Corning Announces Partial Reopening of its Concord, N.C., Optical Fiber Manufacturing Facility.Decision based on continued growth of the optical fiber market and increased demand for Corning semiconductor materials Semiconductor materials are insulators at absolute zero temperature that conduct electricity in a limited way at room temperature (see also Semiconductor). The defining property of a semiconductor material is that it can be doped with impurities that alter its electronic properties products 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) ) today announced plans to reopen a portion of its Concord, N.C., optical fiber manufacturing facility. As previously stated, the company expects it will take approximately six to nine months to restart fiber manufacturing. Production will be paced to meet market demand. "The optical fiber market has witnessed volume growth of greater than 15 percent in each of the last two years," said Eric S. Musser, vice president and general manager of Corning Optical Fiber. "Over 80 percent of worldwide fiber demand now comes from the access and metro segments, and we expect to see continued market growth. The partial start-up of our Concord facility will ensure that we have adequate capacity to capture this expanding market opportunity." Another factor in the decision to partially reopen Concord is the growth in demand for Corning semiconductor materials products. In addition to optical fiber, Corning also manufactures high-purity fused silica fused silica n. See quartz glass. for semiconductor lithography applications at its Wilmington, N.C., facility. Corning's semiconductor business is growing at double-digit rates, resulting in the need for increased specialty glass capacity in Wilmington. This demand has displaced some of Wilmington's fiber making capacity. "The manufacturing process at the Wilmington facility produces innovative specialty glass for challenging microlithography applications. The lithographic lith·o·graph n. A print produced by lithography. tr.v. lith·o·graphed, lith·o·graph·ing, lith·o·graphs To produce by lithography. industry is expected to show continued growth with higher semiconductor content in consumer electronics," said James R. Steiner, senior vice president and general manager of Corning Specialty Materials. 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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