09.04.2002
Owens Corning Announces Succession Plan;Brown Named CEO and President, Thaman Named Chairman of the Board
Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 18, 2001 – The Board of Directors of Owens Corning today announced a management succession plan aimed at continuing the corporate focus on operational excellence, while simultaneously emerging from the Chapter 11 status in the shortest possible time. The plan includes the following key elements:
09.04.2002
Owens Corning to Showcase World-Class Composite Solutions at the JEC Composites Show 2002
PARIS, France, 10, April 2002 – Owens Corning Composite Solutions will display their latest innovative composite developments at the JEC Composites Show 2002. A sampling of the composite solutions on display is featured below.
09.04.2002
Owens Corning Names Dick Lantz President of its Composite Solutions Business
Toledo, Ohio, November 26, 2001 - Owens Corning announced today that Dick Lantz has been named president of the company’s global Composite Solutions business, a new operating unit that combines Owens Corning’s Roofing Solutions and Composite Solutions businesses and accounts for more than 25 percent of the company’s sales.
08.04.2002
“Conceive It, Believe It, Achieve It”
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 8, 2002 — This year 3M reached its 100th birthday — a milestone shared by only three percent of American companies. After a challenging first decade, 3M grew rapidly over the ensuing years to become a solid, diversified technology company renowned for innovation.
08.04.2002
Borealis highlights wire and cable value solutions at Wire 2002
Borealis has been a major supplier to the wire and cable (W&C) industry for over 35 years and today is the global technology leader in supplying high-performance compounds for the power and telecommunication industries.
08.04.2002
Borealis delivers low cost high quality solution for 1kV cable insulation
Borealis, the leading global supplier of polyethylene materials to the wire and cable industry, has seen growing success of its unique Visico™/Ambicat™ copolymer and catalyst system for low voltage insulation. Visico, a scorch-retardant, moisture curable, ethylene-vinyl silane copolymer, has experienced a significant market acceptance since its introduction over 10 years ago. The product range was complemented in 2000 with the development of Borealis’ Ambicat, a tin-free catalyst masterbatch that enables Visico crosslinking at ambient temperature.
08.04.2002
Borealis introduces new Borstar® jacketing compound for ADSS cable applications
Borealis, the leading global supplier of polyethylene to the wire and cable industry, has launched Borstar HE 6081, a new grade of its high-density polyethylene-based family of jacketing compounds. Borstar HE 6081, which has been specially designed for ADSS cable applications, delivers excellent track resistance outperforming the tracking properties of traditional compounds.
08.04.2002
Increasing global adoption of Borealis materials for XLPE cables in high voltage underground application
All major utilities worldwide are facing formidable challenges in transmitting the huge and rising volumes of electricity required by consumers. Borealis, the leading global supplier of polyethylene materials to the wire and cable industry, is helping customers to address these challenges with its materials for cross-linked polyethylene cables, XLPE, which are increasingly seen as cost-effective and reliable solutions with low environmental impact.
