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Press releases
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Superior Performance, Continuing Conversion Mark Owens Corning Advantex® Glass Anniversary
Beginning its seventh year in the market, Owens Corning Advantex® glass fibers are producing all the benefits expected and more, and conversion to the glass formula at the company’s reinforcement plants now exceeds 70 percent of total capacity.
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OC™ Automotive Showcasing Cost-Effective, High-Performance Integrated Composite Speaker Panel at JEC 2003 Composites Show
Owens Corning Automotive is making sound progress in the development of an integrated composite speaker panel that will make automotive distributed mode loudspeakers (DMLs) commercially viable in the near future. The composite speaker panel offers numerous benefits to OEMs, including lower systems costs, increased space savings, greater design flexibility, and weight reduction. A prototype of OC™ Automotive’s high-performance, cost-effective integrated composite speaker panel will be on display at the JEC 2003 Composites Show.
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Owens Corning’s Composite Solutions Business Announces Organizational Changes to Drive Market Growth
Owens Corning’s Composite Solutions Business, a leader in the global composites industry, recently announced the appointment of key leaders to new positions within the business. The new organization is focused on driving market growth through product development and enhancements that will provide added value to the customer and continue to move the industry forward. Owens Corning sees continuing significant growth in the automotive, wind energy, marine and long fiber thermoplastics markets.
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Owens Corning Launches Multiple Composite Offerings at JEC 2003
Owens Corning’s Composite Solutions Business is introducing six new composite products at the 2003 JEC, including three Single End (Type 30®) rovings, OC® FM 8686 continuous filament mat, OC® VL 8101 glass reinforcement mat and an OC™ Veil Technologies reinforced composite core. A leader in the global composites industry, Owens Corning is putting significant focus on four key market segments that present tremendous growth opportunities for the company and its customers: automotive, wind energy, marine and thermoplastics.
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OC™ Automotive to Showcase Industry Milestone in SUV Composite Applications at JEC 2003 Composites Show
A Sport Utility Vehicle featuring a front-end module comprised of composites materials is an industry first that will be on display at the Owens Corning booth at the JEC 2003 Composites Show. The module is found on the 2003 Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Touareg and features StaMax™ P long glass fiber polypropylene thermoplastic, an application developed by StaMax BV. This innovative composite solution is lighter, stronger and can be more cost effective than its steel counterpart.
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SABIC to Acquire Owens Corning’s Share in StaMax BV: Owens Corning to Continue to be Sole Supplier of Proprietary Glass Fibre
SABIC EuroPetrochemicals announced today that it will acquire Owens Corning’s 50 percent share in StaMax BV, a joint venture formed in 1999. This gives SABIC full ownership of this company that produces StaMa
