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Case History: Bin Activators and Live Bottom Bins -- Non-Stop Batching Succeeds at Owens Corning India

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Owens Corning India Ltd. (OCIL), opened its plant in Taloja, India, in August 1998. The plant, located about 25 miles from Bombay (also called Mumbai), makes glass fibers in two forms: chopped-strand mats and rovings.Chopped-strand mats are sheets of randomly oriented strands bound together. Rovings are loosely gathered fiberglass strands.
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