Operator
Welcome to the Corning Incorporated quarter 2 2021 earnings call. [Operator instructions] It is my pleasure to introduce you to Ann Nicholson, vice president of investor relations.
Ann Nicholson
Vice President of Investor Relations
Thank you, Katherine, and good morning. Welcome to Corning s quarter 2 2021 earnings call. With me today are Wendell Weeks, chairman and chief executive officer; Tony Tripeny, executive vice president and chief financial officer; and Jeff Evenson, executive vice president and chief strategy officer. I d like to remind you that today s remarks contain forward-looking statements that falls within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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The museum readily agreed. This is the first vaccination site in the state run by the National Guard. We re super excited. The vials we use here were made in Corning, Borghi said. The vaccine is what is going to be what gets us out of this. Usually we do patches or some metallic coin. This was a different opportunity. I m not aware of any other glass coins out there.
The federal government last June selected Corning Inc. to manufacture glass vials to package vaccines and other critical drugs used to counteract the coronavirus.
The Corning Museum of Glass worked with Tobeyco Manufacturing Co., a Corning-based machine shop, to fabricate a stamp, highlighting the Valor Glass vials, for the glass coins.