At JEC - Owens Corning's Composites Systems Business Review & New Alliances Announced

摘要

The Composites Systems Business of Owens Corning announced that the year 2000 was positive for the global composites industry, and the company expects business to remain strong for 2001, with demand in Europe looking very promising."The year 2000 was favorable for our industry," Said Heinz Otto, corporate VP and president of Owens Coming's Composites Systems Business, at a press briefing at the SEC exhibition in Paris. "We saw our customers' business grow at an average rate of 7 percent, and in Europe and Latin America this number was 10 percent. Despite a slow down in North America and to some degree Asia, we expect the growth trend to continue throughout 2001, as demand in Europe and Latin America continues to grow at double digits."