Innovative Growth - Johns Manville exhibiting at Composites 2003 Show in Anaheim/CA

Innovative Growth - Johns Manville exhibiting at Composites 2003 Show in Anaheim/CA

(Bad Homburg/Denver, August 1, 2003) - Johns Manville will be present at the Composites 2003 fair in Anaheim, CA from October 1-3, 2003, booth no.1412.

JM focuses on high end applications of reinforced plastics and will be displaying under the theme of INNOVATIVE GROWTH new global products for the reinforcement market:

Thermo^flow® – a new generation of engineered chopped strands for PP, PA and PBT reinforcements of thermoplastics with excellent processing in the compounding process.

LFT^plus®, direct roving for the long fiber thermoplastic technology used in structural automotive parts and industrial applications. The sizing is developed for PP and PA, and the roving has a better mechanical performance and very good wettability properties.

StarStran™, a direct E-glass roving for large structural parts, windmill blades and sporting goods with excellent performance in high speed multi-axial weaving and knitting processes.

SMC A^plus®, JM’s premium assembled roving for automotive body panels with a Class A surface quality, excellent dispersion, customized solubility, outstanding mechanical performance and superior processability.

JM has recently announced to build a new greenfield plant for reinforcements in Trnava/ Slovakia to be operational by October 2004.

Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality building and industrial 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 9,000 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 fabrics 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.