Corning Incorporated designs and manufactures specialty glass, ceramics, and optical materials for consumer electronics, communications networks, automotive emissions control, advanced displays, and life-science research. Core lines include Gorilla Glass and other specialty materials, display glass substrates, optical fiber and connectivity, emissions-control substrates, and laboratory vessels sold to device makers, network builders, automakers, and researchers. Founded in 1851 and headquartered in Corning, New York, it is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: GLW).