DELIVERING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE GLOBAL BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

THROUGH GLASS NON-WOVENS

Geoffrey Wilson Global Product Director

Composite Solutions Business Owens Corning Sales LLC

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Who is Owens Corning?

Owens Corning is one of the leading producers of fiberglass in the world and during its75 year history has been responsible for all innovations in glass fiber

1935 1938 1952 1970s 1980 1987 1996 2007

Corning Glass + Owens Illinois work

on glass fiber

Owens Corning Fiberglass

launched Sales $2.5M 600 people

Owens Corning becomes listed on NYSE

Sales grow to $2Bn

Pink panther becomes

corporate logo

At then end of of the 1980’s Owens Corning has sales in excess of $3Bn and employed

18,000 people globally

Owens Corning Fiberglass corporation

changes its name to Owens Corning

Owens Corning purchases the Saint Gobain glass fiber

business to create the worlds largest fiber

glass producer

Founded in 1938, an industry leader in glass fiber insulation, roofing, asphalt,

and glass fiber reinforcements with sales of $5.2 billion in 2012.

15,000 employees in 28 countries.

FORTUNE 500 company for 58 consecutive years.

Composite Solutions Business ($2.5Bn)

A global leader in fiberglass solutions composed of two major divisions

Known as the leading innovator in composites

Global leader in glass fiber for composites with

37 plants in 15 countries

Inventor of all major glass types (E,ECR,S,R,H)

2 major divisions, each the leader in its market

Reinforcements

Engineered Solutions

Composite Solutions Business

Investing in a global innovation network

Granville, U.S.

Chambery, France

Innovative Chemistry Customer Solutions Glass & Furnace Science

Leveraging our heritage of innovation

Granville, U.S.

Chambery, France

Ibaraki, Japan

Apeldoorn, Holland

Granville, U.S.

Chambery, France

Zele, Belgium

Apeldoorn, Holland

Shanghai, China

What is a glass non-woven?

Mat inspected, rolled and cut to specified widths

Drying process to remove water & cure chemicals

Wet fibers & chemicals formed into a mat

Wet chopped strand fibers mixed into a water slurry

The non-woven conversion process

L’Ardroise, Fr

Guelph, Canada

Aiken, SC Jackson, TX

Gous, RU Appeldoorn, NL

Liversedge, UK Chambery, Fr

Amarillo, TX Danville, IL

Ft. Smith, AR

Owens Corning Wet Use Chopped Strand plants , Specialty NW plants & roofing mat plants

Engineered Solutions

The non-woven conversion process

Gastonia, NC

Engineered Solutions

The non-woven conversion process

What is a glass non-woven ? What can it bring to a building product?

Construction Market Driven by Performance & Flexibility, Material conservation & energy efficiency, Product availability and Productivity Improvements

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Performance & Design Flexibility Materials Conservation

Product Availability in All Business Cycles Productivity Improvement

Help customers create new applications through innovation

•Customer and market back product development

Improve strength-to-weight ratio across building product spectrum

• Increase tensile strength

•Decrease mat thickness without sacrificing strength

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Performance & Design Flexibility

Higher Performance and Design flexibility

Ability to customize ceiling tile facers per customer specification

for Acoustics, Aesthetics

Ceiling Systems

Durability, Weatherability & Fire Resistance

Walls/Panel Systems

Higher dimensional stability & lower cost vs felt

Flooring Systems

Increased weight-to-strength ratio vs concrete & metal

Glass Reinforced Pipe

• Reduction in material consumption through light-weighting

• Sustaina® FF binder system in glass nonwovens

• Strong use of recycled glass

• Sustainability.owenscorning.com

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Materials conservation

Materials Conservation

Dimensional stability, Durability, Weatherability & Fire Resistance

Insulation

Bio-based Binder for carpet and tile backing

Flooring Systems

• Enable lighter & stronger materials that allow for faster installation with less breakage

• Wider veil webs allowing for labor reduction in flooring installations

• Stronger materials to allow for faster product manufacturing line speeds and other production efficiencies

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Productivity Improvement

Productivity improvement

Stronger glass products to allow for faster processing

Manufacturing Efficiencies

Wide veil web widths for efficient manufacturing and installation

Flooring Systems

• Investing in front of market recovery to allow for maximum customer growth – Apeldoorn (EU) expansion and Gastonia (NA) construction

• Scaling glass production to ensure customer growth needs are met

• Globally available products with local technical support

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Product Availability in All Business Cycles

Product availability through Business Cycles

Investing to insure your growth

Product Supply

Detailed discussions on market expectations

Joint Planning

Market Vision Discussions

Solutions for these markets can be delivered through the full range of industrial processes and are available globally from the extensive footprint of manufacturing locations.

Engineered Solutions

Residential & Commercial Building: A key pillar for Owens Corning

Glass Reinforced Pipe Insulation

Walls/Panel Systems

Flooring Systems

Ceiling Systems

Leading provider of innovative glass mat solutions for Residential & Commercial Building

Increased weight-to-strength ratio vs concrete & metal

Dimensional stability, Durability, Weatherability & Fire Resistance

Durability, Weatherability & Fire Resistance

Acoustics, Aesthetics & Fire

Resistance

Higher Dimensional Stability / Lower

cost vs felt; Bio-based Binder

Engineered Solutions

Side-by-side development with customers for new solutions

Working side-by-side with customers to develop new solutions

Leveraging our expertise for future growth

Fundamental product and process innovation to develop advanced composites

Engineered Solutions

In Summary

Leading supplier to building industry with a full range of non woven technologies

Industry leading Innovation

Industry leading quality

Global Supply

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