Belarus: The Caparol group of companies has opened its Diskom plant in the free economic zone at Brest to make up to 20,000t of dry insulation every year. The construction took 18 months to build and cost Euro3.1m. The new plant is equipped with WTB Binder Labortechnik GmbH production facilities. The project has created 21 jobs.
Previously, insulation systems were imported into Belarus but Diskom will be making licensed insulation materials domestically using 80% domestic components. The plant will prioritise the domestic market during the first development phase and then export its products to the Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.