Record #:

4974

Author(s):

Williams, Laura Tracy

Abstract:

Corning, Inc., is building the world's largest fiber plant near Concord in Cabarrus County. The project will create 475 new jobs by 2004 and will account for almost $1 billion in county tax value. The plant makes fiber optic cable, which is used to transmit data in high-speed communications networks.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 59 Issue 2, Feb 2001, p6, il

Subject(s):

Corning, Inc. (Wilmington); Fiber optics industry--Cabarrus County