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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River, originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory, then re-founded in 1837, after conclusion of the Toledo War, when it was incorporated in Ohio. Toledo grew quickly as a result of the Miami and Erie Canal and its position on the railway line between New York and Chicago. It has since become a city well known for its industry, particularly in glass and auto assembly, as well as for its art community, education, and local sports teams. The population of Toledo as of the 2010 Census was 287,208, while the Toledo metropolitan area had a population of 651,409.
French trading posts operated in the area as far back as 1680. The area was first settled by Americans in 1845, after the Battle of Fallen Timbers, with the founding of Fort Industry. However, many settlers fled the area during the War of 1812. Resettlement began around 1868 when a Cincinnati syndicate purchased a 974-acre (3.9 km²) tract at the mouth of Cedar Creek and named it Port Lawrence, creating the modern downtown area. Immediately to the north of that, another syndicate founded the town of Vistula, the historic north end. These two towns physically bordered each other with Cherry Street dividing them. This is why present day streets on the northeast side of Cherry Street run at a slightly different angle from those to the southwest of it.

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Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities.
A trademark may be designated by the following symbols:
A trademark is typically a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or a combination of these elements. There is also a range of non-conventional trademarks comprising marks which do not fall into these standard categories, such as those based on color, smell, or sound.
The owner of a trademark may initiate legal proceedings for trademark infringement to prevent unauthorized use of that trademark. Most countries require formal registration of a trademark in order to pursue this type of action. A few countries, including the United States, recognize common law trademark rights, which means action can be taken for trademark that is in use but not registered. In the United States, registration is not required, but it increases the legal protections offered to the trademark holder.

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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.

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A. H. Heisey
Augustus Henry Heisey (1842 – February 13, 1922) was an American industrialist, soldier, and glass maker.
Heisey was born in Hanover, Germany, and emigrated with his family to the United States as an infant in 1843. The family settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania, where Heisey graduated from the Merrittown Academy. Following his father's death and his mother's return to Germany, Augustus lived with his sister. Upon graduation, he entered the printing business for a short time. He made a career change in 1861, becoming a clerk with the King Glass Company in Pittsburgh.
However, the American Civil War interrupted his career, and he enlisted as a private in the Union Army in 1862. He served with Company C of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Zouaves and fought in several battles, including the Battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded during the defense of Little Round Top. He served in twenty-two different engagements and was cited for gallantry. In 1864, he was promoted to the rank of captain. He left the army the following year, having risen to the brevet rank of major.

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Alastair Pilkington
Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington, (7 January 1920 – 5 May 1995) (Sir Alastair Pilkington) and his associate Kenneth Bickerstaff, both of Great Britain, developed the world's first commercially successful manufacture of high quality flat glass using their float glass process. American inventors had tried several times to achieve an improved and lower-cost process to replace the costly plate glass, but had not succeeded. His breakthrough, in which the molten glass was 'floated' over a bath of molten tin and manipulated to achieved the required product thickness, enabled the UK-based Pilkington Glass company to lead the world market for high quality flat glass for many years. Starting in the early 1960s, all the world's leading flat glass manufacturers obtained licences to use the float glass process.
Pilkington was chairman of Pilkington Glass from 1973 until 1985, prior to which he had been the company's technical director.
He was educated at Sherborne School and Trinity College, Cambridge and knighted in 1970. He was also a director of the Bank of England.

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Edward Libbey

Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925) is the father of the glass industry in Toledo, Ohio, where he opened the Libbey Glass Company (later Libbey, Inc.) in 1888.
Libbey was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA. After attending Boston University, he worked for the New England Glass Company beginning in 1874, becoming president from 1883 to 1886.
He opened the Libbey Glass Co in Toledo, Ohio, in 1888, sponsoring a demonstration plant at the Chicago exposition of 1893. His success depended heavily on the inventions of Michael Joseph Owens. In 1903, Libbey founded the Owens Bottle Machine Company (later Owens-Illinois), and, in 1916, the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, serving as president of both firms.
He was the founder of the Toledo Museum of Art in 1901, serving as its president from 1901 to 1925, funding building construction, and bequeathing to the museum his collection of Dutch and English art. Libbey High School in Toledo, Ohio, is named after him.

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Frederick Carder
Frederick Carder (September 18, 1863- December 10, 1963) was an English artist and glassmaker. He was born in Staffordshire, England and attended Stourbridge School of Art and the Dudley Mechanic Institute, he later worked in Wordsley. In 1960, Alfred University honored Carder with an honorary doctorate degree.
Frederick Carder married Annie Walker on May 21, 1887. They had three children: a daughter Gladys (b. 1889, d. ), a son Stanley (b. 1891, d. ), and a son Cyril (b. 1893, d. 1918).
Frederick Carder began his glassmaking career with Stevens & Williams in 1881, where he helped re-introduce colored glass. While at Stevens & Williams, Carder worked with Peter Fabergé of Russia. In 1902, Carder was asked to compile a survey of current glassmaking techniques in other countries, including the United States.
After 20 years of glass design and glassmaking experience, disagreements developed within Stevens & Williams. As a result, Carder and his family emigrated to the United States.
Frederick Carder and Thomas J. Hawkes (of Hawkes crystal) co-founded the Steuben Glass Works in Corning, NY, the home of Corning Glass Company (also known as Corning Glass Works). Carder ran Steuben Glass Works from 1903 until 1918.

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Henry Clay Fry
Henry Clay Fry (1840 – 1929) was an American entrepreneur in the glass industry in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
The 1850 United States Federal Census shows that Fry was living with his family in Shelby County, Kentucky. Fry received his early education in Lexington, Kentucky. Fry at the age of sixteen years found employment as a shipping clerk in the glass manufacturing industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1860, Fry met Abraham Lincoln while on a sales business trip. It is not known if they discussed the topic of glass.
In 1862, Fry enlisted in the 15th regiment of the Pennsylvania cavalry. He was in the army until the end of the American Civil War. He then obtained gainful employment at a glass company called Fry, Semple, and Reynolds.
Fry with others in 1872 formed Rochester Tumbler Company, a glass manufacturing facility. Here in Rochester they built extensive plant building structures on 10 acres (40,000 m²) of land they purchased. The company manufactured pressed and blown glass tumblers, being the largest such manufacturer in the nation. They sold these tumblers worldwide. The Rochester Tumbler Company employed over 1200 employees. All the equipment needed in glass production they made themselves on the premises.

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John M. Whitall
John Mickle Whitall (November 4, 1800 – June 6, 1877) was a prominent U.S. sea captain, businessman and philanthropist in New Jersey and Pennsylvania involved in the spice and silk trade, glass-making, and missionary work.
Whitall was born in Woodbury, New Jersey, in 1800 into a Quaker family and was obliged to drop schooling at the age of 15, when due to a business loss the family was forced to sell their home and move to a farm outside of Woodbury. Whitall worked as a farmhand for a year but found the life hard and uninspiring. At the age of 16, he apprenticed as a ship hand on the William Savery, for a 1-year voyage to Calcutta, India, and in 1818, for another voyage on the same ship carrying cotton from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, England. On board the ship, Whitall wore plain Quaker dress, avoided the common use of profane language, and was an outspoken advocate of honesty and respectful dealing with everyone on board. On his third voyage, in 1819, from Liverpool to Canton, China, the ship's captain asked him to help make a nautical observation, and after performing this duty well, he was taught navigation. On his fourth voyage, to Calcutta and Madras in 1820, the ship was capsized by a squall and demasted, losing some of the sailors. At Calcutta, due to his good performance and ill health of one of the ship's officers, he was promoted to Second Mate and gained the respect of the ordinary sailors by treating them well. On his fifth voyage in 1822, to Canton, he was chief mate on the ship Dorothea, and on his sixth and seventh voyages, to Antwerp and the far east, he was chief mate on the ship America. These voyages, carrying items such as ginseng, silk, and spices, were very profitable for the owners and the ship's officers.

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Lino Tagliapietra
Lino Tagliapietra (born 1934 in Murano, Italy) is an Italian glass artist.
Tagliapietra was born on the island of Murano in 1934. Murano, an island whose history of glass dates back to 1291, provided Tagliapietra an ideal educational environment to develop his techniques and glass artistry. At the age of 12 he was apprenticed by the glass maestro Archimede Seguso. Nine years later, at the age of 21, he earned the rank of maestro.
For the next 25 years Tagliapietra worked in association with a number of Murano's top glass factories, including Vetreria Galliano Ferro, Venini & C., La Murrina, Effetre International and EOS Design nel Vetro. His influence on the American art glass studio movement is primarily attributed to his colleague Dale Chihuly. In 1968 Chihuly visited Murano and learned from Tagliapietra, as well as other glass maestri, including Pino Signoretto.
In 1979 Tagliapietra travelled to the United States to teach at the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington. This event marked the beginning of knowledge sharing amongst the American Glass Artists and the Italian maestros, who in the past had guarded their techniques as valuable trade secrets.

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Luoyang Glass
Luoyang Glass Company Limited or Luoyang Glass (SEHK: 1108, SSE: 600876) is a state-owned enterprise in Luoyang, Henan, China, which is involved with the production and sales of float sheet and flat glass and reprocessing of automobile glass.
Luoyang Glass was established in 1994 by its parent company, China Luoyang Float Glass Group. Its H shares were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1994, while its A shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1995.

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Mats Jonasson
Mats Jonasson, (born 1945) is a Swedish glass designer.
He is notable for his engraved lead crystal sculptures of flowers and wildlife that are manufactured by the glassworks in Målerås, Sweden and are marketed around the world.

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Otto Schott
Friedrich Otto Schott (born 17 December 1851 in Witten; died 27 August 1935 in Jena) was a German chemist, glass technologist, and the inventor of borosilicate glass. He was the son of a window glass maker, Simon Schott. From 1870 to 1873 Schott studied chemical technology at the technical college in Aachen and at the universities of Würzburg and Leipzig. He attained a doctorate in glass chemistry at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena for his thesis “Contributions to the Theory and Practice of Glass Fabrication”.
In 1879, Schott developed a new lithium-based glass that possessed novel optical properties. Schott shared this discovery with Dr Ernst Abbe, which was the catalyst for a long professional relationship between the two.
In 1884, in association with Dr Ernst Abbe and Carl Zeiss, Otto founded Glastechnische Laboratorium Schott & Genossen (Schott & Associates Glass Technology Laboratory) in Jena. It was here, during the period 1887 through to 1893, that Schott developed borosilicate glass. Borosilicate glass is distinguished for its high tolerance to heat and a substantial resistance to thermal shock (sudden temperature changes) and resistance to degradation when exposed to chemicals.

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Richard M. Atwater
Richard Mead Atwater, Sr. (August 10, 1844 – 1922) was a chemist and public official in New Jersey and Pennsylvania involved in early scientific glass-making.
Atwater was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1844 into a Quaker family. His father, Stephen Atwater, was a civil engineer working on the Erie Canal, and later became the City Surveyor for Providence. His mother was Mary Weaver, who came from Hamilton, New York, the daughter of a Quaker minister. Atwater spent his first 21 years in Providence.
Atwater lost his father at the age of 10. He was obliged to work and help his widowed mother carry on with her five children, getting up before dawn six days a week to fold and deliver newspapers. The work did not pay much but he learned the value of networking. He attended public school until he was 15, then attended the Friends Boarding School of Providence.
After graduating, he taught for a term at a public school in Wakefield, Rhode Island, meeting local industrialist Roland Hazard, then moving on to teach at a local private school, where he met his future wife Abby Sophia Greene. He attended Brown University and graduated in 1865, and was made Quaker Trustee of Brown University in 1878. Immediately after graduating, he found employment in Millville, New Jersey as a tutor. He served a short term as Superintendent of Schools in Millville.

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S. Donald Stookey
Stanley Donald Stookey (born May 23, 1915) is an American inventor. He has 60 patents in his name related to glass and ceramics, some solely his while others are jointly with others. His discoveries and inventions have affected considerably the development of ceramics, eyeglasses, sunglasses, cookware, defense systems, and electronics.
He was a research director at Corning Glass Works for 47 years doing R & D in glass and ceramic development. His inventions include Fotoform, CorningWare, Cercor, Pyroceram and Photochromic Ophthalmic glass eyewear.
Stookey was born on May 23, 1915 in Hay Springs, Nebraska. His father, Stanley Stookey, was a teacher and bank clerk. His mother, Hermie Stookey, was a teacher and housewife. Stookey had three siblings and he was the oldest of the four children. When Stookey was about 6 years old the family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from Hay Springs.
Stookey went to Coe College from 1934 to 1936 where he graduated with his first degree, a liberal arts degree in chemistry and mathematics. Stookey’s grandfather (Stephen Stookey) was previously a professor of botany and geology at that same college. After graduation from Coe College Stookey then went to Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1937. He received a $1000 fellowship to cover living expenses and as a teaching laboratory assistant in the chemistry lab. In 1938 he earned his Master of Science degree in chemistry from Lafayette College. Stookey then went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge where he received a doctorate in chemistry in 1940. The same year he married his wife Ruth.

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Tomasz Urbanowicz
Tomasz Urbanowicz (born in 1959 in Wrocław) is a Polish architect and a designer of artistic architectural glass. He finished studies at the architecture department of the Wrocław University of Technology (1978–85). He took glass-window studies at the Fine Art Academy of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (1982–85) and worked as an assistant in the Painting and Sculpture Establishment at the Architecture Dept. of Wrocław Institute. In 1987, together with his wife, architect Beata Urbanowicz, he established his own studio, Archiglass, in Wrocław.
His glassworks were featured in Colours of Architecture by Andrew Moor (London, 2006).
Urbanowicz creates glass compositions mostly for prestigious public utility buildings and company premises, but also to residences. Urbanowicz's artworks took part in World Fair EXPOs three times representing Poland; on EXPO 2000 in Hanover (Germany) on Lower Silesia's presentation, on EXPO 2005 in Aichi (Japan) The Composition of the Soul of the Grand Piano was the main artifact in the Polish Pavilion, and on EXPO 2008 in Saragossa (Spain), where the Polish composition Catching the Wind into Sails was a part of national presentation.

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Xinyi Glass
Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited (SEHK: 868) is a private company in People's Republic of China, engaged in the production of float glass, automobile glass and construction glass. Its customers includes large international automobile corporations such as Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen of Germany. It was established in 1998 and headquartered in Hong Kong. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2005.

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Residents look at bodies recovered from flashflood in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012.

Philippine death toll from Typhoon Bopha rises

BBC News

05 Dec 2012

The death toll from a powerful storm that hit the southern Philippines is continuing to rise, as rescue teams headed for affected areas. Typhoon Bopha struck Mindanao island on Tuesday, bringing rain and high winds. Tens of thousands were evacuated ahead of the storm, which is now passing over the western island of Palawan ... Water and mud rushed down mountainous slopes to engulf a school and a village hall serving as evacuation centres ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)

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A Syrian man reads a newspaper covering Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. Presidential election as he stands in front of a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. In Syria, a nation isolated by the Bush administration in the last few years, the people and political analysts were hopeful Obama would work for peace in the Mideast and improve America's image and his win proved the failure of Bush's policies. Relations with Washington have started to improve recently but plummeted after a U.S. commando raid across the Iraq border into Syria killed eight people last m

Obama warns Syria against using chemical weapons

The Guardian

04 Dec 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) â President Barack Obama warned Syria on Monday that the use of chemical weapons would be "totally unacceptable" and that the country's leaders would be held accountable ... Obama stopped short of detailing those consequences....(size: 6.7Kb)

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Afghan and coalition forces kill insurgent leader in Kunar province

The Examiner

05 Dec 2012

ISAF today issued an operational update on combat operations in Afghanistan. It noted, among other things, that Afghan and coalition security forces conducted an operation in Watahpur district yesterday that resulted in the “death of insurgent leader Mohammad Yar Gul.” ... Mohammed Yar Gul coordinated the movement of insurgent fighters throughout Kunar province ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)

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Egyptian protesters chant anti Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012.

Clashes outside Egypt presidential palace in Cairo

Joy Online

05 Dec 2012

Police in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, have clashed with protesters angry at what they say is the rushed drafting of a new constitution and by President Morsi's recent extension of his powers. Tens of thousands of people had gathered outside the presidential palace. The police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd, some of whom managed to cut through barbed wire around the palace ... Press action ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen holds a press conference, 4 December, 2012.

NATO approves Patriot missiles for Turkey

The Times of India

05 Dec 2012

BRUSSELS. NATO on Tuesday approved member state Turkey's request for Patriot missiles to defend its border against Syria following a series of blunt warnings to Damascus not to use chemical weapons ... "We say to anyone who would want to attack Turkey -- don't even think about it," he remarked, announcing the decision after the first day of a two-day meeting in Brussels ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)

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Jacksonville, Florida Roofing Contractors Now Offer Roof Tear Offs at Roof Link Inc.

Yahoo Daily News

05 Dec 2012

or Canada. Larger companies like Owens Corning provide the majority of materials that are used in hurricane threat states like Florida. The Roof Link Inc. company network contractors frequently use Owens Corning products for repair work and installations. The new tear off services that are provided make use of the variety of Owens Corning shingles and other coverings that provide superior wind protection and leak prevention ... Suite 50 ... ....(size: 3.8Kb)

Irving announces winners in its 2012 Holiday Parade

The Dallas Morning News

05 Dec 2012

Best of Show and Best Commercial Float Awards went to Owens Corning; Best Marching Award went to Universal Academy Charter School; Best Costume Award was ......(size: 0.8Kb)

Global Glass Packaging Industry

PR Newswire

05 Dec 2012

The report profiles 118 companies including many key and niche players such as Anadolu Cam Sanayii A.S., Ardagh Glass Group S.A, Anchor Glass Container, Gerresheimer Group, Koa Glass Co., Ltd., Owens-, Inc., Saint Gobain, Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd., Vetropack Holding AG, and Vidrala S.A ... Owens- to Double Glass Container Production ... Owens- to Shut Down Operations at Glass Container ... Saint-Gobain Acquires Owens Corning II-28 ... Owens-, Inc....(size: 117.5Kb)

Roof Repair in Jacksonville, FL Network Contractors Now Include Platinum Preferred Contractors at Roof Link Inc.

San Francisco Chronicle

04 Dec 2012

This new company acquisition of Owens Corning certified contractors is expected to increase the material quality used for all residential and commercial repairs and installations made by Roof Link Inc ... Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractors are now part of the residential and commercial network contractors are Roof Link Inc ... partner contractors using the Owens Corning line of materials....(size: 3.6Kb)

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Jim Cramer: Sandy's Effects Will Be Tremendous

The Street

30 Nov 2012

By Jim Cramer11/30/12 - 07.00 AM EST. TheStreet Premium Services. A complimentary preview. of Real Money. Editor's Note ... 29 ... I think he's right ... I am talking about the very basic companies, such as Georgia Gulf (GGC) for pipe, USG (USG) for gypsum board; Louisiana Pacific (LPX) and Weyerhaeuser (WY) for board and wood; Owens Corning (OC) for roof and insulation; and even Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) for Acme Bricks ... 1 2 Next âº Last Â». ....(size: 3.6Kb)

Cramer: These Serial Disappointers to Become Outperformers?

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30 Nov 2012

Stocks that may have left you crying in a corner could soon have you jumping for joy â and itâs all due to this underestimated catalyst!. Jim Cramer thinks the Street is underestimating super-storm Sandy and the impact it will have on construction. Â ... And Cramerâs not alone in his assessment ... âI am talking about the very basic companies like Georgia Gulf. GGC. Â Â Â ... USG. Â Â Â ... LPX ... [WYÂ Â Â Â () Â ] for board and wood, Owens Corning....(size: 18.4Kb)

Pictet's Diana expects fuel efficiency to fire clean energy sector

Citywire

29 Nov 2012

Pictet Clean Energy co-managers Luciano Diana and Xavier Chollet have shifted their focus from the embattled wind and solar sectors to the natural gas boom and firms providing energy efficiency solutions ... Within energy efficiency the fund also has exposure to home appliance groups such as air conditioning firm Regal Beloit, AO Smith, the US based leader in water heaters, and insulation group Owens Corning ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)

Commercial Roofing Contractors in Jacksonville, FL Now Offering Flat Roof Repair at Roof Link Inc.

Yahoo Daily News

29 Nov 2012

Commercial roofing contractors in Jacksonville, FL now offering flat roof repair at Roof Link Inc. This North Florida roofing agency is now offering its network of contractors to local business owners to perform repairs and installations of flat roofs. Daytona Beach, Florida (PRWEB) November 29, 2012 Roof Link Inc ... Roof Link Inc ... Companies like Owens Corning provide some of the materials that are now used in all Roof Link Inc ... Suite 50 ... ....(size: 3.8Kb)

>Commercial Roofing Contractors in Jacksonville, FL Now Offering Flat Roof Repair at Roof Link Inc.

Seattle Post

29 Nov 2012

Commercial roofing contractors in Jacksonville, FL now offering flat roof repair at Roof Link Inc. This North Florida roofing agency is now offering its network of contractors to local business owners to perform repairs and installations of flat roofs. Daytona Beach, Florida (PRWEB) November 29, 2012. Roof Link Inc ... Roof Link Inc ... Companies like Owens Corning provide some of the materials that are now used in all Roof Link Inc ... Suite 50....(size: 3.8Kb)

Phillip L. Williams dies at 90; senior executive with Times Mirror Co.

The Los Angeles Times

28 Nov 2012

Phillip L. Williams, a retired senior executive for Times Mirror Co. who served on its board of directors from 1985 until his retirement in 1993, died Nov. 18 at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after suffering a heart attack, his family said. The longtime Pacific Palisades resident was 90 ... Phillip Lewis Williams was born Aug. 30, 1922, in St ... He worked for the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp ... Williams' wife, Jane, died in 2007 ... 0.  ....(size: 29.5Kb)

Urbanization and Globalization Propel Global Market for Construction Chemicals to $41 Billion by 2018; Roofing and Insulation Materials and Ceramic Tiles Also Benefit

PR Newswire

28 Nov 2012

  Google. Download image. , Nov ... (Photo ... Construction Chemicals ... Major players in the global marketplace include American Hydrotech Inc., Atlas Roofing Corp., BASF SE, GAF Materials Corp., Icopal Ltd., Johns Manville Inc., Knauf Insulation Inc., Monier Group GmbH, Owens Corning, Royal Group Inc., Saint-Gobain Corporation, CertainTeed Corporation, Sika Sarnafil Inc., SIG Plc., The Garland Company Inc., and The Rockwool Group ... Plywood ... ....(size: 10.8Kb)

Utility seeks to cap energy-efficiency rule

The Columbus Dispatch

27 Nov 2012

Connect With Us. The Bottom Line ... Owens Corning, the Toledo-based maker of roofing and insulation, is among the big companies that hope lawmakers will reject the proposal. “It is our company’s position that reducing energy consumption is a good thing,” said Frank O’B rien-Bernini, chief sustainability officer for Owens Corning ... Owens Corning is a member of the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, a trade group that opposes the proposal ... ....(size: 8.4Kb)

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Owens Corning
Company Headquarters
Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: OC
Industry	General Building Materials
Founded	Toledo, Ohio (1938)
Headquarters	Toledo, Ohio, USA
Key people	Michael H. Thaman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Products	Insulating Systems [1] Composite Solutions [2] Roofing & Asphalt [3] Other Building Materials & Services [4] revenue = $4.997 billion USD (2010)
Employees	18,000
Website	www.owenscorning.com

Owens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity on November 1, 1938. However, major medical liabilities due to the company's use of asbestos as a fireproofing agent led to the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000. The company emerged from Chapter 11 in October 2006.

1 History
- 1.1 Asbestos lawsuits
- 1.2 Bankruptcy
2 Products
3 Environmental Record
4 Glass Recycling Efforts
5 Miscellaneous
- 5.1 Financial Data
6 References
7 External links

History [link]

It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity on November 1, 1938. The company achieved major successes after the Second World War, with eventual annual sales of $6 billion (USD).

Asbestos lawsuits [link]

Galotti vs. Owens-Corning

In 1995, the company was sued for asbestos-induced pleural mesothelioma (a rare form of cancer that attacks the lining of the lung) in Galotti vs. Owens-Corning Fiberglass. The company was ordered to pay $6.25 million in damages, making it the largest compensatory verdict in the history of the state of Florida for a mesothelioma case.

Owens-Corning vs. McKenna

In 1997, in Owens-Corning vs. McKenna, the company was ordered by the jury to pay the victim $5 million, making it the highest jury verdict in the history of the United States for a single non-malignant asbestos case.

Owens-Corning vs. Ballard

In 1999, a jury in federal district court in Florida awarded $1.8 million compensatory damages and $31 million punitive damages against the company. According to the court, evidence showed that: "for more than thirty (30) years Owens-Corning concealed what it knew about the dangers of asbestos. In fact, Owens-Corning's conduct was even worse than concealment, it also included intentional and knowing misrepresentations concerning the danger of its asbestos containing product, Kaylo. For instance, in 1956, Owens-Corning, after having been told by the Saranac Laboratory that Kaylo dust was 'toxic,' and that asbestos was a carcinogen, advertised Kaylo as being 'non-toxic.'" Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Ballard, 749 So.2d 483 (1999).

Bankruptcy [link]

Liabilities due to the company's use of asbestos as a fireproofing agent led to the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000. The company emerged from Chapter 11 in October 2006.

Products [link]

Among the many products of Owens Corning is its fiberglass insulation. Since 1956, the company's insulation has been dyed pink to provide visual contrast; the company became so associated with its pink insulation product that it even registered the term "PINK" (in capital letters only) to refer to its insulation. It was granted a trademark on the color in In re Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 774 F.2d 1116 (Fed. Cir. 1985). The cartoon character of the Pink Panther is used by Owens Corning as a visual representation of their brand identity.

Another major product of Owens Corning is derived from its use of fiberglass as reinforcement for plastic products. The resulting fiberglass-reinforced plastic is used in boat hulls, automobile roofs, pipes, electric windmill blades, etc. This product is sold under the trade name of "Fiberglas".

The company also manufactures other building materials systems and composite solutions including roofing shingles and accessories, and glass composite materials used in transportation, electronics, telecommunications and other high-performance applications.

Environmental Record [link]

This section requires expansion.

Owens Corning sells significant amounts of energy-saving products.^[1] For instance, sand and recycled glass is used for making insulated fiberglass which saves energy. Such products are responsible for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

In May 2006, an Owens Corning facility released HCFC 142b, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone depleter, into the air. The National Environmental Defense Center responded by sending a sixty-day notice that they would sue under the Clean Air Act.^[2]^[3]

Glass Recycling Efforts [link]

In the Kansas City metropolitan area, Owens Corning purchases locally-sourced recycled glass from Ripple Glass to manufacture fiberglass insulation in its local manufacturing plant. The joint effort between Owens Corning and Ripple Glass is helping to greatly reduce the amount of glass that would have been deposited in local Kansas City landfills.

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Historic companies	Bakewell Glass Belmont Glass Company Boston and Sandwich Glass Company Brockway Glass Carr Lowrey Glass Company Cambridge Glass Chance Brothers Clayton and Bell Duncan & Miller Dunbar Glass Fostoria Glass Company General Glass Industries Alexander Gibbs Grönvik glasbruk Hazel-Atlas Heisey Hemingray Glass Company Knox Glass Bottle Company Lavers, Barraud and Westlake Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs Morris & Co. Nachtmann Old Dominion Glass Company James Powell and Sons Ravenhead glass The Root Glass Company Shrigley and Hunt Sneath Glass Company Ward and Hughes Westmoreland Glass Company Wheaton Industries Whitall Tatum Company White Glass Company Worshipful Company

Glassmakers	John Adams Richard M. Atwater Frederick Carder Irving Wightman Colburn Henry Crimmel Henry Clay Fry Friedrich A. H. Heisey Libbey Antonio Neri Alastair Pilkington Salviati Otto Schott S. Donald Stookey Lino Tagliapietra W. E. S. Turner Tomasz Urbanowicz John M. Whitall

Trademarks and brands	Bohemian glass Bomex Burmese glass Chevron bead Corelle CorningWare Cranberry glass Cristallo Duran Endural Favrile Fire King The Glass Co Gold Ruby MACOR Murano glass Opaline glass Pyrex Ravenhead glass Tiffany glass Vitrite Vitrolite Vycor Waterford Crystal Wood's glass Zerodur

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Contents

History [link]

Asbestos lawsuits [link]

Bankruptcy [link]

Products [link]

Environmental Record [link]

Glass Recycling Efforts [link]

Miscellaneous [link]

Financial Data [link]

References [link]

External links [link]

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