OWA puts a new production line into operation.
Location protection with the latest technology.

Amorbach, 25.10.2006

On 26th October 2006 Odenwald Faserplattenwerk GmbH (OWA) celebrated the inaugeration of a new production installation at their Amorbach manufacturing plant. Using the most modern technology, wet felted mineral wool boards are formed and dried in the length of a new 210 metre long production installation. A particular main fo-cus of this latest investment in Amorbach is the saving of energy. The new installation has in excess of 20% lower energy consump-tion than the conventional manufacturing technology. The OWA Management had determined that the essential factor to be addressed was the very high energy costs in Germany in comparison with international competition and the need to employ the most modern technology to compete with home and overseas manufacturers, above all competitors in the USA.

With an investment of approximately 17 million Euros OWA has confirmed its faith in the conservation and optimization of Amorbach as a production location. In the last 10 years alone approximately 65 million Euros has been invested in the Amorbach manufacturing facility.

OWA is the market leader for mineral wool ceiling tiles in Germany and has for several decades been an established world-wide sup-plier of ceiling systems. At the present time approx.75% of the pro-duction is exported to 78 different countries. OWA ceiling tiles fulfil numerous technical building standards. So they can serve as com-ponents for structural fire protection as well as providing the highest standards of optimal area acoustics (for example in school class-rooms and office areas) and special requirements in hygiene - and clean room areas. The "OWA-Ceilings Catalogue" published in 16 languages is very well known in the industry and illustrates the ex-tensive uses and advantages of the OWA-Ceiling Systems.

Several hundred guests from around the world met in Amorbach for the inauguration of the new installation. State Minister Eberhard Sinner, head of the Bavarian State Chancellery gave a speech out-lining the modern economic policy in Bavaria.