Corning Receives 2007 Chrysler Supplier Pentastar Award
CORNING, N.Y., Jan 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced on Jan. 17 that Chrysler LLC awarded it with the 2007 Chrysler Supplier Pentastar Award for excellent performance and delivery of ceramic substrates, the keystone component of automotive catalytic converters. This award in Chrysler's Chassis category recognizes Corning as an outstanding supplier of substrates and global leader in ceramic technologies.
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Winners were determined by the unanimous decision of senior members of the Chrysler Procurement, Supplier Quality and Supply organizations, and are presented to suppliers with excellent performance in the critical value drivers of quality, supply, cost and technology.
"Corning is honored to receive this prestigious award from Chrysler," said Thomas Appelt, vice president and general manager, Corning Automotive Technologies. "For more than 35 years we have worked together to combine Corning's expertise in materials science and manufacturing with Chrysler's engineering knowledge to deliver advanced exhaust aftertreatment systems. We look forward to continuing our collaborative relationship with Chrysler and enabling the company to meet tightening emissions regulations well into the future."
Corning is a leading supplier of advanced cellular ceramic substrates and diesel particulate filters for all of the world's major manufacturers of gasoline and diesel engines and vehicles. The company invented an economical, high-performance cellular ceramic substrate in the early 1970s that is now the standard for catalytic converters worldwide. In 1978, Corning developed the cellular ceramic particulate filter to remove soot from diesel emissions.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (http://www.corning.com ) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
