Presentation by Corey Melvin of Owens Corning at CAMX on October 16, 2014. He discusses double digit growth in the use of Long Fiber Thermoplastics (LFT) due to the automotive and transportation markets, where light weighting and improved aerodynamics delivers improved fuel efficiency, reduced CO2 emissions and an increase in commercial payload capacity. The focus is on advantages of LFT and market opportunities for continued growth.

2. Enabling Economical Vehicle Light
Weighting Through New Glass
Reinforcement Solutions
COREY MELVIN, OWENS CORNING,
Global Product Manager, Long Fiber Thermoplastics
October 13-16, 2014
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL
Copyright © 2014 Owens Corning. All Rights Reserved.
Images © Misha – Fotolia.com, © istockphoto.com

3. Topics for today’s talk
WE’LL TOUCH ON…
Market Drivers for Long Fiber Thermoplastics
Long Fiber Thermoplastic Advantages
Owens Corning’s new Performax® SE4849
roving for LFT PP

4. Source: Owens Corning Marketing Intelligence
Key Drivers for Composites in
Automotive/Transportation
 Lower CO2 emissions
 Urbanization
 Globalization
 Need for light, less pollutant vehicles
 50% of automotive sales from BRIC
 Increased comfort demands
 Improve fuel efficiencies
 New OEM & market concentration
 Increased vehicle functionality
 Advanced composites solutions
 Advanced polymers
 High strength metals
 New battery materials & chemicals
Mega Trends
Transportation
Trends
Automotive
Industry Trends
Impact for
Materials
and Chemicals
80% of LFT volume finds its way
into the Automotive Market

5. Dependent
on weight
36%
Independent
of weight
64%
Fuel consumption breakdown
Efficient Diesel Engines
Smart Gasoline Engines
Alternative Power Train
Designs
Alternative
Transmission Systems
Light Weighting With
The Use Of Composite
Use Of Bio Fuels And
Bio Diesel
Reaching emissions &
Fuel efficiency targets
-100Kg -0.35 l/100km -9.0 g/km
Pie data source: Owens Corning estimate, September 2014

6. The Market |Driver for
Light Weighting
Source: database 2012
C02 emissions
are linked to
vehicle mass
Light
weighting is
essential to
C02 emission
reductions
As well as Fuel Efficiency…

7. CO2 Emissions Regulations
Driving Light Weighting
Source: database 2012 Tailpipe Emissions, g CO2/km
OEM’s
achieved the
2015 C02
emission target
of 130 g/km
in 2013.
2 years early!
CHALLENGE
Reach the
2021 target of
95g C02 /km
Europe Example

8. Fuel Efficiency Regulations
Driving Light Weighting
Typical fuel
efficiency
improvement
of 10mpg
over next 10
years
By 2016 30%
of cars bought
Chinese Gov’t
have to be
 Solid lines : historical performance
 Dashed lines : enacted targets
 Dotted lines : proposed targets
by the
electric
Source : International Council of Clean Transportation ( ICCT), May 2014
http://www.theicct.org/info-tools/global-passenger-vehicle-standards.

9. Light Weighting Options:
Composites Is One
Of The Solutions
Steel vs. Aluminum vs. Steel Composites vs. Steel
Process Complexity = ↓
Weight Reduction ↓ ↓↓
Raw Mat. Cost ↑ ↑↑
Design Freedom = ↑
Function Integration = ↑
Source: Owens Corning estimate, September 2014
Approximately
200kg of weight
reduction per vehicle
will be required
to address OEMs
CO2 gap
Short term
 Aluminum will displace
steel for one on
one replacement,
 With pure focus on
weight out.
Medium-long term
 Composites allow for
enhanced function
integration,
 But requires
re-engineering of
the car modules.

10. The Opportunity for
Reinforcements in Structural
Composites in Automotive
Vehicle
production
expected to
exceed 100MM
units* by 2020
or before
Potential of
weight out due to
composites is
estimated at ~100 kg
by 2022
(22-28kg of
reinforcements
per car)
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
Source: Owens Corning estimate, September 2014
The graph excludes the amount of non structural composites used in vehicles today
Highly
Structural
(300Kt)
Structural
(200Kt)
Semi-
Structural
(300Kt)
0.0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Kg Structural Composites/ Vehicle
The graph excludes 28kg of non structural composites used in
vehicles today

11. LONG FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS
Advantages of Long
Fiber Thermoplastics

12. Why Long Fiber
Thermoplastics?
Source: Owens Corning
Long Glass
>1mm
Short Glass
<1mm
Advantages versus Short Fiber
 Significant lower warpage vs
short glass fibers
 Much lower CTEs and higher
isotropy than short glass fibers
 Improved impact performance
(especially Low temp.)
 Improved creep resistance
(better than PA short
glass fiber)
 Improved long and
short term heat resistance
Advantages versus Metal
 Lower weight
 Parts consolidation
leading to lower cost
1,400,000t/yr
of chopped
fiberglass for SFTP
140,000t/yr of
continuous
glass for LFT
>50%
Automotive
80%
Automotive

13. The Long Fiber Advantage
Source: Ticona
Stress is transferred to the fibers
The structural members of the composite
Long glass fibers create a “skeletal
structure” within the molded article
Resists distortion and provides unmatched
strength, toughness and overall performance
…and the
longer the glass
length, the
better job the
skeletal
structure does!

14. Source: Owens Corning – J. Thomason
Long Fiber vs.
Short Fiber Glass
Reinforced LFT
LFT Technology
boosts material
property profile:
Dry-as-molded as
well as Creep and
Heat Resistance

15. Glass Reinforced
LFT Snapshot
 Growth Rate: 9-11% CAGR for the period 2013-2017
 Glass Reinforcements: >140Kt/yr
 LFT Process: 64% LFTP Compounding, 21% DLFT, 15% CFRT (Tapes)
 Polymer: 80% PP, 13%PA, 7% Other (watch for PE Tapes for Pipe in near future)
 Market Segmentation: 81% Automotive, 7% Furniture, 5% EE, 7% Other
Source: Owens Corning Marketing Intelligence- Total LFT industry glass volume demand.

16. LONG FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS
Performax® SE4849 Roving

17. Redefining LFTP PP & CFRT
PP Compound Performance
Provides outstanding glass
processing and wet out
Enables up to a 30% increase
in compounding line speed
Opens new applications
through high glass loading
Inner door module application example
Owens Corning internal tests - Pict. Copyright Leonello Calvetti / shutterstock.com

18. Product Benefits
Owens Corning internal tests

19. Excellent Resistance to
Fuzz Enabling Superior
Glass Processing and
Higher Glass loading
FUZZ generation 50%-83%better than competitors
FUZZ is an accumulation of short broken or untangled glass filaments
that collect at a strand contact point.
Impregnation Die Nozzle Fuzz Level (mg)
Owens Corning internal tests - Ibaraki Q4 2013
Poor
Average
Good
Outstanding
Fuzz Resistance
(along with Dispersion)
enables up to
20%
increase in glass
loading

20. DISPERSION 21% better than OC standard product
DISPERSION UP TO 40% better than some competitors
DISPERSION refers to the ability of the reinforcements to flow and scatter evenly within the
polymer matrix thereby providing uniform fiber-polymer adhesion and load transfer.
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Owens Corning internal tests (Ratio [%] of GC50) - Granville and Ibaraki Q4 2013
Excellent Glass
Dispersion Delivering
Faster Line Speed
Physical count of
undispersed glass on twenty
89mm x 89mm x 2mm
low shear injection
molded plates
Undispersed Glass Count
Count of white spots
Outstanding
dispersion
(and Fuzz resistance)
enables up to
30%
increase in LFTP
line speed
75% line speed increase realized on the pilot
line while up to 30% achieved on Industrial lines
20m/min
Historic Maximum Speed
`
0
SE4121 SE4849 Comp1 Comp2 Comp3
1st Col
2nd Col
35m/min
Maximum mimic Line Speed
with acceptable dispersion

21. 46% better than OC standard products
UP TO 38% better than some competitors
20
15
10
*Kilogram-force
5
Tensile Strength of Air Spliced Roving Strands
Owens Corning internal tests - Ibaraki Q4 2013
Excellent Splice Strength
for Efficient Processing
Air splicer
Spliced strands
Air splicer: JOINTAIR 116 by MESDAN
Test conditions: Air pressure 0.7MPa,
L6, T6 ,Chamber 127M
0
(Kgf*)
SE4121 SE4805 SE4849 Comp 1 Comp 2 Comp 3

22. Tomorrow’s Processing
Characteristics Coupled With
Mechanical Property Performance
To Meet Today’s Demands
Owens Corning internal tests - Granville and Ibaraki Q4 2013
Owens Corning internal tests - Granville and Ibaraki Q4 2013

23. Tomorrow’s Processing
Characteristics Coupled With
Mechanical Property Performance
To Meet Today’s Demands
Depending on incumbent glass, potential
for improved mechanical properties
Owens Corning internal tests - Granville and Ibaraki Q4 2013

24. Summary
Market Growth for LFT looks bright
Automotive Light Weighting will drive growth
Glass Reinforced LFT is one of the most economical solutions
Owens Corning Performax® SE4849
- Will help improve overall economics
- Is commercially available in all regions

25. Thank you.
For more information or inquiries, please contact
RTP_CS@owenscorning.com