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Poland: Austria-based Austrotherm has launched production at its Grodków expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation plant following a capacity expansion. The total cost of the work was Euro5.5m.
Managing director Klaus Haberfellner said “We are particularly proud that, despite the adversities of the coronavirus epidemic, we have now been able to start full operation in Grodków. The demand for our high-quality EPS insulation panels has been growing steadily in Poland for years. This is due on the one hand to rising energy prices and on the other hand to the government smog control renovation subsidies programme launched in 2019.” He added "Thanks to the new plant, we are optimally positioned in terms of capacity to be able to supply our customers promptly."
Austrotherm supplies facade insulation for turn-of-the-century apartment renovations in Vienna
02 February 2021
Austria: Austrotherm says that its Resolution Facade foam insulation product is being used for exterior renovations in Vienna’s many pre-1919 apartment blocks. These kinds of jobs require thin insulation to maintain a building’s profile.
Sales director Robert Novak said, “An apartment building built before 1919 has a heating requirement of 120 - 250kWh/m2. They are therefore five times worse than newly-built residential complexes, which have had to meet the lowest energy house standard across Europe since 1 January 2021.” He concluded, “There is still a lot of renovation potential in this building category.”
Buildings of this period currently house 500,000 people in Vienna and number 30,000, 20% of the total number of residential buildings. 20,000 are in the Wilhelmian architectural style, known for its facades.
Austrotherm makes Euro10m investment in plants
10 September 2020Austria: Austrotherm has announced the launch of Fit for the Future, a capital expenditure (CAPEX) plan worth Euro10m in investments in its Pinkafeld and Purbach, Burgenland plants. The plans consist of a new office building with training centre and workshop at the Pinkafeld plant, “intended to illustrate how sustainable construction for office buildings should be implemented in the future,” and a 3600m2 finished goods warehouse at the Purbach plant, as well as ‘numerous digitisation and automation projects’ across both plants.
Managing Director Klaus Haberfeller said, “Despite all the adversities of the Covid-19 outbreak, we have started an investment programme that will make our two Burgenland locations fit for the future. We are investing in the modernisation of the infrastructure and in optimising the processes at the locations in order to increase efficiency and occupational safety, and, as a positive side effect, benefit the regional construction industry.”
Serbia: Austria-based Austrotherm has started operation on a new extruded polystyrene (XPS) production line at its Nis plant. The upgrade cost Euro3.5m and has created 15 new jobs at the site. It originally purchased the expanded polystyrene (EPS) and XPS plant in 2005 and it exports products to Albania, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bulgaria.
“We are particularly proud that we were able to complete the capacity expansion in Serbia as planned, despite all the Corona adversities,” said Klaus Haberfellner, managing director of Austrotherm.
Austrotherm builds warehouse in Szekszard
12 September 2018Hungary: 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.
Austrotherm opens plant in Ankara
19 April 2018Turkey: Austria’s Austrotherm has opened a 400,000m3/yr expanded polystyrene (EPS) plant in Ankara. It is its third insulation plant in the country. The project cost Euro2m. The site has created 14 jobs. The company entered the Turkish market in 2008 and built its second plant near Izmir in 2013.
Austrotherm raises prices of polystyrene insulation products
18 January 2018Austria: Austrotherm has raised the prices of its extruded polystyrene (EPS) insulation and expanded polystyrene (XPS) insulation products. The price rise will take place on 12 March 2018. It has blamed a ‘very tense’ situation in the raw materials market.
Austrotherm opens third plant in Romania
10 November 2017Romania: Austrotherm has opened an insulation plant at Arad. The Austrian company opened its third expanded polystyrene (EPS) plant in the country in early November 2017. The unit is intended to serve Transylvania and other western regions.
The company originally entered the Romanian market in 1999 with an EPS plant in Bucharest. A second plant at Horia was opened in 2006. Production of extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation followed at this site in 2008.
Austrotherm unit to build mineral wool plant
14 June 2016Austria: Isobasalt, a subsidiary of Austrotherm, plants to build a mineral wool plant at Grosswilfersdorf. The plant is scheduled to start operation in the second quarter of 2017 and the plant will have a production capacity of 250,000t/yr. The unit is expected to create 50 jobs.
Austrotherm expands XPS insulation production to Germany
13 October 2014Germany: Austrian heat insulation specialist Austrotherm GmbH has launched its first production plant in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt. The new 114,000m2 plant, which produces its characteristic pink extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam insulation board, was built in 10 months with an investment of Euro40m. The plant specialises in the production of XPS substrate specifically for high-pressure loads and high insulation thickness board. Located midway between Berlin and Hamburg, the site is well placed to supply growing markets in Germany and abroad.
“With the new plant, we are much closer to the market and, by eliminating the long transport routes, it will be faster and more flexible for the customer,” said Austrotherm’s sales and internationalisation executive director Gerald Prinzhorn. “It also allows us to export to northern Europe, Poland and the Benelux countries.” The site location is also set to benefit soon from the construction of the A14 motorway at Wittenberg.
Austrotherm, which also manufactures expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation, operates other XPS production units in Austria, Serbia and Romania. In its 2013 financial year annual sales grew by 2% to Euro250m.
“The fact that we were able to increase sales last year is due to our international activities, such as the new EPS insulating plant in Izmir, Turkey,” said CEO Peter Schmid. He predicted a further sales rise in 2014 with further exports from the Wittenberg plant.
The company has also invested Euro4m to establish its second insulation material plant in Turgutlu, Turkey.