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68-680: The State University of New York system is centrally administered from the building. The southern tower's four top floors were once the official residence of the Chancellor of SUNY. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 under the name Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building. In 1980, when the Downtown Albany Historic District was listed on the Register, it

136-447: A bandshell and docks for yachts and boats. That design would have cost $ 1 million and was opposed by neighborhood groups as too expensive and grand a design' concerns were also expressed about the problems of railroad traffic. The idea of opening up the view of the waterfront to the public was considered unfeasible and undesirable at the time, as the river was full of commercial docks, wharves, warehouses, and railroads. A plan initiated by

204-529: A Fortune 500 company every year since the list was created in 1955. The Pink Panther acts as the company's mascot and appears in most of their advertisements. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Company was formed in 1935 through the merger of Owens-Illinois and Corning Glass Works . It became a separate company in 1938 with its headquarters established in Toledo, Ohio. In 1938, the company sales reached $ 2.6 million. The company held its initial public offering on

272-754: A brawl in the Ioro Gymnasium at SUNY Cobleskill on Wednesday February 4, 2004. SUNY Oneonta has developed a rivalry in almost every sport with SUNY Cortland. They share the red dragon as a team nickname, and their matchups are known as the "Battle of the Red Dragons". There is an unusual sports rivalry between SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Finger Lakes Community College , with both campuses sponsoring nationally ranked teams in woodsman competitions. The SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence are conferred to acknowledge and provide recognition for superior achievement and to encourage

340-780: A contract with the Warren-Forest Higher Education Council and the center is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education . The Warren Center is 25 miles south of Jamestown, New York on the grounds of Warren State Hospital , in North Warren, Pennsylvania . SUNY Korea was opened by the government of South Korea in Incheon , South Korea in 2012, in conjunction with SUNY. As of 2023, it offers undergraduate and graduate programs, with faculty from Stony Brook University and

408-702: A corporation to hold a liquor license, so to allow Cornell to retain its license, the legislature had to go back to amend NYS Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 126(4) to require half the board must be 21. In 1975, the legislature added a non-voting student seat to the boards of all SUNY units. Two Attorney General of the State of New York opinion letters reduced the parliamentary rights of the student members to participate at meetings and indicated they were not in fact Public Officers, and arguably subject to personal liability from lawsuits. In 1977, another statutory amendment made student members of SUNY councils and boards subject to

476-699: A rivalry in basketball with two private colleges in the same geographical area. Canisius College and Buffalo's South Campus are 2.5 miles apart on Main St. in Buffalo . Their other rival is Niagara University in Lewiston, NY . All three share rivalries with Saint Bonaventure University , another private college 70 miles south of Buffalo. SUNY Oswego and SUNY Plattsburgh also share a notable rivalry in Division III Hockey, with that game almost always having

544-521: A steel and foam energy reduction (SAFER) barrier around auto racetracks. In July 2015, the company announced it would be moving a manufacturing center for mineral wool insulation into an empty plant west of Joplin, Missouri . In May 2024 the company completed the acquisition of Masonite International, a provider of interior and exterior door systems, for $ 3.9B. In 1939, the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships made Owens-Corning insulation standard in new warship construction. Warship insulation, called Navy Board,

612-558: A vinyl siding and other industrial material manufacturer, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Owens Corning. The company was ordered to pay $ 5 million to an asbestos victim in 1997, making it the highest jury verdict in the history of the United States for a single non-malignant asbestos case. In 1999, a jury in federal district court in Florida awarded $ 1.8 million compensatory damages and $ 31 million punitive damages against

680-711: A warehouse at the north end, was later demolished. William Barnes, editor of the Evening Journal , and the Republican boss of Albany had a lavish apartment on the upper floors of his newspaper's building at the south end of the complex. In 1924 the paper was sold to the Albany Times Union and the building became home to various other businesses including the predecessor to the New York State Department of Transportation . After

748-703: Is also home to the College of Optometry in New York City, which maintains its own eye clinic. Each medical center serves as the primary teaching site for that campus's medical school . SUNY medical programs have consistently ranked in the top 90 in both research and primary care categories, according to annual rankings published by U.S. News & World Report . The teaching hospitals affiliated with each school are also highly regarded and in 2022 all three medical centers generated US$ 3.86 billion through patient care accounting for 29% of total SUNY revenue. In

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816-416: Is an American company that develops and produces insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites and related materials and products. It is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass composites. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks , Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois . The company employs approximately 19,000 people around the world. Owens Corning has been

884-636: Is higher for these students. Although tuition is higher for these non-resident students, their tuition is subsidized by New York State taxpayers. There is a large variety of colleges in the SUNY system with some overlap in specialties between sites. SUNY divides its campuses into four distinct categories: university centers/doctoral-granting institutions, comprehensive colleges, technology colleges, and community colleges. SUNY also includes statutory colleges , state-funded colleges within other institutions such as Cornell University and Alfred University . Students at

952-590: Is in the shape of explorer Henry Hudson 's ship, the Half Moon while the gables of the entire building bear the shields and coat-of-arms of prominent colonial Dutch families including that of Albany's first mayor, Pieter Schuyler . Other non-gothic elements include the names and dates of prominent printers on the portion / wing of the building used by the former major daily newspaper, the Albany Evening Journal , including William Caxton (1487),

1020-713: Is the governmental umbrella organization for most education-related institutions and many education-related personnel (both public and private) in New York State, and which includes, as components, the New York State Education Department and the New York State University Police . The SUNY Board of Trustees has a voting student member on the board. The student trustee serves a dual role as the President of

1088-782: The Asthma and Allergy Friendly certification for its Pure Safety high-performance insulation. "Owens Corning now joins a select group of manufacturers that are focused on product innovation to address people's exposure to allergens and irritants in their homes," said Julian Francis, president of insulation, Owens Corning. At the TCT Show in Birmingham , the XStrand family of materials was introduced. These composites are used for 3D printing . The company has 30 composites facilities, 31 insulation facilities, and 16 roofing facilities. In

1156-471: The Kansas City metropolitan area , Owens Corning purchases locally sourced recycled glass from Ripple Glass to manufacture fiberglas insulation in its local manufacturing plant. The joint effort between Owens Corning and Ripple Glass is helping to greatly reduce the amount of glass that would have been deposited in local Kansas City landfills. The Owens Corning Roofing and Asphalt Shingle Recycling Program

1224-637: The New York Stock Exchange in 1952. In 1955, Owens-Corning purchased land for a research and testing facility near Granville, Ohio . Also in 1955, Owens-Corning made the first Fortune 500 company list. The company has been on the Fortune 500 list every year since its creation. In 1965, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Europe was formed. In 1966, Owens-Corning established a partnership with Armstrong Rubber Co. to produce fiberglas-reinforced automobile tires. By 1971, Owens-Corning's annual revenue

1292-607: The Student Assembly of the State University of New York (SUNYSA). SUNYSA is the recognized student government of the SUNY system. In the 1970s, students pressed for voting representation on the governing board of SUNY colleges. In 1971, the State Legislature added five student voting members to Cornell's board of trustees. However, at that time, all members of a board must be over the age of 21 for

1360-560: The Albany Chamber of Commerce – later published under the title Studies for Albany – decided upon a public park as a plaza surrounded by buildings that would screen the locomotive smoke, obnoxious odors and sights of the working waterfront from the vista of State Street. The building was the corporate headquarters for the D&;H Railroad . It was constructed in sections between 1914 and 1918. The central section, including

1428-548: The D&;H and Evening Journal both abandoned the building it sat dormant until November 1972, when the State University of New York (SUNY) announced it would purchase the building as its first permanent home, having occupied One Commerce Plaza as a temporary headquarters since March of that year. SUNY purchased the building in 1973 and interior renovation and construction began that year; they relocated there in 1978. That same year SUNY Chancellor Clifton R. Wharton Jr. decided that

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1496-633: The Fashion Institute of Technology. SUNY's sole law school is the University at Buffalo School of Law . The State University of New York operates three comprehensive academic medical centers , which integrate a medical school with a university hospital: A fourth medical school, the Jacobs School of Medicine in Buffalo , does not have its own hospital, and instead affiliates with several Buffalo-area hospitals. The SUNY system

1564-573: The NYS Public Officers Law or NYS General Municipal Law and granted student representatives parliamentary powers of moving or seconding motions and of placing items on the agendas of the bodies. Finally, the legislature gave full voting rights to the student members in 1979, resulting in the students of all SUNY units having voting representatives, except for the NYS College of Environmental Science and Forestry . Finally, in 1986,

1632-548: The Pink Panther as its brand mascot. "He has become an important part of our brand," said Christian Nolte, director of strategic marketing for the manufacturer of building materials and fiberglass. "The Pink Panther is as relevant today as he was 25 years ago. He brings our trademark color pink to life." In 1978, two shipyard workers filed a class action lawsuit against which alleged that Owens-Corning and 14 other manufacturers had known about asbestos-containing products. Over

1700-539: The SUNYAC regular season title up for grabs. SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Delhi rivalry focuses on basketball, cross country, and previously track, although Cobleskill track and field started competing at the NCAA Division III level in spring 2009. The SUNY Delhi 2003-2004 basketball season was canceled after a basketball game was called with 48 seconds left after several SUNY Delhi basketball players nearly started

1768-628: The State Legislature acted to establish stronger programs for public school teacher preparation and designated one academy in each senatorial district to receive money for a special teacher-training department. St. Lawrence Academy received this distinction, and it later designated Potsdam as the site of the Normal School in 1867. On May 7, 1844, the New York General Assembly voted to establish Normal School in Albany as

1836-400: The State University of New York at Buffalo, which was founded by U.S President and Vice President Millard Fillmore . Buffalo has an enrollment total of approximately 32,000 students and receives the most applications out of all SUNY schools. For the 2017–2018 academic year, tuition costs at SUNY schools for an undergraduate degree are less than two-thirds the cost of most public colleges in

1904-665: The Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University (1946–1948). The commission was chaired by Owen D. Young , who was at the time Chairman of General Electric . The system was greatly expanded during the administration of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller , who took a personal interest in design and construction of new SUNY facilities across the state. Apart from units of the institutionally separate City University of New York (CUNY), SUNY comprises all New York state-supported institutions of higher education. New York

1972-468: The United States. Led by chancellor John B. King , the SUNY system has 91,182 employees, including 32,496 faculty members, and some 7,660 degree and certificate programs overall and a $ 13.37 billion budget. Its flagship universities are SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island in southeastern New York and SUNY Buffalo in the west. Its research university centers also include SUNY Binghamton and SUNY Albany . SUNY's administrative offices are in Albany ,

2040-510: The United States. For example, tuition at the University at Buffalo for an undergraduate degree is $ 9,828 per semester or $ 27,068 per year for non-resident students. Undergraduate tuition for non-resident students at the University of Maryland is $ 35,216 per year. Non-resident tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $ 32,535 per year. New York State also offers free tuition for all public college and universities for families who have an income of lower than $ 125,000 and are residents of

2108-614: The building is in the Gothic Revival and / or Collegiate Gothic styles of architecture in stone and masonry, the original railroad company headquarters building sports several touches that tie the building into the Dutch colonial heritage of [|Albany]] and the early colony of New Netherlands along the Hudson River Valley in the 17th century . The central tower sports an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) weathervane that

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2176-567: The central tower and by way of a tunnel to the other side of the D&H tracks. The design by Marcus T. Reynolds was based on the Nieuwerk annex of the Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium . Reynolds originally envisioned for the site a triangular park at the termination of State Street with a large L-shaped pier that would go north for three city blocks that would also support another park with

2244-488: The company for asbestos products. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000. In 2002, Owens Corning removed its shares from the New York Stock Exchange . In 2006, the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange again under ticker "OC." In 2007, Owens Corning announced a joint venture with Saint-Gobain named OCV Reinforcements. Owens Corning partnered with DuPont in 2011 to create

2312-544: The company was concerned that the color would discourage the predominantly male-oriented market away from the material. As such, they decided to remove the coloring from their insulation, only to receive customer requests for the coloring to be restored. The company resumed the coloring in the face of such customer interest to the point of licensing the United Artists cartoon character the Pink Panther in 1979 as

2380-736: The cost is less than the average cost of medical schools in the United States. Every school within the SUNY system manages its own athletics program, which greatly varies the level of competition at each institution. The most prominent intra-SUNY rivalry is between the Albany Great Danes and Binghamton Bearcats . The two belong to the America East Conference . Frequently referred to as the I-88 Rivalry , Binghamton and Albany sit at either end of Interstate 88 (roughly 2.5 hours apart). Both teams are known to post

2448-414: The creation of SUNY, as evidenced by the fact they had become known as "Colleges for Teachers" rather than "Teachers' Colleges." On October 8, 1953, SUNY took a historic step of banning all national fraternities and sororities from its 33 campuses, a ban that lasted until 1977. The resolution was passed as an attempt to combat discrimination based on race or religion in many national organizations at

2516-535: The father of English printing. The building serves as the scenic / picturesque terminating vista at the end of State Street in the Downtown Albany Historic District . State University of New York The State University of New York ( SUNY , / ˈ s uː n i / , SOO -nee ) is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York . It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleges, and community colleges in

2584-503: The first college for teacher education. In 1865, the privately endowed Cornell University , one of eight Ivy League universities in the nation, was designated as New York's land grant college . In 1894, the state began direct financial support of four of Cornell's colleges. Between 1889 and 1903, Cornell operated the New York State College of Forestry , until the governor vetoed its annual appropriation. The school

2652-652: The first statewide initiative, the Pre-Med Opportunity Program, to help more EOP students get accepted into SUNY's medical schools in February 2021. Later in the year in May, 25 college students in junior/senior standing from 10 SUNY schools were selected to receive academic guidance at the Norton College of Medicine while pursuing their medical degrees. The SUNY system will cover all costs for

2720-486: The five-story block at the north end and the thirteen-story tower, connected by the long five-story diagonal wing, was built in 1914-15. Another five-story wing south of the central tower was constructed in 1915-1918; in 1916-1918 another separate but architecturally compatible and physically connected building was constructed to be the headquarters of the Albany Evening Journal newspaper. Another section,

2788-745: The highest visitor attendance at either school's athletic events. Both schools also have less intense rivalries with a former America East member, the Stony Brook Seawolves. In football, a sport not sponsored by the America East, Albany and Stony Brook have a rivalry in the Coastal Athletic Association , and play each other annually in the Battle for the Golden Apple . The University at Buffalo tends to have

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2856-700: The latter half of the 20th century, the SUNY hospitals became the cores of full-fledged regional health systems; they were gradually supplemented by many outpatient clinics, offices, and institutes. SUNY medical centers currently play a major role in providing healthcare to the most-needy and marginalized populations and serve large numbers of patients who are uninsured, under-insured or covered by Medicare and Medicaid programs. In 2020, medical school applications increased by 20.4% at SUNY medical schools systemwide, with schools receiving over 24,118 applications from students for only 685 seats. With rising interest in medicine, former SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced

2924-473: The legislature gave the student representative of that college voting rights as well. The SUNY Libraries Consortium (SLC) is an independent organisation which supports its members, the libraries of SUNY. All SUNY colleges are in New York State, except for one extension center of Jamestown Community College and SUNY Korea. Jamestown Community College operates its Warren Center in Pennsylvania under

2992-462: The next three decades, the company was named in hundreds of thousands of asbestos lawsuits. By 2000, it had settled with 440,000 people who claimed Owens Corning's products caused them to develop asbestos-related illnesses such as mesothelioma . In 1985, Owens-Corning acquired Aerospace and Strategic Metals Group in Newport Beach, California for $ 415 million from Armco Inc. The color PINK

3060-453: The offices of the Albany Evening Journal . When finally finished in 1918 the building was 660 feet (200 m) long. Today, without the warehouse, the Plaza is 630 feet (190 m) long and 48 feet (15 m) wide. The Plaza has approximately 200,000 square feet (19,000 m) of office space, with the former Federal Building providing an additional 90,000 square feet (8,400 m). Though

3128-746: The ongoing pursuit of academic excellence. The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence acknowledges students for outstanding achievements and is the highest honor bestowed upon a student by the University. The faculty-staff awards include the Chancellor's Award for Excellence, Distinguished Faculty ranks, Conversations in the Disciplines, the Shared Governance Award, and the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Owens Corning Owens Corning

3196-533: The presidents of the University Faculty Senate and Faculty Council of Community Colleges , both of whom are non-voting. The board of trustees appoints the chancellor who serves as SUNY Chief Executive Officer. The state of New York assists in financing the SUNY system, which, along with CUNY , provides lower-cost college-level education to residents of the state. SUNY students also come from out-of-state and 171 foreign countries, though tuition

3264-563: The private University of Buffalo into the SUNY system, making the public State University of New York at Buffalo. SUNY is governed by a State University of New York Board of Trustees, which consists of eighteen members, fifteen of whom are appointed by the Governor , with consent of the New York State Senate . The sixteenth member is the president of The State University of New York Student Assembly . The last two members are

3332-592: The product's mascot. Furthermore, the company trademarked the coloring in 1987, the first time a color was used for that purpose. After the January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 fire which killed three astronauts, NASA worked with Owens-Corning and DuPont to develop beta cloth , a fireproof cloth of woven fiberglas coated with Teflon , as a replacement for the nylon outer layer of the Apollo/Skylab A7L space suit . In February 2017, Owens Corning received

3400-432: The southern tower would house the chancellor's apartment. The total renovation of the Plaza cost $ 15 million. In 1977 the neighboring Federal Building was purchased and connected to the main building, becoming part of SUNY Plaza. William Hall Associates won the top Owens Corning Energy Conservation Award in the government category for their work in the renovation. The building's facade was restored from 1996 to 2001; it

3468-454: The standard process for producing fiberglas insulation. In 1955, Owens-Corning introduced its Perma-Ply roofing material for built-up room insulation covering. The company created its first all fiber (AF) fiberglas wool in 1956. To distinguish its product, the company dyed their insulation pink by adding red dye to the AF wool. However, considering that the coloring made the insulation look pink,

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3536-609: The state's capital, with satellite offices in Manhattan and Washington, D.C. With 25,000 acres of land, SUNY's largest campus is SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry , which neighbors the State University of New York Upstate Medical University —the largest employer in the SUNY system with over 10,959 employees. The State University of New York was established in 1948 by Governor Thomas E. Dewey , through legislative implementation of recommendations made by

3604-570: The state. Other requirements to qualify for free SUNY education include full-time enrollment and staying in the state for a number of years after graduating. In the 2017-2018 award year, 70,694 SUNY students received the Federal Pell Grant. For the 2019–2020 academic year, medical school tuition costs at the Norton College of Medicine for the M.D. program were: $ 43,670 (in-state) and $ 65,160 (out-of-state). Tuition costs across all SUNY medical schools are similar to those at Norton and

3672-467: The statutory colleges who are residents of New York state receive the benefit of state-subsidized tuition while enjoying all of the campus life amenities of the host institutions. SUNY and the City University of New York (CUNY) are different university systems, both receiving funding from New York State. Also, SUNY is not to be confused with the University of the State of New York (USNY), which

3740-464: The summer academic enrichment program and the program will expand over the next few years. SUNY medical, health professions and nursing schools graduate more than 11,000 health professionals annually, including one of three physicians (1 in 33 in the United States), nearly one of three nurses and one of four dentists in the state. New York's largest public university by enrollment is

3808-420: The time. Various fraternities challenged this rule in court since it did not distinguish between those with discriminatory clauses in their by-laws and those who did not. The SUNY resolution was upheld in court as being within a state's authority to supervise and control its educational institutions. In 1986, L. Eudora Pettigrew became the first African-American college president in the SUNY system when she

3876-416: The warehouse stood begins the current structure, beginning with a square tower with four corner turrets. A 5-story tall "arm" diagonally connects the north tower with the 13-story tall central tower. Those sections were built first, in 1914-5. The building was too small for all the D&H employees and so another "arm" was built south of the tower terminating at another square tower with corner turrets to house

3944-532: Was a permanent form-board insulation covered with woven continuous fiber cloth. Owens-Corning produced a prototype boat hull constructed of fiber glass-reinforced plastic in 1944. In 1945, the company worked with an automaker to produce the first fiberglas-reinforced plastic car body. In 1953, General Motors used this type of body in the Chevrolet Corvette . In 1954, the company invented a process to make centrifugally-spun fiberglas wool, which became

4012-468: Was covered in scaffolding during the five years of the restoration. On February 14, 2020, the building was renamed the H. Carl McCall SUNY Building in honor of Carl McCall , a former chairman of the State University of New York Board of Trustees. From north to south the building consisted of at least six sections. When first built the building had an undecorated warehouse directly behind the old Federal Building built of reinforced concrete. South of where

4080-420: Was included as a contributing property . The building and the land it sits on, which is located at the foot of State Street along Broadway , have a varied history. The oldest part of the city, it was here that several of Albany's earliest city halls sat, along with the New York State Legislature in the 18th century. The Albany Plan of Union in 1754, presided over by Ben Franklin , was held here. The land

4148-475: Was known New York's private institutions of higher education were highly discriminatory and failed to provide for many New Yorkers. Noting this need, the commission recommended the creation of a public state university system. In 1948, legislation was passed establishing SUNY on the foundation of the teacher-training schools established in the 19th century. Most of them had already developed curricula similar to those found at four-year liberal arts schools long before

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4216-435: Was launched in 2009 to keep shingles out of landfills. In 2013, Constellation Energy built a 2.7-megawatt solar power system at an Owens Corning insulation plant in Delmar, New York . The power system, which is leased to Owens Corning, can produce 3.3 million kilowatt hours of electrical energy in a year. The National Safety Council awarded Owens Corning the Green Cross for Safety medal in 2014. Owens Corning received

4284-472: Was moved to Syracuse University in Syracuse in 1911, where it is now the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry . In 1908, the State legislature began the New York State College of Agriculture at Alfred University . Between 1946 and 1948, the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University, chaired by Owen D. Young, chairman of General Electric Company , studied New York's existing higher education institutions. It

4352-414: Was named president of SUNY Old Westbury . Despite being one of the last states in the nation to establish a state university, the system was quickly expanded during the chancellorship of Samuel B. Gould and the administration of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller , who took a personal interest in the design and construction of new SUNY facilities across the state. Rockefeller championed the acquisition of

4420-417: Was once along the Hudson River 's banks, over time being infilled, including in 1911 as part of the construction of the Plaza. The city of Albany purchased and consolidated the land ownership that allowed the D&H to build the building and the city to have a park in front surrounded by a street that acted as a loop for the trolleys running on State Street. Public access was allowed to the Hudson River through

4488-403: Was one of the last states to set up a state college and university system. The first colleges were established privately, with some arising from local seminaries, and New York State had a long history of supporting higher education before the creation of the SUNY system. The oldest college that is part of the SUNY System is SUNY Potsdam , established in 1816 as the St. Lawrence Academy. In 1835,

4556-425: Was over $ 500 million. In 1974, the company opened a temporary plant to produce insulation for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System . In 1977, Owens-Corning acquired Frye Roofing and began production of fiberglas mat to replace traditional paper mat used in roofing. Owens-Corning sales surpassed $ 1 billion in 1976, and sales were over $ 2 billion by 1979. In 1980, Owens Corning entered into a long-standing agreement to use

4624-484: Was trademarked through Owens-Corning in 1986, making it the first company to trademark a color. By 1990, Owens-Corning was the defendant in about 84,500 asbestos-related lawsuits. The company opened an Asia/Pacific division in 1993. In May 1994, Owens-Corning acquired UC Industries, which produced Foamular polystyrene insulation, as a wholly owned subsidiary. In 1996, the company changed its name to Owens Corning. In May 1997, Owens Corning acquired Fibreboard Corporation,

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