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ForTex™ TD - Johns Manville's new glass fiber nonwoven limits production costs of vinyl floorings by reducing PVC consumption  ForTex™ TD combines a thin glass fiber nonwoven with a dense surface. This special structure exhibits an ideal integration of PVC-paste and creates an extra smooth flooring surface at the same time.
"For our customers, ForTex™ TD not only provides improved processing properties, it also ensures cost effectiveness through reduced consumption of PVC-paste during the manufacturing process," explains Uwe Hein, business manager, Floorings & Specialties.
Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality building and specialty products. In business since 1858, the Denver, USA-based company has sales in excess of $2 billion and holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. Johns Manville employs approximately 8,500 people and operates 43 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.
The Engineered Products Group (EPG), one of Johns Manville's four strategic business units, produces glass fibers, glass fiber nonwoven, polyester spunbond, meltblown and glass fiber wall coverings at 14 manufacturing locations worldwide: Spartanburg, SC, Waterville, OH, Richland, MS and Etowah,TN, USA; Berlin, Bobingen, Karlstein, Steinach and Wertheim, Germany; St. Helens, UK, Oskarstrom and Helsingborg, Sweden; Trnava, Slovakia and Shanghai, China. Additional information can be found at www.jm.com.
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