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North American insulation producers used over 0.9Mt of recycled glass in 2017

Written by Global Insulation staff
12 September 2018

North America: A survey by the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) has revealed that its members used over 0.9Mt of recycled glass to produce residential, commercial and industrial thermal and acoustical insulation in 2017. The survey included data from both US and Canadian production plants.

Producers also used over 0.3Mt of recycled blast furnace slag in the production of thermal and acoustic insulation. Since the industry’s recycling program began in 1992, NAIMA estimates that its members’ plants have diverted an estimated 26Mt of recycled materials from the waste stream.

“Our industry is tremendously proud of the substantial use of recycled content in the production of energy saving insulation products,” said Curt Rich, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of NAIMA. “These products ultimately reduce building energy use and decrease our carbon footprint. Over the long term, the fibre glass and mineral wool insulation industry expects to continue using substantial amounts of recycled content in the production of insulation products.”

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Austrotherm builds warehouse in Szekszard

Written by Global Insulation staff
12 September 2018

Hungary: Austria’s Austrotherm has built a Euro0.9m warehouse at its base in Szekszard. The new unit has an area of 2000m2, according to the MTI – Eco news agency. The insulation producer manufactures expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation at a plant in Gyor.

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Dennert Poraver develops aerogel insulation render with Poraver

Written by Global Insulation staff
12 September 2018

Germany: Dennert Poraver has developed an insulating render formulation by using Poraver expanded glass aerogel granules from Cabot in 0.01 - 4mm sizes. The expanded glass granules producer says that aerogel thermal insulation renders are ultra-light, water-repellent, open to diffusion and achieve high thermal insulation even with small layer thicknesses.

The new product is targeted for the interior and exterior renovation of historic buildings. Due to the thin application layer, the producer says that the characteristics of the building remain largely unchanged. The building material can also be used for rendering masonry in new buildings. The insulating renders are also classified as ‘non-combustible, smoke-development free, non dripping.’ This means that they can also be used for facades, where previously only mineral wool-based insulating materials could be used due to increased fire protection requirements.

Poraver and Aerogel were combined for the development of a mineral thermal insulation render in order to combine the advantages of both lightweight aggregates. Cabot Aerogel supplied aerogel in the form of 0.01 - 4mm granules for the insulation render. Poraver was added to the render as a mineral aggregate with a grain size of 1 - 2mm. Various proportions of aerogel and Poraver were tested. After the tests, it could be determined that the compressive strength and processing properties had improved ‘significantly’ with the addition of Poraver. The most economical and practicable formulation has a thermal conductivity of 0.037W/mK with a dry bulk density of 199 kg/m³.

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Recticel’s sale pick up following end to MDI shortage

Written by Global Insulation staff
30 August 2018

Belgium: Recticel’s sales from its insulation division have rallied following the resumption on methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) supplies after a shortage in 2017 and poor weather in the first quarter of 2018. Its sales rose by 2.7% year-on-year to Euro129m in the first half of 2018 from Euro133m in the same period in 2017. Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBTIDA) increased by 60.6% to Euro14.2m fro Euro22.8m. It attributed the growth in profitability to price rises and efficiency gains. The company also said that the construction of a new plant in Finland, dedicated to the supply of the Scandinavian and Baltics markets, is on schedule to start up in late 2018.

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Rockwool sees positive first half

Written by Global Insulation staff
24 August 2018

Denmark: Rockwool has announced its first half results for 2018. Sales for the half reached Euro1.27bn, 16.9% more in local currency terms. In the second quarter, sales were up by 17.3% to Euro667m. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) for the first half reached Euro161m, an increase of 47% year-on-year. EBIT in the second quarter was Euro91m, an increase of 43% year-on-year.

Investments in the first half of 2018 reached Euro89m, an increase of Euro26m compared to the first half of 2017, primarily due to ongoing capacity expansions in Poland and the United States.

The outlook for 2018 from the company is positive. It expects net sales to grow by 13-15% during 2018 in local currency terms, including around 2-3% from its acquisition of Flumroc.

Commenting on the Group’s performance, CEO Jens Birgersson said, “Our half-year results show solid improvement on both sales and profitability, underlining strengthened performance towards customers and growing market demand for our non-combustible insulation and other stone wool products. With sales up in all regions, Rockwool’s 11,000 highly dedicated and committed employees are the driving force behind these positive results.”

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