The 12 closest competitors and alternatives to Corning among manufacturing companies — ranked by similarity to what Corning actually does, not by market-cap band.
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Corning Inc. is a leading manufacturer and innovator in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical products for diverse global industries.
Corning is a manufacturing company headquartered in Corning, United States, founded in 1851. It is publicly listed (GLW) with a market capitalisation of $145.5B. Xcout tracks 20 named people at Corning, including Wendell Weeks (Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer). Xcout recorded 1 job posting from Corning in the last 90 days.
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Morgan Advanced Materials manufactures and supplies engineering materials, including advanced ceramics, carbon solutions, and thermal products, designed to improve performance, efficiency, and sustainability across various markets.
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PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and supplies paints, stains, coatings, and specialty products for various industries. The company serves global sectors including aerospace, automotive, industrial manufacturing, packaging, marine, and traffic solutions.
Manufacturing (Glass)
Guardian Glass is a world leader in glass innovation and production, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of float, coated, and fabricated glass products.
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Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader that applies materials science expertise to create textiles, specialty chemicals, flooring, and healthcare products.
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Vitro is a manufacturing company established in 1909 and headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, specializing in glass, ceramics, and concrete manufacturing as well as related packaging solutions.
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Owens Corning provides residential and commercial building products in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Roofing, Insulation, and Doors. The company offers laminate and strip asphalt roofing shingles, roofing components, and oxidized asphalt. It also provides high, mid, and low temperature products; thermal and acoustical batts, loosefill insulation, spray foam insulation, wet use chopped strand, foam sheathing and accessories under the Owens Corning PINK, Next Gen, and FIBERGLAS Insulation brands; and glass fiber pipe insulation, energy efficient flexible duct media, bonded and granulated stone wool insulation, and cellular glass insulation and foam insulation under the FOAMULAR, FOAMGLAS, and Paroc brand names. In addition, the company offers residential interior and exterior doors; glass, fiberglass and metal, and door components such as frames, sills, weather-stripping, hinges and locks. Further, it manufactures, fabricates, and sells glass reinforcements in the form of fiber and mats. The company distributes its products to distributors, home centers and lumberyards, installers, retailers, homebuilders, contractors, dealers, building products retailers, and remodeling contractors. Owens Corning was incorporated in 1938 and is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.
Tire Manufacturing
Michelin is a global manufacturer specializing in tires, polymer composite solutions, connected solutions, and lifestyle products. The company leverages its expertise in materials science to serve consumers and industries seeking mobility, composite materials, and sustainable solutions.
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SGL Carbon SE is a European company based in Germany. It is one of the world's leading manufacturers of products from carbon.
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Materion Corp. is a multinational company specializing in high-performance advanced materials. Among its products are advanced beryllium metals, thin film deposition materials, high-performance alloys and composites, specialty engineered beryllium, engineered metals, technical ceramics, tantalum, niobium, other precious and non-precious metals, inorganic chemicals, and specialty coatings.
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Ohara Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of glass materials for optical and electronics equipment in Japan and internationally. The company offers optical glass products for polished lenses and molded aspherical lenses; glass-ceramic products under the CLEARCERAM-Z, WMS-15, and NANOCERAM names; and GD-FHT, a glass disk for use in flying height testers. It also provides LICGC SP-01 membranes; LICGC PW 01 powders; i-line high homogeneity glass and non-browning glass products; and fiber glasses for light guide. Ohara Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Sagamihara, Japan.
Manufacturing (Glass)
CareyGlass is a company in the Glass, Ceramics, and Concrete Manufacturing industry, with its origins in Ireland. It is a global organization that supplies glass, including for projects like the new HQ for All State NI. The company has expanded its presence to North America.
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