James Hardie Industries plc, formerly James Hardie Industries SE, is a manufacturer of fiber cement products and systems for internal and external building construction applications in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. Its fiber cement products are used in a number of markets, including new residential construction (single and multi-family housing), manufactured housing (mobile and pre-fabricated homes), repair and remodeling and a variety of commercial and industrial applications (stores, warehouses, offices, hotels, motels, schools, libraries, museums, dormitories, hospitals, detention facilities, religious buildings and gymnasiums). It manufactures numerous types of fiber cement products with a range of patterned profiles and surface finishes for a range of applications, including external siding and soffit lining. In April 2012, it acquired the assets of a United States business engaged in the pultrision of fiberglass profiles.