News Release
For immediate release:
November 30, 2009
For more information contact:
Michael B. Loughery, CertainTeed
(610) 341-7328
mike.b.loughery@saint-gobain.com
www.certainteed.com/pressroom
Saint-Gobain Subsidiaries Green Glue Company and CertainTeed Gypsum Team Up to
Offer Innovative Acoustic Solutions to the Construction Market
(Valley Forge, Pa.) – The Green Glue Company, a leading provider of soundproofing
technologies, today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with CertainTeed
Gypsum, a leading North American gypsum board and finishing products manufacturer, to
become the exclusive sales representative to independent professional channels in the United
States for Green Glue noise proofing products.
The Green Glue Company offers four easy-to-use, environmentally responsible and costeffective noiseproofing technologies that substantially reduce noise transmission between rooms.
In combination with gypsum wallboard, residential and commercial buildings can be
soundproofed easily with the Green Glue Noiseproofing Compound, Sealant, Clips, and Joist
Tape to significantly improve quality of life and increase property value.
“We are dedicated to providing our growing customer base with better and faster access to our
high-performance soundproofing technologies,” says Tom Kinisky, president of Saint-Gobain
Performance Plastics. “CertainTeed Gypsum’s wide distribution network and value-added
resources will help us take this commitment forward.”
CertainTeed Gypsum manufactures and markets a broad range of gypsum board and finishing
products for interior and exterior applications across the U.S. and Canada. Markets for the
building materials include residential, commercial, institutional, and renovation and remodeling.
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Both companies are subsidiaries of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest manufacturer of gypsum
wallboard and construction products.
“This partnership between CertainTeed Gypsum and Green Glue gives our customers very easy
access to these excellent noise control solutions, ” says John Donaldson, president of
CertainTeed Gypsum. “These products are ideal for improving the acoustic environment in
schools, hospitals and home theatres, and wherever noise control is critical.”
About The Green Glue Company
Founded in 2003, The Green Glue Company is an R&D and manufacturing firm specializing in
viscoelastic materials and is a leading producer of sound isolation products used in residential
and commercial noiseproofing. Green Glue, the company’s first product, is now the best selling
product of its kind worldwide. Green Glue is marketed and sold for new construction and
remodeling of commercial, residential, home theater, recording studio, hospitality, and multifamily construction. The Green Glue Company is owned by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Corporation.
About Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, part of Saint-Gobain’s Innovative Materials Sector, is
headquartered in Aurora, Ohio, and employs 4,800 people in 15 countries. It is a world leader in
high-performance plastics including flexible tubing applications, seals, coated fabrics, films,
foams, polymer products, and bearings. Saint-Gobain is a leading international producer of
construction products, innovative materials such as abrasives, plastics, industrial ceramics and
reinforcements, flat glass and, packaging (glass bottles). The company is also a leading
distributor of building materials. In 2008 Saint-Gobain had worldwide sales of $64.4 billion and
has 210,000 employees in 57 countries.
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About CertainTeed
Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products,
CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded
in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm’s slogan “Quality Made Certain,
Satisfaction Guaranteed,” quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North
America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding,
windows, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, gypsum, ceilings and access
covers.
Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 6,000
employees and more than 65 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada.
In 2009, CertainTeed was named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, a national award that recognizes environmentally responsible
corporations. The group had total sales of more than $3 billion in 2008. The group had total sales
of more than $3 billion in 2008. www.certainteed.com
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