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Cellular glass, structural block answers thermal bridging in masonry walls

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As the architectural/engineering/construction community looks to achieve ever more energy-efficient homes and buildings, especially in an age of net zero classification, Owens Corning has crafted a solution for concrete block walls with manufactured stone veneer or face brick. Company engineers bill Foamglas Perinsul SIB as a thermal bridging solution for high-performance buildings. Material science helps explain the thermal function: Foamglas…

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Owens Corning threads Buy America needle for Mateenbar Fiberglas Rebar

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Sources: Owens Corning Infrastructure Solutions LLC, Toledo, Ohio; CP staff Owens Corning Infrastructure Solutions (OCIS) has scheduled a mid-April dispatch for the first load of domestically produced Mateenbar Fiberglas Rebar, an Ohio Department of Transportation bridge site in Henry County the destination. OCIS is the exclusive North American distributor of the FRP product from Mateenbar USA’s new 130,000-sq.-ft. plant in…

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Hughes Bros. deal brings Owens Corning division concrete-grade FRP

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Sources: Owens Corning, Toledo, Ohio; CP staff

Owens Corning Infrastructure Solutions has acquired Aslan FRP, the concrete reinforcement business of Nebraska-based Hughes Brothers, Inc. Aslan produces and markets glass and carbon FRP (fiber reinforced polymer) products, also known as composite rebar, used to reinforce concrete in new or retrofit projects.

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Concrete Preservation Institute, Owens Corning team at Pearl Harbor

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Through an agreement announced on the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Owens Corning Foundation committed $100,000 to support the Concrete Preservation Institute (CPI) Career Skills Program, presently engaged in a multi-year restoration of historic Pearl Harbor Battleship Row mooring quays. California State University, Chico-based CPI is bringing to Hawaii skills and practice demonstrated during concrete restoration at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

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Owens Corning underwrites historic-concrete restoration at Pearl Harbor

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Sources: Owens Corning Foundation, Toledo, Ohio; Concrete Preservation Institute, Chico, Calif.; CP staff

Through an agreement announced on the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Owens Corning Foundation committed $100,000 to support the Concrete Preservation Institute (CPI) Career Skills Program, presently engaged in a multi-year restoration of historic Pearl Harbor Battleship Row mooring quays. CPI is bringing to Hawaii skills and practice demonstrated during concrete restoration at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

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