Company profile: Corning

公司简介:康宁

Economist Podcasts

2025-06-23

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The picturesque town of Corning in upstate New York doesn’t look like the site of bleeding-edge innovation. But inventions by a 174-year-old glass company there have changed the modern world, thanks in part to some blunt advice from Steve Jobs.  To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • So I'm going to start us in the past.

  • And I hope the doors are unlocked.

  • If not, we'll get them unlocked.

  • I'm being given a tour of a museum of glass by its president, Carol White.

  • We start with the origins of glassmaking in ancient Mesopotamia,

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  • These are perfume vessels, more perfume vessels.

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