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Company Name: Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Inc.

Company Type: Manufacturing

Company Profile

Saint-Gobain Vetrotex textile and reinforcement glass strands are used in technical fabrics and in plastic parts manufactured in small or large series with multiple sizes and shapes. Features: light (up to 30% lighter than steel), insulating, corrosion-resistant, shock- and heat-resistant. Used to replace steel, wood, cardboard, etc. in high performance applications: electricity (optical cable or central strength members) and electronics (printed circuit boards), energy (windmills), building and infrastructure (building façade, bridges, road pavement). Also, consumer goods (casing for household appliances and computers) and transportation (car body panels, truck cabins). Saint-Gobain Vetrotex engineered glass strands: Cem-FIL® (alkali-resistant glass), TWINTEX® (glass/thermoplastic commingled) and Glass Mat (non-woven glass fabric) are used respectively in the reinforcement of cements and mortars, for the manufacture of high performance composite parts (automotive panels or structural parts) and waterproofing, anti-corrosion and fire protection applications. We have 60 years of experience in the reinforcement of composites. We are the world leader and present in more than 20 countries. We sell the equivalent of 150,000 Euros per person per year. We produce more than 590,000 tons of glass reinforcements annually. We have been consistently growing faster than the composite market. We are geographically diversified with a strong position in Europe, South America, North America, and solid development in Asia. We have a consistent record of successful innovation: alkali-resistant glass - multiaxial glass and carbon fabrics - reinforcements for thermoplastics - reinforcements for multiplayer printed circuit boards - TWINTEX® 1932 First manufacture of glass filament by Owens (USA) 1937 Balzaretti Modigliani (Italy) acquired the Owens' patents, which fell to Saint-Gobain in 1939 First agreements between Saint-Gobain & Gerresheimer Glashüttenwerke (Heye Group) (D) manufacturing glass strand 1943 Creation of the Herzogenrath plant (Germany) 1944 Creation of the Besana plant (Italy) 1947 Creation of the Textile Glass Union (Saint-Gobain + Comptoir Textile Artificiel), which became the "Société du Verre Textile" in 1950 1950 Launch of the plant in Chambéry (France) 1966 Creation of the plant in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) 1977 Creation of the Wichita Falls plant (Texas, USA) 1986 Purchase of the plant in Vado Ligure (Italy) from Montedison 1992 Creation of Hankuk Vetrotex and start-up of the Kunsan plant (South Korea) Purchase of the plant in Llavallol (Argentina) and start-up of the Capivari plant (Brazil) 1997 Acquisition of Thai plant (now Saint-Gobain Vetrotex (Thailand) ) 1998 Acquisition of Vetrotex Glasvlies (Germany) Acquisition of Vertex (Czech Rep.) Creation of Beijing Cem-FIL (China) 1999 New plant in Xicoh (Mexico) Acquisition of Indian plant (now Saint-Gobain Vetrotex India) 2000 Addition of 6 Glass Mat plants in Italy (Milano), Poland (Gorlice), Benelux (Etten), Ireland (Dublin), USA (Charleston and Russellville) 2001 Creation of the joint-venture: Hangzhou Saint-Gobain Vetrotex Fibre Glass Company Ltd (China) 2002 Creation of the joint-venture: NSG Vetrotex K.K. (Japan)

About Company

In 1977, Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Inc. - then known as CertainTeed's Fiber Glass Reinforcements Branch - began manufacturing fiberglass reinforcements at its plant in Wichita Falls, Texas. Since that time, Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Inc. has become a leading manufacturer of fiberglass reinforcements with a full range of top quality products.