Building materials and composites systems manufacturer Owens Corning has been given another six and a half months to solicit votes for its plan to emerge from bankruptcy. Judge Judith Fitzgerald of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, issued the order on 12 December 2003 extending the company"s exclusive period until 1 July 2004, which stops creditors from filing competing plans for reorganizing Owens Corning. Owens Corning"s case and several other asbestos-related Chapter 11 cases were put on hold in November 2003 when creditors filed a motion to remove U.S. District Judge Alfred Wolin from his oversight role on asbestos issues in five cases bankruptcy cases including Owens Corning. The creditors alleged a conflict of interest by two of the judge"s advisers, who, it was claimed, represented asbestos claimants in other cases. Owens Corning cited the the recusal motion against Wolin in seeking the extension.