Owens Corning
Composite Solutions Business

SINGAPORE, Oct. 15, 2010– During JEC Innovative International Composites Summit (I.I.C.S) in Singapore, Chuck Dana, group president of the Owens Corning Composite Solutions Business, delivered a keynote speech outlining a 2020 vision for what the composites industry must do in the next 10 years to transform the materials market and gain market share against steel, wood and aluminum. View more and related images

BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2010– Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, will present a technical seminar at China Composites Expo highlighting how developing nations can avoid building a legacy of corrosion that will require spending enormous sums annually for infrastructure repair and replacement by using today’s advanced materials and processes including inherently corrosion-resistant fiberglass-reinforced polymer composites. View more and related images

BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2010– The world’s first full‑scale production facility making breakthrough composite power distribution poles has opened by Dulhunty Power Ltd., in Australia. The composite poles are the first to provide strength, durability and fire resistance by combining the three technologies of filament-winding, high-performance concrete and alkali-resistant (AR) glass reinforcements. View more and related images

BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2010– Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, today announced the semi-finalists for the company’s Composite App Challenge, a global competition launched in April to find new applications for composite materials. Names of the 40 semi-finalists were announced at China Composites Expo in Beijing and posted on the competition Web site. Winners will be announced in February 2011, at the trade show hosted by the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. USA. View more and related images

BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2010– Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of reinforcement solutions for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, today introduced Ultrablade™ fabric solutions to help enable the market transition to longer, lighter and stiffer wind turbine rotor blades. The new solutions, which will be commercially available in January 2011, can help designers remove nearly a metric ton of reinforcement and resin from 2.0 megawatt (MW) wind turbines compared to same-size blade sets made with traditional E-glass. View more and related images

BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2010– Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, today announced that its Uniconform®glass fiber mat is now available globally. View more and related images

TOLEDO, Ohio – June 9, 2010– Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) Cem-FIL® alkali-resistant (AR) glass fibers will take the field at the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 11. The newly redesigned stadium features fibreC® concrete panels from Rieder Smart Elements, reinforced with Cem-FIL® AR fibers, which reduce the weight and thickness of the concrete by up to 10 times compared to conventional panels. They are 100 percent recyclable; and enhance building life and durability with resistance to corrosion, fire, UV light and temperature variations. View more and related images