Corning Honored with Ford's 2003 World Excellence Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2004 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 it recently received Ford Motor Company's Recognition of Achievement World Excellence Award for its superior performance in 2003. The World Excellence Awards provide annual recognition based on quality, cost and delivery performance. Forty-two suppliers from 16 countries won awards in various categories. "For achieving the highest level of performance, we gratefully recognize Corning Incorporated's Environmental Technologies business for its exceptional contributions and efforts," said Tony Brown, vice president, Global Purchasing, Ford Motor Company. A Recognition of Achievement Award is given to suppliers who impact customer satisfaction by providing significant contributions in key areas: Environmental Leadership, Consumer Focused Technology and Consumer Driven 6-Sigma Supplier Achievement. Recognition of Achievement Awards went to eight suppliers. Corning was a Consumer-Focused Technology Award recipient in recognition of having successfully launched Ford-first technologies. Peter F. Volanakis, president, Corning Technologies was presented with the award at the Ford Motor Company ceremony and noted, "We are extremely pleased that Ford has honored Corning with its 'Recognition of Achievement' distinction. This award for customer-focused technology is especially meaningful to our Corning team which has a long tradition of working with Ford to develop and deliver meaningful clean-air innovations." About Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s technology company that concentrates its efforts on high-impact growth opportunities. Corning combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic This article is about ceramic materials. For the fine art, see Ceramic art. The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos). 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 Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time , environmental, semiconductor, and life sciences industries. |
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