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Johns Manville introduces glass fiber nonwovens ForTex™ Black  ForTex™ Black provides best-in-class facing properties for mineral wool insulation. The extended product range is comprised of specially designed product types to perfectly satisfy the customer's needs. All product styles have excellent PCS values allowing the final product to meet high fire class requirements.
The ForTex™ Black brand family includes the following products:
ForTex™ XF BlackThis extra fine facing material is characterized by its beautiful, smooth surface and a consistent grade of blackness, creating a superior, homogenous coverage. ForTex™ A2 Black ForTex™ A2 Black has an outstanding grade of blackness and meets the most stringent A2 fire rating regulations according to DIN 4102.  ForTex™ R Black - reinforcedDue to its outstanding flexibility, ForTex™ R Black is ideally suited for technical insulation applications such as wrapping of pipes or chimneys. ForTex™ R Black is reinforced with glass filaments. ForTex™ S Black - standard ForTex™ S Black provides cost-effective facing with outstanding surface coverage and an excellent grade of blackness. Dr. Tim Swales, director-Innovation & Commercialization, explains, "Our new ForTex™ Black family has excellent benefits in surface coverage for trickling protection as well as an outstanding grade of blackness and the ability to meet the high fire class requirements." 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. |