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| Owens Corning introduces shingle technology that delivers faster installation and highest wind |
11 June 2006 - Owens Corning
Owens Corning, the manufacturer of America's No. 1 brand of shingles, has announced a new technology for its Oakridge PRO(R) Series Shingle that offers faster installation, higher wind performance and a better appearance immediately after installation. The higher wind ratings offer contractors an attractive solution that complies with new, more stringent building codes in high-wind areas. Initially available in the Northeast, SureNail(R) Technology is currently planned to be rolled out to the rest of the U.S. market over the course of the next several years. |
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| Owens Corning announces breakthrough single-end roving for wind energy |
10 June 2006 - Owens Corning
Owens Corning announced at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition in Athens, Greece, a breakthrough single-end roving and knitted fabric, WindStrand(TM), which will allow the wind energy market to take another step forward in competing successfully against other alternative energy sources by reducing the cost per kilowatt-hour. |
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| Cultured Stone(R) highest rated manufactured stone veneer |
09 June 2006 - Owens Corning
Builders know that the original is still the brand of choice, according to results of the just-released 2005 Brand Use Study by 'BUILDER' magazine. Owens Corning (OTC Bulletin Board: OWENQ) Cultured Stone(R) is the nation's most recognized and most used manufactured stone veneer, and it's selected by builders more than twice as often as the next closest competitor, a ranking repeated in study after study in other leading industry publications. |
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| Integrated waterproofing system for use on foam, lowest-temperature flashing tape complement line |
08 June 2006 - Owens Corning
Owens Corning today announced three industry-leading new products that will join the company's comprehensive insulating accessory line, giving building professionals unmatched choice to protect against heat loss, moisture penetration and air filtration for a highly-effective thermal envelope. These products, unveiled to attendees of the International Builders' Show in Orlando, are only available from Owens Corning and represent the latest advances in insulating technology from the company that first invented fiber glass. |
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| Owens Corning Introduces One-Step Solution to Meet Fire-Resistant Standard TB603 for Mattress Manufacturers |
07 June 2006 - Owens Corning
TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ To help mattress manufacturers comply with California's open-flame-resistance standard TB603 without making any manufacturing process changes, Owens Corning (OTC Bulletin Board: OWENQ) today introduced the first one-step composite solution, Owens Corning Fire Resistant (FR) Filler Cloth. |
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| Owens Corning introduces one-step solution to meet fire-resistant standard TB603 for mattress manufacturers |
06 June 2006 - Owens Corning
To help mattress manufacturers comply with California's open-flame-resistance standard TB603 without making any manufacturing process changes, Owens Corning today introduced the first one-step composite solution, Owens Corning Fire Resistant Filler Cloth. Comprised of fire- resistant and self-extinguishing fibers, Owens Corning (FR) Filler Cloth is seamlessly bonded directly to standard non-FR filler cloth, which then looks, feels and installs just like traditional materials that are applied to the bottom of no-flip mattresses. |
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| New lines represent Company's most recent move to answer market needs |
05 June 2006 - Owens Corning
Owens Corning announced today that it has completed construction of two new fiberglass pipe insulation lines at OC Mexico, the company's recent $71.5 million manufacturing operation acquisition in Mexico City (formerly known as Vitro Fibras). The expansion, which doubles the plant's pipe capacity, is part of a series of strategic moves and significant investments by the company to fill a void in the North American fiberglass pipe marketplace caused by a major loss of market capacity in mid-2003. |
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| Owens Corning introduces new SE 8400 low seed single-end continuous roving for high-voltage applications |
05 April 2005 - Owens Corning
Advantex Type30 roving provides non-corrosive, dielectric properties for pultruded high-voltage electrical transmission & distribution applications; prevents brittle fracture |
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| Owens Corning fibre glass certified as industry’s highest level of recycled content recycled content level exceeds certified competitors |
14 March 2005 - Owens Corning
At the NAHB Green Building Conference at Atlanta, Owens Corning has announced that its line of fibreglass insulation products has been certified to contain an average of 35 percent recycled content by leading third-party certifier Scientific Certification Systems (SCS). |
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| Owens Corning and RheTech Sign Agreement for Making |
11 March 2005 - Owens Corning
Owens Corning and RheTech have announced a licensing agreement under which RheTech will manufacture and sell in North America a proprietary long-fiber glass/polyolefin thermoplastic (LFTP) developed by Owens Corning. |
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| Owens Corning to Expand Light Density Fibre Glass Capacity |
31 October 2004 - Owens Corning
Owens Corning is initiating plans to build a 150 million pound per year greenfield light density fibre glass insulation plant. |
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| Engineers take new look at strength of industrial glass fibre |
25 February 2003 - Ohio State University
An Ohio State University engineer and his colleagues have discovered something new about a 50-year-old type of fibreglass: it may be more than one and a half times stronger than previously thought. |
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