science Study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by the material's composition and structure, both macroscopic and microscopic. and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control Emissions control may refer to:
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