Navistar Recognizes Corning as a Diamond Supplier
16 Luglio 2009 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) was named a 2008 Diamond
Supplier for the second consecutive year by Navistar Inc. This
award recognizes Navistar�s suppliers for meeting or exceeding
Navistar's performance expectations for quality, delivery, and
cost.
Navistar�s Diamond Supplier award is given to suppliers who
strategically align with the company's business goals, while also
demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement. Diamond
Suppliers collaborate technically and commercially with Navistar
and play an integral role in growing Navistar's business. In
addition, Diamond Suppliers deliver products of distinction to
mutual end customers.
"We are proud that our quality controls, manufacturing
expertise, and collaborative efforts have earned us the privilege
of the Navistar Diamond Supplier award for the second consecutive
year,� said Curt Weinstein, vice president and general manager,
Corning Heavy-Duty Diesel Technologies. "We continue to work very
closely with Navistar to integrate our innovative products into
emissions-control systems that enable them to meet the world's most
stringent emissions regulations, while achieving optimal engine
power and fuel efficiency.�
In March, Corning and Navistar announced that Corning will
provide Navistar with advanced, diesel emissions-control products
which will enable Navistar to meet the strict Environmental
Protection Agency regulations (EPA 2010) that go into effect Jan.
1, 2010. This multi-year agreement is for the supply of Corning
emissions-control products for medium- and heavy-duty Navistar
MaxxForce� brand diesel engines, used in Navistar�s International�
brand trucks for North America.
Corning is a leading supplier of
advanced cellular ceramic substrates and diesel particulate filters
for all of the world's major manufacturers of gasoline and diesel
engines and vehicles. The company invented an economical,
high-performance, cellular ceramic substrate in the early 1970s
that is now the standard for catalytic converters worldwide. In
1978, Corning developed the cellular ceramic particulate filter to
remove soot from diesel emissions. Corning continues to leverage
its expertise in materials, processes, and manufacturing to develop
advanced ceramic substrates and diesel particulate filters that
help meet demanding mobile-emissions requirements.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in
specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of
materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning
creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology
systems for 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 systems;
optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for
telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery;
and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a
number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense,
astronomy and metrology.
About Navistar Inc.
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) is a holding
company whose wholly owned subsidiaries produce International�
brand commercial and military trucks, MaxxForce� brand diesel
engines, IC brand school and commercial buses, and Workhorse brand
chassis for motor homes and step vans. It also is a private-label
designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck,
van and SUV markets. The company also provides truck and diesel
engine parts and service. Another wholly owned subsidiary offers
financing services. Additional information is available at
www.Navistar.com.
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