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| Owens Corning expands technical fabrics capacity in Asia Owens Corning, a world leader in glass fiber reinforcements and residential and commercial building materials, announced that the company is supporting its wind blade fabrication customers in Asia by expanding capacity to produce technical fabrics at its manufacturing facilities in Chanzhou and Doudian, China and Taloja, India. The investment adds about one-third more knitting capacity to the three plants' existing fabrics operations, to supply technical fabrics for the region's growing wind energy market, which includes the fast-growing China market. The expansion is already underway and will be completed during the third quarter this year. Capacity for wind energy in Asia is expected to grow nearly 45 percent this year, from a total installed capacity of about 22,000 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2008 to nearly 32,000 MW at the end of this year, according to BTM Consult ApS, Denmark, an independent consulting company specializing in renewable energy. BTM says growth in Asia will be led by China, which is expected to increase installed capacity by 60 percent in 2009. According to the Global Wind Energy Council, China will be the biggest growth market for wind power generating capacity this year, ahead of the United States. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |