Corelle expects LCD TV sales will continue to grow

Corelle New York, March 15, 2010 - investors visited the Corelle Corporation today (New York stock exchange code: GLW) in new Sakai, Japan's tenth generation LCD glass substrate plant, and listen to the good information world LCD TV retail area.

In the factory during the visit, Corelle shows the Ministry of science and technology CEO Ji Kebin told investors at the beginning of this year, retail sales data show strong demand for LCD tv. China LCD TV sales rose 53% in January. Since last year, the Chinese New Year in January, so this data is in line with our expectations." Ji Kebin said, in Japan, LCD TV sales are also very strong, up 79% in January, up by 65% in February." Ji Kebin also added that retail sales in Europe rose, up 12% in January. In the United States, LCD TV sales in the first two months were flat with the same period last year. This is in line with our expectations, due to last January Circuit City inventory cleanup, and in February the analog to digital signal conversion deadline, which led to a relatively high sales last year in January." Retail data is derived from a number of independent consumer market research institutions (NPD, GFK, BCN and CMM) and the company's internal analysis.

Ji Kebin also said that two months before the panel prices continue to firm. "Price stability is also a strong indicator of the demand for the panel, indicating that the supply chain downstream of the powerful forces. Panel manufacturers equipment utilization is also maintained at a high level. Therefore, we can still ensure timely delivery of products."

Company did not change the expected performance guidelines or LCD glass market in the first quarter of 2010.

The tenth generation LCD glass factory Corelle is located in Sakai City in 2007 and started production in the last year, and delivery. Corelle is the first TFT- tenth generation substrate manufacturers. Tenth generation substrate size of up to 2880 mm x 3130 mm, is currently the largest LCD glass substrate. The manufacturing plant of the tenth generation of the substrate using a Corelle EAGLE XG glass composition revolutionary, is the industry's most environmentally friendly liquid crystal glass.

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On Corelle Corelle (www.corning.com) is a global leader in specialty glass and ceramics. 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.