Owens Corning glass fibre alliance

Published 6th June, 2013 by Greg Morris

Owens Corning has formed a partnership with Chinese glass fibre producer Taishan Fiberglass.

Taishan is a subsidiary of China National Materials Group Sinoma. The partnership will grow the use of Alkali Resistant (AR) speciality glass products sold under the brands Cem-FIL, Anti–CRAK and Slurry-FIL.

Manufacturing will be based in China and supported by Owens Corning’s R&D centres, which will provide product and application development.

Taishan will concentrate in China, ASEAN, Japan, South Korea, South Africa and Saudi Arabia markets with Owens Corning serving markets located in the rest of the world.

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.