India: Rockwool India intends to start operations at its new 50,000t/yr stone wool plant at Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu in the second quarter of 2026. The unit had an investment of around US$60m, will be larger than the company’s existing plant in Gujarat and will become the company’s key production site in India, according to The Hindu newspaper. The new plant will also manufacture sandwich panels.
Canada: Tennessee-based Enverge Spray Foam is expanding into Canada and launching its 1860 CDN spray foam insulation. The spray foam insulating provider says the 1860 CDN closed-cell spray foam insulation is engineered in compliance with local building codes, formulation requirements and energy efficiency standards.
Enverge is a part of Amrize, a provider of advanced building solutions and materials.
North America: Kingspan Insulation North America has rebranded its expanded polystyrene (EPS) product line as AeroRoof, AeroWall and AeroSlab, with different names for different applications.
The AeroRoof brand encompasses flute fillers for standing seam metal roof systems, tapered EPS boards for high-traffic roofs and Holey Board lightweight EPS insulation for concrete. AeroWall features BackerBoard siding insulation and underlay, while AeroSlab features the A-One insulated concrete forming system and GeoFoam lightweight engineered fill.
Senior Director of Building Solutions Billy Conry said “This reorganisation makes it easier for contractors, designers and engineers to specify the right EPS solution for each application.”
World: A newly published report - Global Insulation Wall Panels Market Insights, Forecast 2025 to 2031 - by QY Research has highlighted the key driving factors and restraints that are impacting the growth of insulated wall panels. The report states that the global market for insulated wall panels was estimated to be worth US$5.48bn in 2024 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$9.63bn by 2031 with a compound annual growth rate of 8.5% over the six year period.
