Corelle Gorilla LG glass is applied to the new lightweight notebook

New York, March 15, 2010 - Corelle (New York stock exchange code: GLW) today announced that Gorilla glass was selected by the LG company for the latest launch of the LG X300 notebook computer. The lightweight computer will be a combination of portable technology and ultra-thin characteristics, the thickness of only 17.5 mm, weighing about 2 pounds, to provide customers with excellent portable experience. Corelle Gorilla glass makes it possible to design a unique edge to edge surface while ensuring that it is thin and light.

LG thin body of personal computer division general manager Harrison Park said, "light and thin notebook computers will become the mainstream trend this year. The use of Corelle's Gorilla glass allows us to design thinner computers, while also ensuring the characteristics of wear resistance and quality display."

Laptop manufacturers are facing the problem of how to design a thinner and lighter equipment, Corelle Gorilla glass to help them solve the problem, success." "The unique properties of Gorilla glass," said Jim Steiner, senior vice president of Corelle's specialty materials, "will allow manufacturers to ensure durability while reducing thickness and weight loss."

Corelle Gorilla glass is an environmentally friendly glass, used in various high-end display devices, including mobile phones, laptops and PDAs, etc.. Corelle Gorilla glass has a range of options ranging from 0.5 mm to 2 mm to be able to meet the design requirements of the LG X300 notebook such lightweight thin body. The aluminum silicate glass using Corelle's patented melt drop process, can be produced with thin glass, pure surface uniform specifications at the same time, also can meet the demand in order to achieve the optimization of production extension panel. In the later stage of processing, through the chemical strengthening process, Gorilla glass for equipment manufacturers to provide durable, scratch resistant liquid crystal display (LCD) protection layer. Gorilla's superior performance enables customers to optimize product design and improve assembly efficiency.

About Corelle

Corelle (www.corning.com) is a global leader in specialty glass and ceramic materials. With 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, and many of the key part of Corelle to create a production, these components can be used in high-tech 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 system; communication network for optical fiber, cable, hardware and equipment; optical biosensors for drug development; and for some other industries, such as advanced optical and semiconductor materials, aerospace, defense, astronomy and Metrology program.