Owens Corning is building facility in North Carolina to make Sustaina nonwoven glass fiber product




ORLANDO, FL, October 16, 2014-

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems, is building a new advanced technology facility in Gastonia, North Carolina, that will help meet demand for bio-based products. The new, state-of-the-art equipment will add manufacturing flexibility to produce different widths of the company's new Sustaina® non-woven glass fiber fabric. This will enable more customers to use the product in their applications.

Sustaina® surfacing and reinforcing glass non-wovens were introduced to the European market in June 2013. The Sustaina® solution uses a bio-based binder system with high tensile strength performance and does not contain any formaldehyde. The new plant will be able to run four-meter widths of Sustaina® fabric, rather than the narrower width currently produced on existing assets.


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