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

Grand Sierra and Mastic Premium Quest Series vinal siding lines. Contoured to fill the spaces between the siding and siding the exterior wall, the product improves siding''s impact resistance and the wall''s thermal efficiency, and the closed-cell extruded polystyrene absorbs virtually zero moisture. The product is a good upgrade option for remodelers, says marketing manager Dan Partrich. "You get good coverage over the wall, ... connecticut you get no water absorption, and then you get it in a fanfold form that "allows you to put up the underlayment and just put the siding up to it," he says. The 24-foot-long fanfolds vinal are easy to install. 888.828.2850. siding www.pactiv.com. Circle 108. The RoofPro connecticut 450 (shown) and RoofPro 455 coil nailers feature lightweight designs, adjustable depth-of-drive, and shingle guides. The tools are built around aluminum main housings that will stand up to hard use, the maker says. Steel wear plates help reduce the effects of shingle abrasion. Fastener range for these tools vinal is 3/4-inch to 1 3/4-inch. The RoofPro siding 455 also has a tool-free adjustable exhaust and an optional vinal siding attachment. 800.543.4596. www.senco.com. Circle 211. TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Owens Corning announced today its intent to divest connecticut its Vytec vinal Siding operation, a division of the company''s Siding Solutions Business. The unit produces several lines of vinal siding and accessories under the Vytec brand.

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

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