Johns Manville

Johns Manville is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality insulation and commercial roofing, along with glass fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Our history goes back to 1858, when the H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company began operations out of a tenement building in New York City.

Today, our products are used in a wide variety of industries including building products, aerospace, automotive and transportation, filtration, commercial interiors, waterproofing and wind energy. A proud member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, we serve customers in more than 80 countries around the globe.

In business for more than 160 years, our commitment to our stakeholders is stronger than ever. We are dedicated to long-term partnerships with our customers and suppliers. We are passionate about providing a safe and equitable workplace for our 8,000 global employees. And we are committed to making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work.

Our goal is to live by our core values of People, Passion, Perform and Protect.

Our global headquarters is in Denver, Colorado. We also have 44 manufacturing facilities across North America and Europe. We continuously invest in our people and our infrastructure to anticipate employee, customer and community needs and provide long-lasting solutions. This approach gives us the strength we need to be the Employer of Choice and the Supplier of Choice in the markets we serve worldwide.

Website
www.jm.com/
Address
717 17th Street Denver, CO 80202 United States of America
Phone
+1-303-978-2000

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Micro-Flex® Comes Up Big for Oversized Piping

PRODUCT: Micro-Flex® Pipe and Tank Wrap
CONTRACTOR: Bondy Insulation
LOCATION: Ultium Cells Battery Plant Spring Hill, Tennessee
When the building you’re working in is roughly 3 million square feet,
you can bet you’re going to need a lot of material to insulate the piping.
You’ll also want products that are dependable, easy to work with and that look great
when finished.
Enter JM’s Micro-Flex® and Micro-Lok® HP Ultra. Those are some of the products Bondy
Insulation, out of Sterling Heights, Michigan, is using in Ultium Cells battery plant projects
in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan. The battery plants are a joint venture between General
Motors and LG to build batteries for electric vehicles across the GM portfolio.
The crew from Bondy is working to insulate a variety of plumbing and HVAC systems.
While it’s “pretty standard commercial stuff” as Brad Becker, VP of Sales and
Marketing, explained, “there is a lot of it in a place this size.”
Not only is there a lot of footage of pipe to insulate, but some of the sizes are also
very large. The chilled water system has pipes up to 42” in diameter, which is where
the Micro-Flex has come into play. Micro-Flex is a large diameter pipe and tank wrap,
perfect for jobs where pipes are too large for pre-formed insulation. Made from a hightemperature, semi-rigid fiberglass blanket bonded to a flexible facing, Micro-Flex rolls
can be cut to size for a specific project. Both Micro-Flex with AP and FSK facings were
utilized for indoor (AP) and outdoor (FSK) applications.
Although Bondy often works with JM insulation including Micro-Lok HP Ultra, Becker
said prior to this project, they didn’t have much experience with Micro-Flex, instead using
segmented pipe and tank insulation. Becker has been pleased with Micro-Flex’s results.