"Corning (NYSE: GLW) is seeing green shoots; it recently announced significant gains in demand for LCD glass due to strong TV sales," says Tracey Ryniec of Zacks Research.

"Overall, LCD TV demand remains hot. The company is seeing much stronger demand for glass in the second quarter than it anticipated even just a few weeks ago.

"Corning is a specialty glass, ceramics and optical fiber manufacturer. It produces glass for LCD flat panel televisions and laptops, ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems, cable for Internet communication networks and advanced optics and specialty glass for various industries.

"Now 157 years old, Corning (NYSE: GLW) has come from window making to sit at the forefront of two of the fastest-growing segments of the technology space: flat panel TVs and fiber-optic," says tech expert Mark Mowrey.

In The Prudent Speculator TechValue Report, the advisor explains his bullishness on Corning, which has shown a "long-time commitment to future-focused research and development."

"For both its TV and fiber optics markets, the company supplies glass. We're not talking dinnerware, though. Rather, the company is the leader in selling flat panel display glass and fiber-optic cabling. is testament to

"In addition Corning maintains an Environmental Technologies business, which develops emissions and pollution control products, and a Life Sciences business, where the company makes lab glass and drug testing products.

"For the past three quarters, revenue has been growing at a double-digit pace overall, hitting $1.58 billion in the final quarter of last year, as both the Display Technologies and Telecommunications businesses made up for relative weakness in Environmental Technologies.

"Yet, the stock's forward earnings multiple has trended steadily downward, we suppose, as fears increase that both those markets eventually will prove less profitable as competition increases. On the contrary, we think end-market growth will hasten, while Corning's technological lead expands.