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

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

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