Corning Incorporated

www.corning.com

News Release

FOR RELEASE –– JULY 20, 2016

Corning Unveils Corning

Gorilla

Glass 5

New flagship cover glass takes tough to new heights

while maintaining leadership in optical clarity, touch sensitivity, and damage resistance

CORNING, N.Y. — Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today unveiled its latest

breakthrough innovation – Corning

Gorilla

Glass 5. Responding to consumers’ No. 1 issue

with mobile devices, the new cover glass is designed to provide further protection against

breakage from everyday drops. Rigorous lab tests show that Gorilla Glass 5 survives drops

onto rough, unforgiving surfaces up to four times better than competitive glass designs.

The unique attributes of Gorilla Glass 5 build on the best-in-class performance of previous

generations of Corning Gorilla Glass. Mobile devices are the primary tools consumers use to

capture, view, create, send and consume digital content, and the cover glass is the interface for

touching, typing and swiping that content. Consumers count on their cover glass to deliver

damage resistance, optical clarity, touch sensitivity, and protection from drops.

Gorilla Glass 5 Delivers

According to a recent global study*, over 85% of smartphone owners have dropped their

phones at least once per year and 55% have dropped their phones three times or more.

Additionally, more than 60% of smartphone owners reported dropping their devices between

shoulder and waist height.

“With each successive generation of Corning Gorilla Glass, we have taken cover glass

technology to new levels. Gorilla Glass 5 is no exception, extending Corning’s advantage in

drop performance over competitive glasses,” said John Bayne, vice president and general

manager, Corning Gorilla Glass. “With many real-world drops occurring from between waist

and shoulder height, we knew improving drop performance would be an important and

necessary advancement.”

Corning Unveils Corning

Gorilla

Glass 5

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In lab tests, Corning

Gorilla

Glass 5 survives up to 80 percent of the time when dropped face-

down from 1.6 meters onto rough surfaces, far outperforming competitive glass designs.

Leveraging its strengths in glass science and fusion manufacturing, Corning leads the cover

glass industry it created nearly 10 years ago. Corning Gorilla Glass has been used on more

than 4.5 billion devices worldwide, including more than 1,800 product models across 40

major brands. Gorilla Glass 5 will allow manufacturers to provide the ultimate in high-

resolution, touch-enabled devices.

“Corning has a 165-year history of delivering life-changing innovations,” Bayne said.

“Gorilla Glass 5 is the latest example of Corning applying its material-science expertise to

solve tough consumer challenges in a way that impacts people’s everyday lives.

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 is commercially available and is expected to be on product models

from leading global brands later this year.

* Numbers noted are averages of an 11-country study of global smartphone users, based on

Toluna’s Quicksurvey panel. Countries included the U.S., Brazil, the U.K., France, Germany,

Italy, Turkey, India, Russia, China, and Indonesia. Collectively, these countries represent 3.9

billion people, or 54% of the world’s population.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the Private

Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), which are based on current expectations and

assumptions about Corning’s financial results and business operations, that involve

substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These

risks and uncertainties include: the effect of global political, economic and business

conditions; conditions in the financial and credit markets; currency fluctuations; tax rates;

product demand and industry capacity; competition; reliance on a concentrated customer base;

manufacturing efficiencies; cost reductions; availability of critical components and materials;

new product commercialization; pricing fluctuations and changes in the mix of sales between

premium and non-premium products; new plant start-up or restructuring costs; possible

disruption in commercial activities due to terrorist activity, armed conflict, political or

financial instability, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, or major health concerns;

adequacy of insurance; equity company activities; acquisition and divestiture activities; the

level of excess or obsolete inventory; the rate of technology change; the ability to enforce

patents; product and components performance issues; retention of key personnel; stock price

fluctuations; and adverse litigation or regulatory developments. These and other risk factors

are detailed in Corning’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-

looking statements speak only as of the day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no

obligation to update them in light of new information or future events.