Materials science major Corning Incorporated signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State government to collaborate on skilling and innovation initiatives. The MoU was formalised in a meeting between Corning senior vice president Ronald Verkleeren, and the Telangana delegation led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu. The MoU focuses on designing and implementing programmes to skill the local workforce in advanced manufacturing and chemical engineering
technologies.
Corning will also enhance its partnership in the Flow Chemistry Technology (FCT) hub, a collaborative initiative with the State government, Dr. Reddy’s Limited, Laurus Pharma Limited, and the University of Hyderabad. During the discussions, Corning introduced its Corning Advanced-Flow Reactors (AFR) technology and expressed its commitment to developing and implementing flow chemistry technology in the state.