Two Charged Over Theft of Pittsburgh Corning Secrets
This article is for subscribers only.
Two Chinese citizens were charged in Kansas City, Missouri, with trying to buy trade secrets stolen from Pittsburgh Corning Corp. so they could open a competing plant in China.
Ji Li Huang, 45, and Xiao Guang Qi, 31, attempted to buy what they were told were documents revealing Pittsburgh Corning’s processes for making cellular-glass insulation, U.S. prosecutors in Kansas City said yesterday in an e-mailed statement.