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

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

By Teena Maddox November 4, 2016, 11:23 AM PDT

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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

Image: Mark Cornelison

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

Image: Mark Cornelison

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

Image: Mark Cornelison

The mixing room at Corning's Kentucky plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

The 2,300 degree Fahrenheit melting area

Image: Mark Cornelison

The 2,300 degree Fahrenheit melting area

Image: Mark Cornelison

A computer screen in the central control room

Image: Mark Cornelison

A computer screen in the central control room

Image: Mark Cornelison

Where the glass is scored and broken into disparate sheets

Image: Mark Cornelison

Where the glass is scored and broken into disparate sheets

Image: Mark Cornelison

The robot that separates the glass into disparate sheets

Image: Mark Cornelison

The robot that separates the glass into disparate sheets

Image: Mark Cornelison

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Moving the sheets of glass

Image: Mark Cornelison

Moving the sheets of glass

Image: Mark Cornelison

Pat Carrothers, plant manager

Image: Mark Cornelison

Pat Carrothers, plant manager

Image: Mark Cornelison

Employees at the plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Employees at the plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Quality control is an important step at the plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Quality control is an important step at the plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

More quality control

Image: Mark Cornelison

More quality control

Image: Mark Cornelison

Quality control

Image: Mark Cornelison

Quality control

Image: Mark Cornelison

Glass being stacked for shipping

Image: Mark Cornelison

Glass being stacked for shipping

Image: Mark Cornelison

Adding a sheet of paper between each thin layer of glass

Image: Mark Cornelison

Adding a sheet of paper between each thin layer of glass

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Materials used to make Gorilla Glass

Image: Mark Cornelison

Materials used to make Gorilla Glass

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Layers of ultra-thin Gorilla Glass

Image: Mark Cornelison

Layers of ultra-thin Gorilla Glass

Image: Mark Cornelison

Glass packed and ready to be shipped to Asia

Image: Mark Cornelison

Glass packed and ready to be shipped to Asia

Image: Mark Cornelison

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Image: Mark Cornelison

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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.

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Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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

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

The mixing room at Corning's Kentucky plant

The mixing room at Corning's Kentucky plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

The 2,300 degree Fahrenheit melting area

The 2,300 degree Fahrenheit melting area

A computer screen in the central control room

A computer screen in the central control room

Where the glass is scored and broken into disparate sheets

Where the glass is scored and broken into disparate sheets

The robot that separates the glass into disparate sheets

The robot that separates the glass into disparate sheets

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Moving the sheets of glass

Moving the sheets of glass

Pat Carrothers, plant manager

Pat Carrothers, plant manager

Employees at the plant

Employees at the plant

Quality control is an important step at the plant

Quality control is an important step at the plant

More quality control

More quality control

Quality control

Quality control

Glass being stacked for shipping

Glass being stacked for shipping

Adding a sheet of paper between each thin layer of glass

Adding a sheet of paper between each thin layer of glass

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Materials used to make Gorilla Glass

Materials used to make Gorilla Glass

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Inside Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Layers of ultra-thin Gorilla Glass

Layers of ultra-thin Gorilla Glass

Glass packed and ready to be shipped to Asia

Glass packed and ready to be shipped to Asia

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky. plant

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