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W FNS-COR NIN'G Fibergjlas Annual Report 1953 v Directors Officers Hasold BotscHtNSTtiN, President, 0ens-Coming Fiherglas Corporation John . Bieewieth, President, National Distillers Produett Corporation Feedeick M. Eaton, Psrtner, La* Firm of Shearman id Sterling id Wright Jams* M. Kcmfea, Chsirmino/ the Board, Commerce Trust Company, Kansas Ct/y, Mo. Deane W. Malott, President, Cornell University William J. Mdeeay, J*., Chairman of the Board, McKesson Id Rohhins, Inc. Haeold Boeschenstein, President W. P. Zimmeeman, Executive Vice President Games Surm, Vice President, Research, Development and Engineering H. R. Winkle, Vice President and Treasurer Benjamin S. Weight, Vice President, Purchases and Trade Relations Cael G. Staeun, Secretary . Hal M. Ceanston, Comptroller and Assistant Treasurer Cael F. Scaeseouch, Assistant Treasurer John D. Black, Assisunt Secretary John W. Oveeman, Assisunt Secretary General Products Division John Maeshall Beiley, Vice President, General Manager, General Products Division Benjamin E. Boyd, Vice President, Manufacturing, General Products Division Eveeett W. Smith, Vice President, Soles Branch Operations Textile Products Division John H. Thomas, Vice President, General Manager, Tesetile Products Division Pacific Coast Division Louis R. Kesslse, Vice President, General Manager, Pacific Coast Division Oiiwl Ceemet lesld Co----1 T--natar Ated teflsew Marshall, Melhom, Bloch 8c Belt, Toledo, Ohio Shearman 8c Sterling fit Wright, New York, N. Y. City Bank Farmers Trust Company, New York, N. Y. New York Trust Company, New York, N. Y. . Generally, our business was at a high level of activity and, for the year as a whole, increased sales were recorded in all but two product lines. By the end of the first half, it became dear that business in some fields where Fiberglas materials are widely used was levelling off and that consumer demand did not support peak levels of production. This, of course, affected our business but was offset by growing sales in other markets and of Fiberglas materials in new forms. Some of the products that were introduced commer cially during the year, as well as others under development, are mentioned later in this report in sections on Sales and on Research and Development. We anticipate keen competition during 1954 but believe our total business will continue to grow. Fiberglas research was pio neered in the depth of a depression and we emerged as a company in a year of recession. By vigorous product and process develop ment, application engineering in cooperation with others and market effort, Fiberglas expects to continue to extend its useful ness as a basic material. Thus we expect to contribute to and par ticipate in new needs and opportunities growing out of the signifi cant increase in population which has already taken place in our country and in advances in living standards which we believe will be accelerated in the years immediately ahead. * We invite your suggestions and your comments. Respectfully, Our ules gains were in part t reflection of the record levels of genera] business activity through most of the year, but they also reflect broader acceptance and distribution of some of our products and the initial commercial introduction of others. All types of construction--'residential, industrial and commercial--were near an all time peak and Fiberglas participation was increased by broadened distribution and by wider use of our newer materials. Since 1951 t score of new products have been added to our lines and sales of most of these reflect steady increases in acceptance. In the residential build ing field, the Ruberoid Company was added as the sixth national distributor of Fiberglas house insulation. * On April 1, 1953 the company became a national distributor of Kayio pipe and block insulations. These materials supplement products of our own manufacture and we are now able to offer a complete line of the best non-combustible insulations available for use at temperatures {pnging from well below zero to 1200* F. Appliance insulation sales reached an all-time peak in the first half of the year but declined during the second half in keeping with the scaling down of production schedules on refrigerators, stoves and some other types of appliances which had been at record levels for many months. For the year as a whole, Fiberglas sales in this field were ahead of 1952. Sales of Fiberglas prod ucts to the automotive industry increased, but marine tales and those in other fields of transportation, except aircraft, declined, re flecting in some cases adjustments in the National Defense program. In the Textile Products Divirion significant gains were made in sales of Fiberglas in various forms for reinforcing plastics products, and also for other reinforcements, including papers used for industrial, building and specialty purposes, for packaging and frietion tapes, and in gypsum wall board. Use of Fiberglas yarn for marquisette curtains continues to grow and lightweight draperies were introduced commercially during the Fall season. These draperies are particularly suited for large window areas incorporated in most of the newer houses and apartment build ings. During the year, insect screening made of Fiberglas coated yam, which has been on test and field trials over an extended period, was introduced commercially. Sales are presently limited by productive capacity but this is being increased and we look forward to a very sub stantia] market for coated yarns not only for screening but for other uses. Important impetus was given during the year to the development of Fiberglas reinforced plastics as a significant new material and to methods of fabrication and application. Products ranging from fishing rods to fiat and corrugated sheets and from skis to small cruisers, huge aircraft radomes, chemical tanks and piping and automobile bodies are being made in increasing variety and numbers. Automobile bodies, first introduced as special custom-built sports models little more than a year ago, received wide public interest. General Motors promptly launched an exploratory production program and is under way now with a schedule of 10,000 Chevrolet Corvettes. Kaiser-Willys plan to build 1,000 of their special Kaiser-Damn models. Other auto mobile manufacturers have produced experi mental models and are appraising them. The outcome is certain to be accelerated development of methods of large-scale production applicable in a number of fields. It is too early to determine the place of these materials and their economic limitations, but your company is cooperating with fabricators and with producers of plastic resins. It is dear that significant advancement has been made during the past year. Total sales of Fiberglas products in the eleven Western states by our Pacific Coast Division increased more than the average for the country. Export sales, while not presently a significant pan of our business, are receiving active atten tion from a reorganized department. We hope to build up our relations in areas where market potentials appear attractive and trade barriers are not forbidding. Our sales are affected in only minor amount by cut-backs and adjustments in military require ments. in our report a year ago as a promising non corrosive material then under held test, is now being made and sold on a commercial basis. Productive capacity is presently being expanded. Coated Fiberglas yarns woven into fabrics and tapes are under test for outdoor upholstery, seat covers and other products. Further improvements in storage battery plate separators were made during the year and a second production machine was completed late in the fall. Molded-to-shape Fiberglas products were also introduced for automobile dash panel pads, and designs were presented for other uses in the transportation field and for sound control and thermal housings for blowers, motors, compres sors and other equipment. Other products and applications developed or improved include a roofing felt, an improved process for making pipe covering, Fiberglas in new forms for the reinforcement of paper and tapes, the introduction of Fiberglas for rein forcing gypsum board and improvements in our cold insulation produets and processes. A "laminar" process for making insulating wool batts affords a controlled operation with resulting substantial betterment in insulating values. One unit has been proven in production during the year and an additional one is author ized for construction. An extensive program for facilities improvement for all of our insulating and mat products is under way and we expect to see this well advanced by the end of 1954. Substantial improvements were made in textile processes and in yarn handling and packaging methods at all textile plants. 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Products made by Owens-Corning are in bold type, but not all of the products shown are made by Fibergias. Some are manufactured by our customers from materials purchased from us; others may paas through three or four stages of manufacture before they reach their end-use form. I **1*1 Put-Hod i *lr Id tataons *f eonditidnflC touts and lw< w*n* dir fumetoe Nu*d wMm df Wiw area cerordd wtta ftht> w*igM, sunabcswl, Abdrgias wmmi tabrkn tesy.Swimtdl KbWfids lutldirif Insulations ir part*tar Mm do-h-tmursatf trand in h#s imaro'rsmsni. In The Home CtMddci, od*ni hitch*** d mam df tadd affiodncy ta ftb*rel|.lniu(ald ranges, africaratars end dtadf ap* in ##> home 1. walls and ceiling--haute insulation 2. refrigerator--insuiatien, Fibergles- reinforced plastic parts 3. range--insuiatien 4. water heater--insulation 5. air conditioner--insulation, Altars, Fibergles^einforeed plastic parts 4. furnace--insulation, Altars 7. feed fre*x*r--inswlatidn t. washer--insulation, Fiberglas* rainfercad plastic tub 9. dryer--inswlatidn 10. marquis#ttt curtains--Fibargias yams 11. concrete slob edge--petimetet IsivMsn 12. wiring--etactricel insulation 13. insect weening--Fiberglo* yams 14. small appliances--Insuiatien, Fiber* glas-roinforced plastic parts 15. plastic paneling--FIbergles rein forcement 14. draperies--Fibarglas yams 17. casement fabrics--Ftbergias yams 19. gypsum wadboard--Fibargias rein forcement 19. lampshade--coated mat 20. dtairs--Fibarglas-reinferced plastic 21. luggage--Flberglas-eeinferced plastic 22. water pipes--pipe insuiatien 23. weatherstripping--insuiatien 24. shower curtain--Fibergles yarns 25. ceiRngs--acoustical tile 24. dothing--insulated lining 23 In Industry In Schools, Offices and Public Buildings p 24 totefliog fberpto CW tinp fnarfene* in Jorge Wstos ceW Owepe wrUN. i industry 1. roof--roof insuiotien, form board, Ceretep reeAng 2. pipes--Fiborglos ond Koyle . pip* insulation 3. ducts, wit hoods--duct insulation, sound absorbing liner, Fiberglosrwinforced plortie 4. tooting--furnace Insulation, Abort ' V conditioning--insulation, IIHtti, 'berglot-roinferced plostie pent /i end wiring--efoctricoi v insulation 7. boiler--Rborglos ond Koylo equipment insulation I. coiling--acoustical tile, coiling board t. waits--Insulation 0. skylights ond sidelights--Rborglosreinforced plostie poneU 11. freexer or cooler rooms--cold ster* oge insulation 12. poefcoging--Fiborglat'Ueinfercad papers ond topes 13. storage tonks--Insulation,Flberglesreinferced plastic 14. dies, tools ond flxtvrei--Rberg)es~ reinforced plastic 15. partitions--Insuiotien, Rberglesreinforced plastic panels 1*. industrial batteries--separeters, retainer mats IF. trays, shipping containers, pallets-- flbeiglat-minfereed plastic It. shop sound control--Noise-step acoustical baffles Id. safety helmets--Rbocglos-coiiw forced plastic 30. pipe--Hborgias-rolnforcad plastic Mm ef mddssr piping * mAntng phut rn h*W of terreef peietwn kf Cey/e, newest eddftien * fUmrgiat line. in schools, offices and public buildings 1. coifings--acoustical tile, coiling board 2. roofs--reef insulation, farm board, Caratap reefing. 2 heating--fsrmace insuiotien, Altars 4. pipes- Wborglas and Kayla pipe insolation i. draporios--Rborglos yams b wiring electrical insulation 7. air conditioning--insulation. Altars, nborglaewainforcod plastic ports A. ducts duct insulation, sound ab sorbing linor . sidelights or skyfigMs--Ptborglas* roinfarcod plastic poneb 10. walls--Insulation 11. batters--Rborglos and Kayla insulation 12. Bght dHfusen--Rborglos cloth 13. offteo furniture--Rborglat*oin forced plestic pom 14. merowiseffe artoins--Rborglos yam It. partitions--Insuiotien, Rborglaproinfarcod plastic poneb 14. gymnasium, auditorium--Noltmstop acoustical bofflss ice ef roof on gienf oWooeMs pirn* nmi--d M> ton tm ieef feadeOee te gwe heat sentrel. Cdhf ef eeu toirgbi SMe Tie gJroi Omdm hemrfy eed grief te modern tori dbdeg reem. 2 In Transportation in trains 1. boxcort--Intulotien, Infettotien control blanket* 2. tank eon--intulotion 3. refrigerator cor--inflation 4. dietei engine--Intulotion $. dittol engine wiring--electrical IntulatieR A. pauenger ear--Intulotion 7. window dtodoi--coated cloth in ships t. firing tpoeot--(mutating hoard 2. cold ttorogo tpecet--intulotion 1. hold*--intulotien 4. duett--duet intulotien 5. pipe*--pipe Intulotion 4. boiler*--intulotien block* 7. motor* and wiring oiokliicOI Intulotion 4. Ho joeket*--flotation llbor in plants t. futelog*--heat and tound intulotion 2. duett--duct intulotion 3. wiring end motor*--eieetrieel Intulotion 4. interior*--cootod cloth 5. ontonno hooting--Flbofflot- reinforced ploitk 4, redomet--Rberyleweinferced plottk in automobihs 1. battery--teperateet, rotoinor matt 2. hood finer--found obtorbing Intulotion 3. dvoud--Intulotion 4. roof--intulotion 5. dodi--intulotion 4. wiring--oioetrieol intulotion 7. dodi panel--molded Fiborglot ponol pod t. body pom--Rborgiowoinforcod plottk 9. ok conditioner--Intulotion, filter* In Recreation V Other Uses 1. sport ear bodies--Pibargias* roinforcod plastic 2. convertible top--coated doth 3. Ashing rod--Kborglos-roinforced plastic 4. bows and arrow*--Fiberglas* reinforced plastic 5. tackle box--Kbergles^oinforcod plastic 4. skis--Pfborgletreinfercod pietiic 7. golf cJubs--fibargles^ainferced plastic t. boot hulls--flbotgiatreinferced plastic 4. Bfo jacket--flotation flbar tO. terpewfin--coated cloth 11. portable dll<hetts--Insulation highway contfruetion^x, 1. feint* bi paving--expansion faint 2. watorprooflng robifarctmeal-- membrane fabric 2. eancroto curing--Rbarglas- raiwforcad papas packaging 1. pcpar--Rbatglas-rolnfotcod ' 2. tap#--nberfleweinferted * 2. pratsuro sensitive tapa--Rbergiee reinforced pipo lirm 1* plpa wraps--Caromat and outer wmp Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation OB4BAL raooucn OfVtStOH Nidulti Ttrru noDucn wvwon. m *** a****. h~ y* tl PACme COAST DCVWIOM. S*f Owi. r#* I i