Insulation industry news from Global Insulation

UK: The Insulation Manufacturers Association (IMA) has appointed Simon Blackham as its new Technical Committee Chair. He will take up the role in mid-March 2020. Blackham works as Recticel Insulation’s technical manager. He started working for the company in 2019. He holds over 15 years’ experience in the construction industry, with a focus on the insulation sector. IMA is a representative body for the rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR) and polyurethane (PUR) insulation industry in the UK.

UK: The Insulation Manufacturers Association (IMA) has appointed Stuart Norris as its president. The association is a representative body for the rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR) and polyurethane (PUR) insulation industry in the UK.

Norris is a Senior Product Development Engineer at Portakabin where he is involved in the design and delivery of both temporary and permanent offsite building solutions across a wide range of building sectors. He holds a degree in Product Design from the University of Huddersfield. He also sits on the Technical Committee for the Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA).

UK: The British Rigid Urethane Foam Manufacturers’ Association has changed its name to the Insulation Manufacturers Association (IMA). The association said that the new name reflects the position that polyisocyanurate (PIR) and polyurethane (PUR) insulation manufacturers hold in providing the largest share of insulation products used in the UK market. It added that given expected growing market share of organic-based insulation products that, “…the trade association has a responsibility to ensure it is the principal point of contact for all audiences relevant to this sector with a name that reflects this responsibility.”

Simon Storer, Chief Executive of IMA said that the association need to move towards a wider audience that wasn’t necessarily used to technical or industry language. “Events of this year certainly brought this need into sharp focus, as many commentators and other interested parties were unable to immediately identify which trade association spoke for which part of the industry. We also wanted to be sure that as an association we are solely responsible for and have ownership of the messages coming from this sector.”