Product Notifications

We make product improvements to better meet market requirements. Occasionally, we discontinue products because they no longer fit most customer needs. Whenever possible, we will suggest replacement products.

Product Changes/Updates

Current Year

Last Year

Transwell® Permeable Support Inserts and Plates – New Membranes | September 2011
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Corning® Cover Glass - Change in Glass Type | August 2011
Product Change Notification - Corning Synthemax^TM Plates/Flasks | August 2011

Prior Years

New Design upgrade of Corning Coliform Water Test Sample Containers | October 2010
Corning Microcentrifuge Tubes | July 2010
Corning 96 Well Clear Round Bottom Polypropylene Not Treated Microplate, Individually Wrapped, with Lid, Sterile, Center Notch | April 2010
PYREX^® Desiccators | April 2010
PYREX Desiccators Accessories | April 2010
Product Notification - 96 and 384 well Poly-D-Lysine Microplates | September 2009
Chromatography Columns and Jar | September 2009
Costar® 60 mm Center Well Culture Dish (Cat. No. 3260) - Important Product Notice | June 2009
Product Name Change - to Costar® 60mm Center Well Culture Dish | June 2009
Corning 3 x 1 inches Microscope Slides versus 25 x 75 mm Microscope Slides | June 2009
50 mL Reagent Reservoirs | April 2009
Corning Filter System Upgrade Notice - New Printing and Color | March 2009
Product Conversion - 96 and 384 Well Poly-D-Lysine Microplates | February 2009
Changing Base Resin from PZero to Cyclic Olefin (COC) for Protein Crystallization Microplates | December 2008
Erlenmeyer Flasks Easy Grip cap style change | January 2008
New format for expiration dates on product labels | May 2007
Price reductions up to 75% on Pronto!™ Microarray Products! | August 2006
Corning Premium Quality Centrifuge Tubes with the all new CentriStar™ Cap | April 2006
PYREX Volumetric Flasks are now manufactured with lot numbers on each flask | March 2006
Vent cap appearance change from a multi-circle design to a concentric circle design | February 2006

Product Discontinuations & Suggested Replacements

Current Year

50 mLCentrifuge Tubes with CentriStar™ Cap in Pink (Catalog No. 431090) | April 2012
125 mL Kuderna-Danish Replacement Flask with Hooks | March 2012
Miscellaneous Glass | February 2012
Corning Smart Rack Pipet Refill Systems (Catalog No. 4786 and 4787) | February 2012
Corning Synthemax-R Surface 6 Well Multiple Well Plates (Catalog No. 3979XX1) | January 2012
PYREX Distilling Head Apparatus with Claisen Connecting Tube, Replacement West Condenser, Cylindrical Addition Funnel, Sharp Tip Imhoff Sediment Cone | January 2012
PYREX Round Media Storage Bottles with GL45 Screw Cap | January 2012
PYREX Kohlrousch Volumetric Flasks, Class A, Tooled Rim | January 2012
Glass: Flasks, Roller Bottles, Filling Bell, Tube, Fritless Sparger etc. | January 2012

Last Year

Corning Element™ Centrifuge Tubes | November 2011
PYREX 1L Blake Culture Bottle, Rectangular with Tooled Neck | November 2011
Ulta Low Attachment Microplate (Catalog No. 3827XX1) | October 2011
Corning Cover Glass - Square and Rectangle | October 2011
Corning Synthemax-R T-75 Flask (Catalog No. 3984XX1) | October 2011
Corning Small Cell Scraper with Pink Handle (Catalog No. 3009) | October 2011
PYREX Buchner Filter Funnel and PYREX Hirsch Filter Funnel | August 2011
Corning Cover Glass - Square and Rectangle | August 2011
Corning CellBIND® Cell Culture Flask (Catalog No. 431346) | June 2011
Costar 12mm Snapwell™ Insert with 3.0µm Pore Polycarbonate Membrane, Sterile | June 2011
PYREX Medium Wall Tubing (Catalog No. 232017, 232018) | March 2011
Equipment Accessories | March 2011
96 Well Clear Polystyrene Medium Bind Low Volume Stripwell™ Microplate (Catalog No. 2480) | March 2011
FiltrEX^TM 384 Well Filter Plates | March 2011
Buchner Funnel, Perforated Plate | February 2011

Prior Years

DMAPS Coated Slides (Catalog No. 40020, 40021, 40023) | December 2010
DMAPS Coated Slides with Bar Code (Catalog No. 40022) | December 2010
Costar Stripettor Pipetting Aid Kits (Catalog No. 4910, 4910EURO, 4910UK) | November 2010
Disposable Sample Containers | October 2010
Corning CellBIND^® Surface RoboFlask™ Cell Culture Vessel for Automation, 10/Pk, 50/Cs | July 2010
Polypropylene PCR Microplates (Cat. No. 3751, 3755) and Polystyrene Carbo-BIND™ Stripwell™ Microplate (Cat. No. 7014) | July 2010
Lambda^® Single Channel Pipettor (Catalog No. 4960 and 4961) | May 2010
PYREX Solid Glass Pennyhead Standard Taper Stoppers | April 2010
PYREX Desiccators | April 2010
Lambda Single Channel Pipettor | March 2010
1536 2µl Lid | February 2010
1536 Well Microplates Clear, Black, White | January 2010
Separatory Funnel | November 2009
Product Discontinuation of Equipment Components | November 2009
Transwell Permeable Support | November 2009
HYPERFlask Cell Culture Vessel (Catalog No. 10010) | October 2009
Slides - Plain, Frosted One Side | October 2009
Bell Jar (Catalog No. 6944-45L) | October 2009
VYCOR^® Products | October 2009
Glass Fiber Prefilters | August 2009
Corning 96 Well Clear Round Bottom Polypropylene Not Treated Microplate | July 2009
Ultra-Web™ Synthetic Surfaces | July 2009
Tips (Catalog No. 2116-GTO) | June 2009
Povitsky Bottle | June 2009
Centrifuge Tube | June 2009
Bell Jar | June 2009
Pipet | June 2009
Sleeve Adapters | April 2009
Pipet - Disposable, Sterile, Multipack | April 2009
Corning 96 Well Microplate Storage I and II | April 2009
Glass Drying Dish | March 2009
PYREX 5mm Diameter, 8 Inch Long 100-250MHz Regular Plus NMR Tubes | March 2009
Corning Lambda® 100µL to 100µL Single Channel Pipettor and Stand | March 2009
Reinstating VYCOR^® Beaker and Evaporating Dish | March 2009
VYCOR Beaker and Evaporating Dish | March 2009
Corning 115 mL Vacuum Filter, 60mm Diameter .22µm and .45µm Pore CA Membrane, Sterile, 24/Case | January 2009
Corning 850cm² Polystyrene Roller Bottle with Easy Grip Cap, 20 per Bag, 80 per Case | December 2008
96 Well PZero Protein Crystallization Microplates | December 2008
Heavy Wall Filter Flask with Quick-Release Hose Connector | December 2008
Corning 100mm Culture Dish with Ultra-Web™ Synthetic Surface | September 2008
PYREX Solid Glass Improved Form, Standard Taper Stopper (Catalog No. 7620-19, 7620-24) | September 2008
Corning 96 Well Flat Clear Bottom Black Polystyrene Poly-D-Lysine Microplates | September 2008
Solution Bottles, Reagent Bottles, SPEC 6949 Chem Kit, 7570N Stopper | August 2008
Costar Octapette^® Fixed Volume 8 Channel Pipettor | July 2008
Corning 500mL Disposable Spinner Flask, Sterile (Catalog No. 3154) | July 2008
PYREX 900mL Square Class A Glass Volumetric Flask (Catalog No. 5671-900) | July 2008
90mm Fiberglass prefilters (Catalog No. 431352) | June 2008
384 Well High Bind Microplate (Catalog No. 3703, 3708) | May 2008
Corning High Temperature Cap and Shorty Disposable Glass Serological Pipets | April 2008
384 Well PCR Microplate (Catalog No. 3735) | Fabruary 2008
PYREX Cylinders | January 2008
PYREX Regular Tubes | January 2008
PYREX - Cylinder, Flask, Tubes | October 2007
PYREX - Student Line Products | August 2007
Flat Bottom Flask (Catalog No. 451101) | July 2007
PYREX - Flasks, Beakers, Bottles | July 2007
PYREX - Student Grade Griffin Low Form Beakers | July 2007
Corning 33mm Polyethylene cap, CellStack; 1750 Roller Bottle with Easy Grip Cap | June 2007
Corning 75mm Diameter IM 75 Submersible Stirrer 230V/50Hz (Catalog No. 440837) | June 2007
Transwell Permeable Support (Catalog No. 3403) | June 2007
PYREX 2MM O.D. Standard Wall Tubing (Catalog No. 234440) | May 2007
384 Solid Black & White Microplates | May 2007
PYREX Jars - Bell, Display; O-Ring Seal, Clamp | April 2007
Costar µ-Star^® Syringe Filters, 0.45µm CA Membrane (Catalog No. 8112) | April 2007
PYREX Jars - Bell, Funnel | April 2007
PYREX Square Class A Volumetric Flask, Full Length Sealed Tubes, Bushing Adapters | March 2007
Costar µ-Star® Syringe Filters, 0.22µm Pore CA Membrane (Catalog No. 8110) | February 2007
Item accessories for Hot Plates, Stirring Hot Plates | October 2006
Costar Cryogenic Vials with O-rings | July 2006
Corning 100 and 230 Volt Analog Hot Plates and Stirrers | June 2006
Corning Square Dish DW Spillguard, 245mm x 245mm | June 2006
Corning 120 Volt Analog Hot Plates and Stirrers | May 2006
Corning 75cm² Canted Neck Flask | April 2006
Corning 96 Well PCR Plate, Black | September 2005
Corning 15mL Centrifuge Tube, PET, Flat Top Cap | December 2004
Corning 75cm² Flask | November 2004