Corning Incorporated Media Kit

A Proven Track Record of
Innovation
Since inventing the first low-loss
optical fiber, Corning leads the
marketplace in fiber innovation,
developing more than 40 new
products and product enhancements
in the past 20 years.
Highlights include:
1983 SMF-21 optical fiber
1985 SMF/DS optical fiber
1986 SMF-28® optical fiber
1988 Titan® optical fiber
1994 SMF-LS optical fiber
1998 Corning LEAF® optical fiber,
InfiniCor® laser-optimized
multimode fibers,
Submarine LEAF® optical
fiber, and SMF-28® optical
fiber with DuraClad
1999 InfiniCor® CL 1000
optical fiber
2000 MetroCor® optical fiber &
new generation of LEAF®
optical fiber
2001 SMF-28e® and Vascade®
optical fibers
2002 InfiniCor® SX+ and
InfiniCor® SXi optical fibers
2003 Enhancements to LEAF® and
SMF-28e® optical fibers
2003 Global conversion of
standard single-mode fiber
manufacturing to ITU-T
G.652.D-compliant fullspectrum
fiber
2004 NexCor optical fiber with
MaxPower technology
2005 InfiniCor® eSX+ optical fiber
Corning Optical Fiber
Corning’s ability to turn creative ideas
into practical solutions and useful
technologies continues to propel
innovations in the field of
telecommunications. Our optical
fiber is used worldwide in numerous
applications such as premises, fiber to
the X (FTTx), access, metropolitan,
long-haul and submarine. In addition,
we offer the broadest range of tip-to-tip
fiber-optic and copper solutions
communications networks.
Since inventing the first low-loss optical
fiber more than 30 years ago, Corning
has continued to focus efforts on highperformance
fibers optimized to add
technical and economic value to carrier
networks. Every step of the way, Corning
has raised the bar for optical fiber
technology, because we work with
customers to understand what makes
them successful, and create and
continually evolve fibers that enable our
customers’ long-term success.
The Leader for Innovative,
Award-Winning Fiber
Corning remains a worldwide market
leader in optical fiber technology.
Corning has more fiber deployed
worldwide than any other supplier in the
industry. We lead the marketplace in fiber
innovation, having developed and
launched more than 40 new products
and product enhancements in the past 20
years. Corning offers a full line of singlemode
and multimode optical fibers for all
network applications. Our entire family
of optical fiber boasts industry-leading
geometrical properties for low splice loss
and high splice yields, supported by an
unparalleled, proprietary manufacturing
process designed to product high-quality
products. Corning optical fiber is
recognized as the industry standard for
its excellent quality and innovative
properties, including Corning's LEAF
and SMF-28e optical fibers, which have
each won “Fiberoptic Product News”
technology awards. Corning’s LEAF and
MetroCor fibers have also won “R&D
100” and “Photonics Spectra” innovation
awards. Continuing our leadership in
customer-focused innovation, NexCor
fiber was developed to specifically address
a key technical limitation in fiber-to-thehome
and cable television networks
while simultaneously enabling network
operators twice the launch power of other
standard single-mode fibers. As the first
manufacturer to introduce laseroptimized
fiber for premises applications,
Corning continues to deliver market
innovations with our renowned InfiniCor
fibers for local area networks, data
centers and central offices. In addition,
Corning's Vascade family of optical fibers
connect the world through high-capacity,
high-speed fiber technology.
Unparalleled Quality
and Expertise
Industry leaders and customers alike
consider Corning the authority on
optical fiber and the standard for quality.
Our unparalleled heritage of fiber
development has resulted in numerous
industry, customer and magazine awards
for product innovations, excellence and
quality. In 1995, Corning won the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award, the most prestigious recognition
in the U.S. for business excellence.
Corning is also registered to ISO 9001
and TL9000 quality management system
standards. Our Center for Fiber-Optic
Testing was the first of its kind in the
world, and continues to pioneer many
of the measurement and testing methods
used in communications markets today.
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