Owens Corning Ranked Fourth in the Building Materials, Glass Industry on FORTUNE's 2007 List of 'America's Most Admired Companie
April 03 2007 - 2:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company Ranks Among Industry Leaders in Corporate Reputation
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning
(NYSE:OC) recently ranked fourth in the Building Materials, Glass
Industry of FORTUNE's 2007 list of "America's Most Admired
Companies." "We are proud to have been recognized as one of
FORTUNE's most admired companies," said Dave Brown, president and
chief executive officer. "It's because of the hard work and
dedication of Owens Corning employees that our company was able to
achieve this honor. We will continue to work to build the company's
reputation among its peers by delivering new innovations that drive
financial performance that enhance shareholder value." The Most
Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate
reputations. FORTUNE's survey partners at Hay Group started with
the FORTUNE 1,000 -- the 1,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by
revenue -- and the top foreign ones operating in the U.S. Hay
sorted them by industry and selected the ten largest in each. To
create the 63 industry lists, Hay asked executives, directors, and
analysts to rate companies in their own industry on eight criteria:
quality of management; quality of products and services;
innovation; long-term investment value; financial soundness;
ability to attract, develop and keep talented people; social
responsibility and use of corporate assets. Owens Corning (NYSE:OC)
is a world leader in building materials systems and composite
solutions. A Fortune 500 company for more than 50 years, Owens
Corning people redefine what is possible each day to deliver
high-quality products and services ranging from insulation,
roofing, siding and manufactured stone veneer, to glass composite
materials used in transportation, electronics, telecommunications
and other high-performance applications. Founded in 1938, Owens
Corning is a market-leading innovator of glass fiber technology
with sales of $6.5 billion in 2006 and 19,000 employees in 26
countries. Additional information is available at
http://www.owenscorning.com/. DATASOURCE: Owens Corning CONTACT:
Media, Jason Saragian of Owens Corning, +1-419-248-8987 Web site:
http://www.owenscorning.com/ Company News On-Call:
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