Fiber Cement Sidings - James Hardie Fiber Cement Siding

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Other fiber cement siding companies buy generic formulations and production equipment externally and do not regularly modernize them

Research And Development
James Hardie operates the only U.S. state-of-the-art research and development facility dedicated to fiber-cement siding, assuring incomparable innovation, quality and value across all product lines; we own and improve our technology

Product Differentiation
Other fiber-cement siding producers use purchased, commodity formulations and pressing production methods, these methods can result in overly-dense products that exhibit increased brittleness, handling difficulty, and nailability issues

Product Differentiation
James Hardie has one focus: fiber-cement siding, fiber-cement is constantly evolving and JH is the company that will revolutionize the market now and in the future, JH produces to specifications proven over 20 years of industry leadership, proprietary equipment, processes, and formulations assure flexibility to produce the best-performing and most attractive products on the market, JH offers the widest selection of textures and accessory products

Industry Leadership
Fiber-cement siding is not a dedicated focus with other manufacturers

Industry Leadership
James Hardie has been manufacturing fiber-cement siding products for almost a century that have been used on over 3 million homes in the U.S., James Hardie owns a powerful share of the fiber-cement products business in the U.S., James Hardies’s monthly production in its plants exceeds the annual production of its nearest competitor, production scale and efficiencies allow James Hardie to offer significant advantages in price, features, and product availability

Formulation
Other fiber-cement siding producers use purchased generic formulations and equipment

Formulation
James Hardie fiber-cement siding product formulations are internally developed to provide optimum density, appearance, and performance at James Hardie’s dedicated state-of-the-art research and development facility

National Awareness
No established fiber-cement siding consumer brand among other fiber-cement siding producers

National Awareness
James Hardie is considered the leading brand of fiber-cement siding in America, James Hardie builds consumer awareness and demand through national advertising in such publications as Sunset, Southern Living, Sports Illustrated, and Coastal Living as well as targeted public relations activities

Service
Other fiber-cement siding producers lack the scale limiting effective service of national markets

Service
James Hardie has a dedicated field sales force of over 100 seasoned fiber-cement siding professionals, James Hardie has the production capacity to meet builder needs, James Hardie’s distribution system gets the product into the builders’ hands efficiently and reliably