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Corning Inc.
Specialty Materials
One Riverfront Plaza
Corning, NY
United States
Corning to Acquire Labware Unit
Photonics Spectra
Jun 2012Specialty glass and ceramics manufacturer
Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., plans to buy the majority of Becton, Dickinson and Co.’s Billerica, Mass.-based Discovery Labware division later this year for approximately $730 million in cash. When completed, the acquisition will expand Corning’s global market access and enhance its life sciences portfolio in the areas of drug-discovery tools, bioprocess solutions and laboratory research instruments.