Owens Corning Press Kit JEC Show 2010

Following the integration of Saint-Gobain and Owens Corning, Owens Corning Composite Solutions (OCCS)is a global reinforcements actor, a pioneer in the reinforcements, nonwovens and composite fabrics industry, with a long history of product innovation and customer focus.

Press Releases

Owens Corning, a World-Leading Glass Fiber Reinforcements Producer, Announces Global Competition for Breakthrough Composite Applications

Paris – April 14, 2010 – Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, yesterday launched a global competition to find new applications for composite materials. Announced at the JEC Composites Show in Paris, the Composite App Challenge is focused on drawing entrants in four categories to help resolve some of society’s pressing issues:

Study Shows Superior Corrosion Resistance of Owens Corning Advantex® Boron-Free E-CR Glass Fiber Reinforcements

Paris – April 14, 2010 – Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, today reported results of a new study that shows how the company’s boron-free Advantex® E-CR glass fiber outperforms standard E-glass reinforcements in stressed laminates in a corrosive environment.

Owens Corning Establishes Large-Scale Fabrics Excellence Center in Zele, Belgium

Paris – April 14, 2010 – Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, announced today that the company has established an excellence center for technical fabrics at its manufacturing facility in Zele, Belgium. The 5,500-square-meter (about 60,000 square feet) facility will have both pilot- and full-scale state-of-the-art production equipment for developing, testing and evaluating new fabric technologies before production and use in customer processes.

Owens Corning Showcases High-Performance Reinforcements Enabling Composite Application in Developing Source of Renewable Energy

Paris – April 14, 2010 – At JEC Composites, the world’s largest trade show for composite materials, global reinforcement producer Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) is showcasing the company’s XStrand® high-performance glass fibers that will be used in a project demonstrating how modern composite technology can enable ocean thermal energy power generation, which has the potential to join wind as a major source of renewable energy.