Owens Corning Opens Building Materials Lab in Shanghai

Date: 20 September 2016
Company Name: Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a global producer of residential and commercial building materials, glass-fibre reinforcement and engineered materials for composite systems. With 78 years of material science heritage, Owens Corning continues to invest in both innovation capabilities and talent in China.

Owens Corning celebrated the fourth anniversary of its AP Science & Technology Center on 20 September 2016 with the opening of its Building Materials Lab in Shanghai. The AP Science & Technology Center in Shanghai is Owens Corning’s hub for innovation in glass technology applications to meet growing demand in China for high-performance solutions. Now, with the new Building Materials Lab officially operating, the AP Science & Technology Center is a full cross-division platform and the ideal environment to generate profitable and innovative products and applications for the China and Asian markets.

The new lab will deliver test support on thermal, mechanical, acoustic performance and system simulation of all kinds of insulation materials and composite products. Owens Corning expects these new test capabilities to grow its business through S&T project testing validation, competitive product audit, functional performance testing, and test method upgrade for new product differentiation. Moreover, they will enable the company’s engineering team to work closely with customers and designers in identifying new opportunities in both building materials and composites markets.