Corning Optical Communications said Wednesday that the company will build a $268 million facility in Hickory to build fiber optic cables and other products. The company will employ more than 130 workers at the new plant, with an average salary of more than $65,000. Corning is set to receive almost $9 million worth of incentives from Hickory and Catawba County, in the form of tax rebates and free land.
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