Formaldehyde-free Fiberglass Batts

Within a year, two other products will be added to this line: Thermal-SHIELD Rx and Sound-SHIELD Rx for commercial-building thermal and acoustical insulation applications.

The acrylic binder used in this new fiberglass holds the fibers together just like the phenol-formaldehyde resin used in conventional fiberglass, but it does not offgas formaldehyde, either during manufacture or use. (The absence of phenol-formaldehyde resin is one of the big advantages of Owens Corning’s new Miraflex fiberglass insulation—see