Apple to Spend $200 Million Supporting Corning Plant in Kentucky

Apple to Spend $200 Million Supporting Corning Plant in Kentucky

by Breitbart Tech 12 May 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/05/12/apple-to-spend-200-million-supporting-corning-plant-in-kentucky/

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Apple says it will give $200 million to Corning Inc. so it can invest in a Kentucky plant that makes glass screens for iPhones and iPads.

The California-based company says the money will come from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. It has pledged to spend $1 billion on US-based companies to create “innovative production and highly skilled jobs.”

Corning has had a facility in Harrodsburg for 65 years. The company has collaborated with Apple for the past 10 years by making scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass for Apple’s products. The companies say their partnership has sustained 1,000 jobs, including 400 in Harrodsburg.

Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, Corning CEO Wendell Weeks, and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell are scheduled to formally announce the spending during a 2 p.m. news conference in Harrodsburg.

Corning Inc.

Hillary Rodham Clinton was paid speaker fees from Corning Inc, and a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Note: Corning Inc. was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Lisa P. Jackson is a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and a VP for Apple Inc.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Committee for Economic Development.    

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.  

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the Hudson Institute (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Climate Reality Project.

Andrea Jung was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is a director at Apple Inc.

Kurt M. Landgraf was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is a director at Corning Inc.

Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a trustee at the Hudson Institute (think tank).

Elaine L. Chao is a fellow at the Hudson Institute (think tank), married to Senator Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell Jr.., and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Donald Trump administration, and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Walter Isaacson is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the writer for the Steve Jobs (2011 autobiography).

Steve Jobs authorized his biography for Walter Isaacson to write, and was the co-founder & chairman for Apple Inc.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is a director at Apple Inc, the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Thomas J. Perkins was a partner emeritus for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a director at the Corning Glass Works.

Corning Glass Works was the predecessor company for Corning Inc.

Hillary Rodham Clinton was paid speaker fees from Corning Inc, and a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Corning Inc. was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Wendell P. Weeks is the chairman & CEO for Corning Inc., and a director at Merck.

Merck was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Patricia F. Russo is a director at Merck, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Andrea Jung was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is a director at Apple Inc.

Kurt M. Landgraf was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is a director at Corning Inc.

Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a trustee at the Hudson Institute (think tank).

Elaine L. Chao is a fellow at the Hudson Institute (think tank), married to Senator Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell Jr.., and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Donald Trump administration, and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.