Company: OC
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001370946-25-000077
Chunk: 10

Company: Owens Corning
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 10
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 found in over 40,000 end-use applications primarily within three markets: building and construction, renewable energy and infrastructure. Such end-use applications include building structures, roofing shingles, tubs and showers, pools, decking, flooring, marine, auto, pipes and tanks, poles, electrical equipment and wind-energy turbine blades. Our products are manufactured and sold worldwide. We primarily sell our products directly to parts molders and fabricators. Within the building and construction market, our Composites segment sells glass fiber and/or glass mat directly to a small number of major shingle manufacturers, including our own Roofing segment.

Our Composites segment includes vertically integrated material solutions. The Company manufactures, fabricates and sells glass reinforcements in the form of fiber and mats. Glass reinforcement materials are also used downstream by the Composites segment to manufacture and sell glass fiber products in the form of non-wovens, fabrics and composite lumber. 

Demand for composites is driven by general global economic activity and, more specifically, by the increasing replacement of traditional materials, such as aluminum, wood, paper and steel with composites that offer lighter weight, improved strength, lack of conductivity and corrosion resistance. 

We compete with glass fiber and building material manufacturers worldwide. According to various industry reports and Company estimates, our Composites segment is a world leader in the production of glass fiber reinforcement and other building materials. Primary methods of competition include innovation, quality, customer service, global geographic reach, sustainability and product customization. 

GENERAL

Intellectual Property

The Company relies on a combination of intellectual property laws, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions, to protect our intellectual property, proprietary technology and our brands. Through continuous and extensive use of the color PINK® since 1956, Owens Corning became the first owner of a single color trademark registration. In addition to our Owens Corning and PINK® brands, the Company has registered, and applied for the registration of, U.S. and international trademarks, service marks and domain names. Additionally, the Company owns numerous U.S. and international patents and patent applications, covering certain of our proprietary technology resulting from research and development efforts. Over time, the Company has assembled a portfolio of intellectual property rights including patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, domain names, know-how and trade secrets covering our products, services and manufacturing processes. Our proprietary technology is not dependent on any single or group of intellectual property rights and the Company does not expect the expiration of existing intellectual property to have a material adverse effect on the business as