Corning Incorporated
As of 2026-10-04, Corning Incorporated has 0 tracked suppliers and 1 tracked customer in this dataset.
Optical fiber, cable, and glass materials maker; top global producer of optical fiber for AI data center interconnect and a first-mover in glass-core substrates for advanced chip packaging.
- Ticker
- NYSE: GLW
- Headquarters
- Corning
- Founded
- 1851
- Employees
- 46,200
- Revenue
- $15.6B (FY2025) · +19.1% YoY
- Net income
- $1.6B
- Operating margin
- 14.6%
- Market position
- leader
- Value-chain segment
- Photonics & Optics, Substrates
- Key products
- Optical fiber & cable for data center interconnect, GlassBridge fiber-to-photonic IC connector platform, Glass core substrates for AI chip packaging, Semiconductor-grade glass wafers and optics, Gorilla Glass / EAGLE XG display glass
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated, headquartered in United States, operates in the Photonics & Optics and Substrates segments of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market leader there. Its key products include Optical fiber & cable for data center interconnect, GlassBridge fiber-to-photonic IC connector platform, Glass core substrates for AI chip packaging, Semiconductor-grade glass wafers and optics, Gorilla Glass / EAGLE XG display glass. wafergraph maps 1 tracked customer for Corning Incorporated across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 1/100, with 1 companies downstream of it.
Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company specializing in glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. Founded in 1851, the company was called Corning Glass Works for most of its history. Corning was known during the 20th century for its consumer product lines, such as including CorningWare and Visions Pyroceram-based cookware, Corelle Vitrelle tableware, and Pyrex glass bakeware. It divested its consumer product lines in 1998 by selling the Corning Consumer Products Company to Borden.
Role in the chain
Corning Incorporated is a market leader in Distribution & Misc (Photonics & Optics), headquartered in United States. Optical fiber, cable, and glass materials maker; top global producer of optical fiber for AI data center interconnect and a first-mover in glass-core substrates for advanced chip packaging.
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Key products
- Optical fiber & cable for data center interconnect
- GlassBridge fiber-to-photonic IC connector platform
- Glass core substrates for AI chip packaging
- Semiconductor-grade glass wafers and optics
- Gorilla Glass / EAGLE XG display glass
Customers
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Sources
- https://investor.corning.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2026/Corning-Announces-Outstanding-2025-Financial-Results-1--Upgrades-Springboard-Plan-for-Faster-Sales-Growth-on-Significantly-Enhanced-Financial-Profile/default.aspx
- https://investor.corning.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2026/Corning-and-Meta-Announce-Multiyear-up-to-6-Billion-Agreement-to-Accelerate-US-Data-Center-Buildout/default.aspx
- https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/products/advanced-optics/product-materials/semiconductor-laser-optic-components/semiconductor-glass-wafers.html
- https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260417PD216/glass-substrate-corning-packaging-loss-utg.html
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Cite as: wafergraph, “Corning Incorporated — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/corning (data as of 2026-10-04).
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