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Corning’s Optical Business Is No Longer About Fiber Volumes—It’s About Product Mix & Pricing Power!

Corning Incorporated reported a strong set of fourth quarter and full year results, reflecting the continued execution of its Springboard strategy while also highlighting areas of ongoing investment risk and operational complexity. Revenue growth remained robust, supported by strong demand across several segments, particularly Optical Communications, where adoption of new high-density products for data centers and enterprise customers continued to accelerate. Management emphasized that growth in this segment is being driven less by overall fiber availability and more by demand for differentiated, higher-value innovations that improve performance, space efficiency, and installation costs for customers. This has allowed Corning Incorporated to expand margins and returns while scaling production capacity through long-term customer agreements that include shared investment risk. A key positive from the discussion was the increased visibility into future demand enabled by multi-year capacity dedication agreements with large customers, including hyperscale data center operators.