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C RITICAL T ECHNOLOGIES : CHEMICAL V APOR DEPOSITION
M A TERIALS R ESEARCH : OPTICAL PROPERTIES
Corning’s long history of extraordinary innovation continues in
the context of managing the sensitive balance between the near-term
alignment of R&D and business objectives, and longer-range
discovery research and new opportunity creation.
Over the past year, we adjusted our R&D spending to align
with business conditions. At the same time, we carefully preserved
our core technology capabilities to ensure our capacity to lead our
markets and create life-changing innovations.
We have tightened our focus on high-impact projects and have
streamlined our processes to develop and commercialize promising
opportunities more quickly and efficiently. We have emphasized
our patent processes to ensure strong competitive positions from the
critical intellectual assets of our scientific organization.
Our R&D organization is aligned with our operating goals and
plays a critical role in meeting them. Our scientists and engineers
are closely linked to our operations and are focused not only on
new product development, but also new process development. They
are discovering new ways to manufacture innovative products with
lowered cost and increased quality performance.
Innovation is one of Corning’s core V alues. It is the everyday
language and mindset of the company. Even in the face of difficult
economic conditions, we will pursue our tradition of developing
breakthrough technologies for the markets we serve — from
telecommunications to environmental — and will capitalize on the
creation of new market opportunities made possible by our strong
commitment to research and development.
S CIENCE & T ECHNOLOGY