SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Corning China announced today that Hal Nelson has been appointed general manager of Corning Shanghai Company Ltd. (CSCL). In his new role Nelson will be responsible for leading Corning Environmental Technologies to its next stage of development in China.
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Nelson joined Corning in 1991. After 16 years in Display Technologies in a variety of operational and commercial roles, he recently moved to Corning Environmental Technologies. Nelson holds a bachelor's degree in Ceramic Engineering from Clemson University and a master's degree in business administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
"Hal's experience in Corning Display Technologies and his leadership abilities in operational and commercial roles make him a great choice to lead the Environmental Technologies business in this region," said Eric S. Musser, Corning Greater China chief executive officer. "Last year we announced additional investment in CSCL. We are now completing that expansion. We believe that CSCL's increased capability will further help our customers meet tightening environmental regulations."
CSCL, wholly owned by Corning Incorporated, is a state-of-the-art, high-tech, manufacturing facility that produces advanced emissions control products which serve as the heart of catalytic converters. This facility also includes sales, marketing and engineering operations that provide world-class services for Corning customers in China and throughout Asia.
Corning is a leading supplier of advanced ceramic substrates and diesel particulate filters for the world's major manufacturers of gasoline and diesel engines and vehicles. The company invented an economical, high-performance 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.
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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.
