Owens Corning Glass Fiber Veils Get Greenguard OK

Toledo, OH, Feb. 10, 2010--Owens Corning, a global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, said that its glass fiber veils for carpet, ceilings and flooring are the first in the glass non-woven industry to be Greenguard certified.

The products were also certified for the more stringent Greenguard Children & Schools product emissions standard.

"This certification is more important than ever, given the rapid growth of the glass fiber non-wovens in the U.S. and around the world in interior applications such as flooring, wall coverings and ceilings," said Steven Vermeulen, vice president and managing director of OCV Non-Woven Technologies.

Glass fiber-based veils and specialty non-wovens are used in multiple applications. In building materials, one of the first market applications was in the cushion vinyl flooring market in Europe as companies there replaced traditional cellulose felt with glass fiber non-wovens to improve dimensional stability.