Ukraine: Ireland-based Kingspan plans to spend Euro200m towards building a ‘Building Technology Campus’ in Ukraine. The site will be used to manufacture insulation and district…
Russia: URSA Eurasia has appointed Alexander Trubitsyn as its general director for the production of thermal insulation materials. Previously he held the position of the…
Germany: Saint-Gobain has appointed Danijel Lučić as the head of sales for its Germany-based subsidiaries Saint-Gobain Isover G+H and Rigips. He succeeds Dirk Borgmann, who…
US: The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and Allergy Standards Limited (ASL) have certified Knauf Insulation’s Fiberglass Acoustic Panel glass wool insulation panel…
US: Knauf Insulation has won a contract to recycle waste glass bottles from the NTT IndyCar Series Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville,…
Belgium: The government has reduced value-added tax (VAT) on insulation to 6% from 21%. The measure aims to reduce national natural gas consumption in order…
Spain: Etex has completed its acquisition of extruded polystyrene (XPS) and glass wool insulation producer URSA from Xella Group. URSA operates 13 plants and employs…
Belgium: Etex has raised Euro800m through a sustainability-linked medium – long-term unsecured loan. The producer says that the private placement, called a Schuldschein in German…
UK: Norway-based BEWI has acquired an additional 51% stake in Jablite Group for around Euro12m making it the sole owner. It previously purchased a 49%…
Russia: Denmark-based Rockwool says that it is running its four plants in Russia as a standalone operation. However, it is continuing conducting business to avoid…