
	Corning Incorporated&nbsp;is an American manufacturer of&nbsp;glass,&nbsp;ceramics, and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known as&nbsp;Corning Glass Works&nbsp;until 1989, when it changed its name to Corning Incorporated. In 1998 Corning divested itself of its consumer lines of&nbsp;CorningWare&nbsp;and&nbsp;Corelle&nbsp;tableware and&nbsp;Pyrex&nbsp;cookware selling them to&nbsp;World Kitchen, but still holds an interest of about 8%. As of 2008&nbsp;Corning had five major business sectors: Display Technologies, Environmental Technologies, Life Sciences, Telecommunications and Specialty Materials. Corning is involved in two major joint ventures:&nbsp;Dow Corning&nbsp;and&nbsp;Samsung Corning Precision Glass.&nbsp;Quest Diagnostics&nbsp;and Covance&nbsp;were&nbsp;spun off&nbsp;from Corning in 1996.
