Corning Inaugurates Clean Air Products Plant in South Africa; South Africa's First Catalytic Converter Substrate Plant to Help Meet Worldwide Demand.Business Editors PORT ELIZABETH Port Elizabeth, city (1991 pop. 670,653), Eastern Cape, SE South Africa, on Algoa Bay, an arm of the Indian Ocean. It is a tourist center and a major seaport that ships diamonds, wool, fruit, and other items. , South Africa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2000 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) ), a world-leading supplier of catalytic converter catalytic converter: see internal-combustion engine. catalytic converter In automobiles, a component of emission control systems used to reduce the discharge of noxious gases from the internal-combustion engine. substrates, today celebrated the opening of its new, US$30 million environmental technologies production facility in Port Elizabeth, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . The new plant will help meet growing global demand for products that clean emissions from automobiles. The ceremony took place at the new facility in the Perserverance Industrial Park site where construction started less than one year ago. The facility includes manufacturing and distribution operations for Corning's cellular ceramic substrate products used at the core of catalytic converters. Shipments of these clean-air products will begin in July of this year. "Tighter environmental standards and a heightened consumer awareness of cleaner vehicles are driving increased worldwide demand for catalytic converter substrates," said Roger G. Ackerman, Corning's chairman and chief executive officer. "South Africa is rapidly becoming a significant manufacturing center for the catalytic converters used by global automobile manufacturers. We are especially pleased to be the first substrate manufacturer to join South Africa's expanding automobile components industry." The new manufacturing operation joins Corning's global network serving vehicle and catalytic converter manufacturers worldwide. Corning currently manufactures catalytic converter substrates in Erwin, New York Erwin is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 7,227 at the 2000 census. The name is that of an early settler, who became the first Town Supervisor. (USA); Blacksburg, Virginia (USA); and Kaiserslautern, Germany. The company is also completing an engineering and manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China that will begin operations later this year. The company operates catalytic converter substrate sales and customer service offices in Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; New Delhi, India; Sydney, Australia; Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Wiesbaden, Germany; Troy Michigan; and Corning, New York Corning, New York is the name of two places in Steuben County, New York, although it most frequently means the City of Corning.
Cellular ceramic substrates are used at the core of catalytic converters. When coated with a catalyst, the unit converts noxious exhaust gases to harmless exhaust gases and water vapor. Corning invented the cellular ceramic substrate more than 25 years ago, and today is a leading supplier of the devices to vehicle manufacturers worldwide. Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) creates leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing markets of the world's economy. Corning manufactures optical fiber, cable and photonic products for the telecommunications industry as well as high-performance displays and components for television and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. Corning's revenues in 1999 were $4.7 billion. |
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