Corning Inc. has chosen Telangana to set up their gorilla glass manufacturing facility, a first-of-its-kind investment in India. The proposed facility will manufacture cover glass for market leaders in the smartphone industry.

• Headquartered in New York, Corning Inc. is a Fortune 500 materials science company with expertise in glass science, ceramics science, and optical physics.
• With over 172 years of history, Corning Inc. has been at the forefront of innovations and are the inventors of gorilla glass, a strengthened glass that is widely used in portable devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and laptops.
• The proposed investment of ?934 crore by Corning along with their partners will be a strategic investment and play a pivotal role in driving the smartphone manufacturing ecosystem in Telangana and in India. The proposed facility in Telangana is expected to generate employment for over 800 people.
• Minister for IT and Industries K.T.Rama Rao met with senior vice-president John Bayne, global operations executive Ravi Kumar, and director-Government Affairs Sarah Cartmell from Corning Inc. in New York.