CertainTeed Owns Brunswick Technologies.CertainTeed Corp., Valley Forge Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill River, SE Pa., NW of Philadelphia. There, during the American Revolution, the main camp of the Continental Army was established (Dec., 1777–June, 1778) under the command of Gen. George Washington. , Pa., has agreed to acquire Brunswick Technologies, Inc. (BTI BTI Beverage Testing Institute BTI Boyce Thompson Institute BTI British American Tobacco (stock symbol) BTI Boston Theological Institute Bti Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis BTI BioTechnology Institute BTI Binding Tariff Information ) of Brunswick, Maine. Vetrotex CertainTeed Corp., the fiberglass fiberglass, thread made from glass. It is made by forcing molten glass through a kind of sieve, thereby spinning it into threads. Fiberglass is strong, durable, and impervious to many caustics and to extreme temperatures. reinforcements reinforcements reinforce npl (Mil) → renfort(s) m(pl) business of CertainTeed, already owns about 14% of the shares of BTI. BTI produces glass- and carbon-fiber reinforcing fabrics for composites. CertainTeed is a subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain of France. After the merger, BTI will become part of the Technical Fabrics Group of Saint-Gobain's Reinforcements Div. |
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