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Owens-Corning sales surpassed $1 billion in 1976, and sales were over $2 billion by 1979. In 1980, Owens Corning entered into a long-standing agreement to use the Pink Panther as its brand mascot. "He has become an important part of our brand," said Christian Nolte, director of strategic marketing for the manufacturer of building materials and ...
Vycor is the brand name of Corning's high-silica, high-temperature glass. It provides very high thermal shock resistance. Vycor is approximately 96% silica and 4% boron trioxide, but unlike pure fused silica, it can be readily manufactured in a variety of shapes. [citation needed] Vycor can be subject to prolonged usage at 900 °C. [1]
Its development has been traced to Corning's work in developing photosensitive glass. [2] Corning credits S. Donald Stookey with the discovery of Pyroceram. While conducting research in 1953 on a photosensitive lithium silicate glass called Fotoform containing a dispersion of silver nanoparticles, Stookey noted that an accidentally overheated fragment of the glass resisted breakage when ...
The 2024 Owens Corning 200 was the 20th and final stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 3rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at Toledo Speedway in Toledo, Ohio, a 0.5 mile (0.804 km) permanent oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.
Chemically strengthened glass is a type of glass that has increased strength as a result of a post-production chemical process.When broken, it still shatters in long pointed splinters similar to float glass.
Corelle serving bowl, in "Butterfly Gold" [1] [2] pattern introduced at launch in 1970. Corelle is a brand of glassware and dishware. It is made of Vitrelle, a tempered glass product consisting of two types of glass laminated into three layers. [3] [4] It was introduced by Corning Glass Works in 1970, but is now manufactured and sold by Corelle ...
A Nokia N8 with a Gorilla Glass screen. Gorilla Glass, developed and manufactured by Corning, is a brand of chemically strengthened glass now in its ninth generation. Designed to be thin, light, and damage-resistant, its surface strength and crack-resistance are achieved through immersion in a hot potassium-salt ion-exchange bath.
Owens-Illinois was a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from June 1, 1959, until March 12, 1987. The company was added to the S&P 500 Index in January 2009. Owens-Illinois was one of the original S&P 500 companies in 1957. It was removed in 1987 (after purchase by KKR), added in 1991 and removed again in 2000. [7]