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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.16

                           ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION  
                                      FOR
                             THERMISOL DENMARK APS
                             (REG.NR. APS 237.115)
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                                     (S)1.
1.1. The name of the Company is Thermisol Denmark Aps.
1.2. The registered office of the Company will be situated in the municipality
     of Hedensted.

                                     (S)2.
2.   The objects for which the Company is established are to produce and sell
     materials for the use of the building industry, the furniture industry and
     the metal industry and other related activities.

                                     (S)3.
3.1. The capital of the Company is DKK 125,000 divided into parts of DKK 1,000
     and multiples thereof.
3.2. The capital of the Company has been paid up in full.
3.3. The name and address of the Part Holder shall be recorded in the Company's
     Register of Part Holders.
3.4. No part shall confer special rights upon the holder.  No Part Holder shall
     be liable to have his parts redeemed by the Company or others either in
     full or in part.
3.5. Any transfer of parts shall be subject to the approval of the Management,
     both in respect of the transferee and in respect of the terms and
     conditions of the transfer.

                                     (S)4.
4.1. General meetings of the Company shall be held in the municipality of the
     registered office.
4.2. The ordinary general meeting shall be held each year within five months of
     the expiry of each financial year.
4.3. An extraordinary general meeting shall be held whenever deemed appropriate
     by the Management, the Auditor or a general meeting.  An extraordinary
     general meeting shall be convened within fourteen days whenever requested
     in writing by Part Holders owning one tenth of the capital with a view to
     dealing with a specific subject.
4.4. General meetings shall be convened by the Management by letter to the Part
     Holders sent to addresses recorded in the Register of Part Holders, giving
     not more than four weeks' and not less than eight days' notice.  The notice
     of conventions shall specify the business to be transacted at the general
     meeting, and if proposals for amendments to the Articles of Association are
     to be dealt with by the general meeting, the essential contents of the
     proposals shall be indicated in the notice.
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4.5. Not later than eight days before the general meeting the agenda, the
     complete proposals and, as far as the ordinary general meeting is
     concerned, also the annual accounts with the Auditor's certificate an the
     annual report shall be available at the Company's office for inspection by
     the Part Holders and forwarded to the Part Holders.
4.6. All Part Holders shall be entitled to have a specific subject dealt with at
     the general meeting provided a written request to this effect is submitted
     to the Management in time for the Management to include the subject in the
     agenda of the general meeting.
4.7. Part Holders can expect their subjects for the agenda of the ordinary
     general meeting to be included in the agenda if submitted in writing to the
     Management not later than two months after the expiry of the financial
     year.

                                     (S)5.
5.1  At the ordinary general meeting the annual accounts endorsed with the
     Auditor's certificate and the annual report shall be presented and the
     following business shall be transacted,
     a)   Report on the activities of the Company.
     b)   Submission for adoption of the annual accounts and discharge of the
          Management.
     c)   Submission of proposal for applications of profits or covering of
          losses according to the annual accounts adopted.
     d)   Election of Management.
     e)   Election of Auditor.

                                     (S)6.
6.   The Management shall appoint a Chairman to preside over the general meeting
     and to settle all questions relating to the proceedings, the voting, and
     the result of the voting.

                                     (S)7.
7.1  Each part of DKK 1,000 shall entitle the holder to one vote.
7.2  The general meeting shall only be able to decide on subjects included in
     the agenda.
7.3  The subjects dealt with at the general meeting shall be decided by simple
     majority unless special rules on representation and majority are laid down
     in the Danish Private Companies Act.
7.4  In order that decision on amendment of the Articles of Association can be
     made, the decision shall be approved by at least two thirds of both the
     votes cast and of the capital represented at the general meeting and
     entitles to vote.
7.5  Minutes of the general meeting shall be entered into the Minute Book of the
     Company and shall be signed by the Chairman and the members of the
     Management present.
7.6  If all Part Holders agree thereto, a decision can be made without holding a
     general meeting or without observing the rules of procedure for holding
     general meetings; however, such decision shall be entered into the
     Company's Minute Book.
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                                     (S)8.
8.1.  The Company has no Board of Directors.
8.2.  The general meeting employs a Management that manages the Company.

                                     (S)9.
9.    The Company shall be bound by the signature of a manager.

                                    (S)10.
10.1  Auditing shall be made by a state-authorized public accountant.
10.2  The Auditor shall be elected by the general meeting for the period until
      the end of the following ordinary general meeting.

                                    (S)11.
11.   The financial year of the Company shall be 1 January to 31 December.

                                    (S)12.
12.   The annual accounts shall be presented in a clear manner and in conformity
      with the legislation and shall give a true and fair view of the assets and
      liabilities of the Company as well as of the financial position and the
      result.

                                    (S)13.
13.   The Management shall be authorized to make such amendments to the
      Articles of Association of the Company as may be requested by the Register
      of Companies.


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                              IN THE MANAGEMENT:

                                OCTOBER 8, 1997



                           ________________________
                              MICHAEL T. KENNEDY
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                                  VEDTAEGTER
                                      FOR
                             THERMISOL DENMARK APS
                             (REG.NR. APS 237.115)
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                                     (S)1.
1.1.  Selskabets navn er Thermisol Denmark Aps.
1.2.  Selskabets hjemsted er Hedensted.

                                     (S)2.
2.    Selskabets formal er produktion og handel med materialer til brug for
      bygningsbranchen, mobelindustrien og metalindustrien og anden virksomhed i
      forbindelse hermed.

                                     (S)3.
3.1.  Selskabets indskudskapital er DKK 125.000 fordelt i anparter a DKK 1.000
      og multipla heraf.
3.2.  Indskudskapitalen er fuldt indbetalt.
3.3.  Anpartshaverens navn of adresse indfores i anpartshaverfortegnelsen.
3.4.  Ingen anpart har saerlige rettigheder.  Ingen anpartshaver er forpligtet
      til at lade selskabet eller andre indlose sin anpart helt eller delvis.
3.5.  Enhver overgang af anparter kraever direktionens godkendelse af savel den
      nye ejer som af overgangsvilkarene.

                                     (S)4.
4.1.  Generalforsamlinger afholdes pa hjemstedet.
4.2.  Ordinaer generalforsamling afholdes hvert ar inden fem maneder efter
      udlobet af hvert regnskabsar.
4.3.  Ekstraordinaer generalforsamling skal afholdes, nar direktionen, en
      revisor eller en generalforsamling finder det hensigtsmaessigt.
      Ekstraordinaer generalforsamling skal indkaldes inden fjorten dage, nar
      det ril behandling af et bestemt angivet emne skriftligt forlanges af
      anpartshavere, der ejer 1/10 af indskudskapitalen.
4.4.  Generalforsamlinger indkaldes af direktionen ved brev til anpartshaverne
      pa den til anpartshaverfortegnelsen opgivne adresse med hojst fire uger og
      mindst otte dages varsel. I indkaldelsen skal angives, hvukje anliggender
      der skal behandles pa generalforsamlingen, og safremt forslag til
      vedtaegtsaendringer skal behandles pa generalforsamlingen, skal forslagets
      vaesentligste indhold angives i indkaldelsen.
4.5.  Senest otte dage for generalforsamlingen skal dagsordenen og de
      fuldstaedige forslag sarnt for den ordinaere generalforsamlings
      vedkommende tillige arsergnskab med revisionspategning og arsberetning
      fremlaegges til eftersyn for anpartshaverne pa selskabets kontor og
      tilsendes anpartshaverne.
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4.6.  Enhver anpartshaver har ret til at fa et bestemt emne behandlet pa
      generalforsamlingen, safremt han skriftligt fremsaetter krav herom over
      for direktionen i sa god til, at emnet kan optages pa dagsordenen for
      generalforsamlingen.
4.7.  Emner fra anpartshaverne til den ordinaere generalforsamlings dagsorden
      kan paregnes optaget pa denne, nar de fremkommer skriftligt til
      bestyrelsen senest to maneder efter regnskabsarets udlob.

                                     (S)5.
5.    Pa den ordinaere generalforsamling skal arsregnskabet med
      revisionspategning og arsberetning fremlaegges og folgende foretages:

      a)  Beretning om selskabets virksomhed.
      b)  Forelaeggelse til godkendelse af arsregnskabet og meddelelse af
          decharge for direktionen.
      c)  Forelaeggelse af forslag om anvendelse af overskud eller daekning af
          tan i henhold til det godkendte arsregnskab.
      d)  Valg af direktion.
      e)  Valg af revision.

                                     (S)6.
6.    En af direktionen valgt dirigent leder forhandlingerne pa
      generalforsamlingen og afgor alle sporgsmal vedrorende sagernes
      behandlingsmade, stemmeafgivningen og dennes resultat.

                                     (S)7.
7.1   Hvert anpartsbelob pa DKK 1.000 giver en stemme.
7.2   Pa generalforsamlingen kan beslutning kun tages om de forslag, der har
      vaeret optaget pa dagsordenen.
7.3   De pa generalforsamlingen behandlede anliggender afgores ved simpelt
      stemmeflertal, medmindre anpartsselskabsloven foreskriver saerlige regler
      om repraesentation og majoritet.
7.4   Til vedtagelse af beslutning om aendring i selskabets vedtaegter kraeves,
      at beslutningen tiltraegter af mindst 2/3 savel af de afgivne stemmer som
      af den pa generalforsamlingen repraesenterede stemmeberettigede
      indskudskapital.
7.5   Over det pa generalforsamlingen passerede indfores beretning i selskabets
      forhandlingsprotokol, der underskrives af dirigenten og den
      tilstedevaerende direktion.
7.6   Safrernt samtlige anpartshavere er enige herom, kan en beslutning traeffes
      unden afholdese af genersalforsamling eller unden iagttagelse af reglerne
      om fremgangsmaden ved afholdelse af generalforsamling; beslutningen shal
      dog indfores i selskabets forhandlingsprotokol.

                                     (S)8.
8.1.  Selskabet har ingen bestyrelse.
8.2.  Generalforsamlingen ansaetter en direktion. der leder selskabet.
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                                     (S)9.
9.    Selskabet tegnes af en direktor.

                                    (S)10.
10.1  Revision foretages af en statsautoriseret revisor.
10.2  Revisionen vaelges af generalforsamlingen for tiden indtil afslutningen af
      naeste ordinaere generalforsamling.

                                    (S)11.
11.   Selskabets regnskabsar er 1. january til 31. december.

                                    (S)12.
12.   Arsregnskabet skal opstilles pa overskuelig made I overensstemmelse med
      lovgivningen og skal give et retvisende billede af selskabets aktiver og
      passiver, den okonomiske stilling sarnt resultatet.

                                    (S)13.
13.   Direktionen er bemyndiget til at foretage sadanne aendringer I selskabets
      vedtaegter, som Erhvervsog Selskabsstyrelsen matte forlange.



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                                I DIREKTIONEN:

                                OCTOBER 8, 1997


                         ____________________________
                              MICHAEL T. KENNEDY