Corning Introduces Enhanced Photonic Materials Product Portfolio.

Business Editors

OFC 2004

Booth #3227

CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that its Photonic Materials business is introducing new and enhanced products at the 2004 Optical Fiber Communications Conference, held this week in Los Angeles, California. Through this improved product line, Corning reaffirms its position as a leading manufacturer of unique, high quality materials used for specialty assemblies in the telecom, datacom, aerospace and biomedical industries.

Product highlights at OFC include the award-winning, and now more economical, OptiFocus(TM) Lensed Fiber family; a set of improved performance specifications for Polarcor(TM) Polarizing Glass; a new double clad specialty fiber; and a unique fiber bundle which is used to capture and efficiently combine the output from arrays of discrete high power pump lasers into one. Corning remains committed to developments within each of these product lines while also increasing the value of its bundled product offerings to the industries in which it participates.

Corning's solutions-based materials provide enabling building blocks to telecom component manufacturers worldwide. Now, with a broadened product portfolio, significant expansion of its intellectual property and a renewed focus on addressing requirements of non-telecom as well as telecom customers, Corning's Photonic Materials is well positioned as a leading supplier to a diverse range of applications utilizing active or passive manipulation of light signals as a functional tool.

As noted by James Hollis, commercial manager, Corning Photonic Materials, "There is simply no other materials supplier in the world that can offer component manufacturers a bundled solution of materials such as polarizers, specialty fibers and micro lenses in addition to access to the more than 150 years of materials science research and development expertise that Corning possesses."

Corning's entire Photonic Materials product portfolio, including various specialty fibers, polarizing glass, GRIN lenses, lensed fiber, photosensitive glass and other specialty materials, will be on exhibit during the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) conference February 24-26 in Los Angeles, California. For more information, visit the Corning booth (#3227) during the show or Corning's Web site at www.corning.com/photonicmaterials.

About Corning Incorporated

Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is a diversified technology company that concentrates its efforts on high-impact growth opportunities. Corning combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic 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, flat panel display, environmental, semiconductor, and life sciences industries.