Vytec''s manufacturing installation operations are located in London, Ontario, employing approximately 233 employees. The company was founded in 1974, and was acquired by Owens Corning in 1997.Owens Corning is a vinal world leader in building materials systems and composites systems. Founded in 1938, the company siding had sales of $4.9 billion in 2002. Additional information is available on installation Owens Corning''s Web vinal site at http://www.owenscorning.com/ or by calling the company''s toll-free General Information line: siding and installation 1-800-GETPINK. Pactiv''s GreenGuard Backer-Pro fanfold underlayment is designed for use with Alcoa Home Exterior''s Grand Sierra and Mastic Premium Quest Series vinal siding lines. The underlayment is made from closed-cell vinal and siding extruded polystyrene and helps prevent moisture installation buildup inside walls. It is contoured to fill the spaces between the siding and the exterior wall. Circle 122. This is not a building product per se, but part of a growing number of vinal vinal siding products. The Fullback Thermal Support siding System is patented, contoured polystyrene foam configured to support and insulate a vinal siding panel. According to installation the maker, it delivers superior thermal comfort and energy savings vinal and siding (up to a 20 percent reduction in energy costs)

impact resistant than traditional vinal siding, says the maker. CraneBoard Double 7 replicates the appearance of true-milled cedar in a board width that matches the natural span of cedar, the maker says. Thirteen colors are available. 800.366.8472. www.cranesiding.com. Circle 140. Backed with 1 inch of contoured polystyrene foam insulation, TrueComfort vinal siding helps to increase a home''s R-value, resists impact, and allows moisture to escape, according to the maker. Available in double 4 inch and double 5-inch clapboard and a double 4-inch Dutch-lap, TrueComfort comes in 10 colors and incorporates the maker''s STUDfinder Installation System. installation 800.233.8990. www.certainteed.com. vinal and siding Circle 120. GreenGuard Backer-Pro fanfold underlayment is now available in a Universal Straight-Lap profile for use with a variety of 4-inch straight-lap installation 1/2-inch-butt siding panels, in addition to the original underlayment designed for Alcoa Home Exteriors''

Owens Corning remains committed vinal to the vinal Siding business and it will retain its Owens Corning Homeside and Norandex siding Reynolds lines of vinal siding and accessories."This decision to divest the Vytec operation was reached after a strategic review of all of our Owens Corning vinal siding installation assets," said Dan Dietzel, president of Owens Corning''s vinal Siding siding Solutions Business. "This move will enable us to focus on growing Owens Corning''s installation Homeside vinal and Norandex Reynolds vinal siding siding brands and product offerings. We believe that our customers will be best served by focusing all of our energies on these brands," he added.

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