Owens Corning, the company that invented glass fiber, uses its glass fibers in applications including boats, skis, hockey sticks and fiber-optic cables. In 1953, Owens Corning and General Motors announced the first production automobile to be made entirely of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, the Chevrolet Corvette. The company s glass fiber materials can be found in more than 40,000 end-use...