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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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Image: Mark Cornelison
Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

The mixing room at Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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The mixing room at Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

The mixing room at Corning's Kentucky plant

The mixing room at Corning's Kentucky plant

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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Image: Mark Cornelison
Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

See also: Discover the Corning plant where Gorilla Glass was developed

Image: Mark Cornelison
Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

The 2,300 degree Fahrenheit melting area

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The 2,300 degree Fahrenheit melting area

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

A computer screen in the central control room

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A computer screen in the central control room

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Where the glass is scored and broken into disparate sheets

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Where the glass is scored and broken into disparate sheets

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

The robot that separates the glass into disparate sheets

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The robot that separates the glass into disparate sheets

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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Image: Mark Cornelison
Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Moving the sheets of glass

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Moving the sheets of glass

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Pat Carrothers, plant manager

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Pat Carrothers, plant manager

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Employees at the plant

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Employees at the plant

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Quality control is an important step at the plant

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Quality control is an important step at the plant

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

More quality control

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More quality control

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Quality control

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Quality control

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Glass being stacked for shipping

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Glass being stacked for shipping

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Adding a sheet of paper between each thin layer of glass

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Adding a sheet of paper between each thin layer of glass

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Materials used to make Gorilla Glass

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Materials used to make Gorilla Glass

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

See also: Discover the Corning plant where Gorilla Glass was developed

Image: Mark Cornelison
Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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Image: Mark Cornelison
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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Layers of ultra-thin Gorilla Glass

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Layers of ultra-thin Gorilla Glass

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Glass packed and ready to be shipped to Asia

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Glass packed and ready to be shipped to Asia

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Photos: Corning’s Kentucky plant, birthplace of Gorilla Glass

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

See also: Discover the Corning plant where Gorilla Glass was developed

Image: Mark Cornelison
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By Teena Maddox
Teena Maddox is a VP at Brodeur Partners. She is a former Associate Managing Editor at TechRepublic. Teena's lifelong journalism career has included writing on staff for publications including People magazine, W magazine and Women's Wear Daily.