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Corning Inc. has invested
in its Valor Glass site that Corning chairman, chief purchase manufacturing Valor Glass, Corning will
will create 185 new jobs executive officer, and equipment and also add jobs in the future
and support more than president. make infrastructure at an existing facility in
380 jobs overall in the “Corning has been a improvements. Vineland, New Jersey,
Southern Tier of New beacon of enterprise and “Valor Glass was invented and at a location in the
York, US. innovation for decades, here in the Southern Tier Southeast United States.
The new jobs will be and this new expansion so it is only fitting our first Valor Glass reduces
located at the Corning builds on our efforts to significant manufacturing particle contamination,
Innovation Support spur development and job operation be located breaks and cracks while
Center (CISC) in growth for the Southern here,” Weeks said. increasing throughput.
Big Flats and at Tier,” Gov. Cuomo said. Developing and As a result, Valor Glass
Corning’s Research and Corning Inc. has been manufacturing Valor Glass
Development Facility at awarded incentives in the Southern Tier is
Sullivan Park in Erwin. from Empire State part of Corning’s plan
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Development, New York announced in July to invest
announced Corning’s State’s chief economic USD 500 million and
investment during a visit development agency, create 1,000 new US jobs.
at Sullivan Park hosted in the form of a USD 6 To further support the
by Wendell P. Weeks, million capital grant to production and delivery of

o-i iS Set to Build a fifth furnace

in nava plant, mexico

O-I, the world’s
largest glass container
manufacturer, has also
expanded its 50-50 joint
venture with Constellation
Brands. The joint venture
operates the container
production plant in Nava,
Mexico that provides
bottles exclusively for
Constellation’s adjacent
brewery. The brewery
brews Mexican beer
brands for export to the
United States, which
is the fastest growing
category in beer in the
US. The relationship now expansion of the glass from Constellation’s factory in the world
provides for the addition production plant from one brewery, the new once the furnace is
of a fifth furnace at the furnace to four furnaces relationship provides for installed. The capacity
plant and has extended by 2018. Three furnaces the addition of a fifth expansion is estimated
the term of the joint currently operate with the furnace, which is expected to cost approximately
venture agreement by fourth furnace expected to to be operational by the USD 140 million and
ten years, to 2034. The be operational in the first end of 2019. will be financed by equal
original joint venture half of 2018. The Nava plant will be contributions from both
agreement included the To meet rising demand the largest container partners.

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