Saint-Gobain Abrasives Selects O’Neal to Provide Design-Build Services for Project in Travelers Rest

Greenville, SC – June 9, 2010 – O’Neal, Inc., a Greenville-based integrated design and construction firm, announced today it has been awarded a contract for the Saint-Gobain facility in Travelers Rest, SC. O’Neal will provide design-build services for two building additions for new production equipment.

The $1.4 million project will break ground this month and equipment will be added to the facility in July. Saint Gobain’s Travelers Rest facility, established in 1982, produces superabrasives, industrial diamond and cubic boron nitride (cBN) products used in precision manufacturing in the aerospace, automotive, bearing and other markets.

About Saint- Gobain Abrasives:
Saint-Gobain Abrasives is the world leader in the abrasives industry. Founded in 1665 and headquartered in Paris, Saint-Gobain had worldwide sales of $53 billion in 2009 and 190,000 employees. In the United States and Canada, Saint-Gobain employs approximately 19,000 people, and had sales of $6.8 billion in 2009. The company manufactures and markets bonded, coated, superabrasives and thin wheels. Saint-Gobain Abrasives has manufacturing capabilities in 39 countries. Saint-Gobain Abrasives is part of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of building materials, and is a leader in the production of high-performance materials and glass containers. The company’s mission is to be a world leader in offering innovative solutions to today’s critical challenges of growth, energy-efficient building and protecting the environment. For more information, please visit www.sgabrasives.com.

About O’Neal, Inc.:
O'Neal, Inc, is an integrated design and construction firm that specializes in project delivery. For 35 years, O’Neal has been successfully delivering capital projects in the automotive, pharmaceutical/biotech, process chemical, manufacturing, energy, and pulp and paper markets world wide. The company, founded in 1975, is headquartered in Greenville, SC with additional offices in Atlanta, GA, and Raleigh, NC. For more information, please visit www.onealinc.com .

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CONTACT: Brian Gallagher, 864-298-2037, bgallagher@onealinc.com

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