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| Owens Corning converts plant in Vado, Italy Building materials giant Owens Corning announced the company will re-start its glass fiber reinforcement manufacturing facility in Vado, Italy, during the fourth quarter, which has been converted to the company's patented boron and fluorine-free Advantex technology platform. The platform offers a higher performing glass fiber and a significantly smaller environmental footprint compared with standard E-glass processes. The Vado conversion is part of a previously announced plan to install Advantex glass technology in composites facilities acquired from Saint-Gobain in 2007. The Vado plant produces chopped glass fiber strands primarily used to reinforce thermoplastics in a variety of applications for the transportation, consumer and electronics markets. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |