TOLEDO, Ohio, USA: Feb. 15, 2012 – Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems, today announced it has reached an agreement with Fiber Glass Industries (FGI) to sell its global Twintex® reinforcements rovings intellectual property rights and business portfolio.

FGI currently licenses the Twintex® intellectual property from Owens Corning to produce its GLASS POLYPRO™ roving and fabrics in the U.S. With this purchase, FGI will acquire the existing portfolio of customers, the rights to the Twintex® intellectual property globally, application knowledge and the rights to the Twintex® trademark.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) is a leading global producer of residential and commercial building materials, glass-fiber reinforcements and engineered materials for composite systems. A Fortune® 500 Company for 57 consecutive years, Owens Corning is committed to driving sustainability by delivering solutions, transforming markets and enhancing lives. Founded in 1938, Owens Corning is a market-leading innovator of glass-fiber technology with sales of $5 billion in 2010 and about 15,000 employees in 28 countries on five continents. Additional information is available at www.owenscorning.com.

About Fiber Glass Industries

Fiber Glass Industries, Inc. (FGI) has been a supplier to fiberglass composites manufacturers for more than 50 years. The company started with a full line of woven fiberglass and combination products. It is now one of the top producers of specialty fiberglass mat and cloth products for closed mold/RTM fiberglass composite manufacturers. FGI also produces high-strength stitch-bonded fiberglass fabrics for a variety of industries. FGI’s present Twintex roving capacity is sufficient to serve worldwide markets in addition to its domestic customers. Additional information is available at www.fiberglassindustries.com.

Posted by: Moderator Ken Weiss 19-February-2012 – KWeiss@fiberglassindustries.com

I was talking with John Menzel yesterday and he indicated that your technical background regarding Twintex production and application problem solving was outstanding. What exactly is your technical background with Twintex ?

Link to Diaphragm Molding => Twintex_Diaphgram_Moulding_Manual_ww_05_2005_Rev1

See links above for processing manuals posted by Ken Weiss 6-July-2010.

Click on the link above to view the report posted by Ken Weiss on 24-June-2010.

Co-mingled Glass Fiber and Thermoplastic Resin Reinforcement Provides High Mechanical Properties with No Volatile Organic Compounds

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a world leader in glass fiber reinforcements and residential and commercial building materials, announced today that it has licensed its award-winning Twintex® reinforcement technology to Fiber Glass Industries, Inc., Amsterdam, N.Y.

Twintex® technology will be used by Fiber Glass Industries to produce GLASS POLYPRO™ roving and fabrics that combine glass fibers and polypropylene filaments. The proprietary and ready-to-use thermoplastic and glass fiber technology is designed to produce reinforcements with high mechanical properties such as excellent stiffness-to-weight ratio and superior impact resistance. Twintex® technology also provides freedom of design and easily recyclable products.

“We are delighted to establish another source of products made with Twintex® technology,” said Marcio Sandri, vice president and managing director, Americas, for Owens Corning’s Composites Group. “The additional availability of reinforcement products made with this innovative technology will extend its use in a variety of processes and markets.”

“We are proud to manufacture a new line of co-mingled glass and thermoplastic fibers using industry-leading technology,” said Tom Bruce, director of sales and marketing at Fiber Glass Industries. “This will allow for continuity of supply in the U.S. for co-mingled glass and thermoplastic roving products, and also allow us to work with our customers to develop new applications for the products.”

Bruce said production of GLASS POLYPRO™ roving and fabrics by Fiber Glass Industries will begin in September. Until then, material needs will be provided by Owens Corning.

Earlier this year, an application of Twintex® technology received one of the composites industry’s highest awards. The honor, awarded at the JEC Composites Show in Paris, the world’s largest exhibition for composites materials, was for the products and technology used to make window lineals. The breakthrough technology, using Twintex® co-mingled glass fiber and polymer reinforcements, eliminated the need for steel inserts to strengthen the parts, which allowed the manufacturer to eliminate a separate insertion step from the process.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements and engineered materials for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials. A Fortune 500 company for 55 consecutive years, Owens Corning is committed to driving sustainability through delivering solutions, transforming markets and enhancing lives. Founded in 1938, Owens Corning had sales of $6 billion in 2008 and about 16,500 employees. OCV™ Reinforcements, OCV™ Technical Fabrics and OCV™ Non-Woven Technologies are the three main business units that comprise the Owens Corning’s Composites Group. The business delivers a broad range of reinforcement products that provide lightweight alternatives to steel, wood and aluminum, thereby reducing weight and improving energy efficiency. Additional information is available at www.owenscorning.com.

About Fiber Glass Industries

Fiber Glass Industries, Inc. (FGI) of Amsterdam, NY has been a supplier to fiberglass composites manufacturers for more than 50 years. The company started with a full line of woven fiberglass and combination products. From there it installed and continues to operate its own furnace and is now one of the top producers of specialty fiberglass mat and cloth products for closed mold/RTM fiberglass composites manufacturers. FGI also produces high-strength stitch-bonded fiberglass fabrics for a variety of industries. Additional information is available at www.fiberglassindustries.com.

SOURCE: Owens Corning

Web site: http://www.owenscorning.com/

Owens Corning (Toledo, Ohio) announced June 23 that it has licensed its trademarked Twintex reinforcement technology to Fiber Glass Industries Inc. (Amsterdam, N.Y.). Twintex commingles glass fibers with (typically) spun polypropylene filaments in several forms for composite reinforcement. The proprietary thermoplastic/glass fiber technology is designed to produce reinforcements with superior mechanical properties, particularly in regard to stiffness-to-weight ratio and impact resistance.

Under the license, Fiber Glass Industries will use Twintex technology to produce GLASS POLYPRO commingled roving and fabrics.  “This will allow for continuity of supply in the U.S. for commingled glass and thermoplastic roving products, and also allow us to work with our customers to develop new applications for the products,” says Tom Bruce, director of sales and marketing at Fiber Glass Industries. Production, he reports, will begin in September of this year. Until then, customers’ material needs will be met by Owens Corning.

Twintex was recently honored at the JEC Composites Show in Paris, for its use in window lineals. The breakthrough technology, using Twintex commingled glass fiber and polymer reinforcement, eliminated the need for steel inserts to strengthen the vinyl parts.