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Masterplast’s sales fall as earnings slip into the negative in first nine months of 2023

26 October 2023

Hungary: Masterplast reported sales worth Euro114m during the first nine months of 2023. This represents a year-on-year decline of 31% from Euro164m in the corresponding period in 2022. The producer’s earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) losses were Euro2.93m, compared to a positive figure of Euro19.3m. During the third quarter of 2023, sales declined in Hungary by 45% and across its export markets by 26%. They rose by 21% in Poland, by 8% in Croatia and by 2% in Ukraine.

Masterplast attributed its sales decline to low demand due to global inflation and rising interest rates amid on-going lockdowns, energy crises and war in Ukraine, while energy-saving renovation initiatives have also been subject to delays. The company set a savings target of Euro2m/yr and laid off 250 employees, including 210 from its plants in Serbia. It completed the construction of new expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) capacity in Italy and Serbia, which it expects to bring online later in 2023.

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Masterplast inaugurates Subotica extruded polystyrene insulation plant

25 May 2023

Serbia: Hungary-based Masterplast has inaugurated the 150,000m3/yr Subotica insulation plant in Vojovodina. GradSubotica News has reported that the plant will be the first in Serbia to produce extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation. The Hungarian Export Promotion Agency (HEPA) provided 50% of investment in the plant. Masterplast's on-going strategic expansion in Southeast Europe is aimed at making it insulation market leader amid growing demand in the region.

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Knauf Insulation Serbia completes upgrade to Surdulica stone wool plant

14 April 2023

Serbia: Knauf Insulation Serbia has completed a Euro20m upgrade to its Surdulica stone wool plant. Production has restarted at the unit, according to SeeNews. The company has replaced equipment on the production line and chimney, and installed a new palletisation machine and a desulfurisation system, thereby increasing the recycling capacity of the factory. The investment also includes a new logistics building and a truck parking area. The company plans to hire 15 new employees from May 2023 to support the changes.

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Masterplast obtains outright ownership of Masterwool MW-1

23 March 2023

Serbia: Masterplast has concluded a deal to acquire the outstanding 49% stake in mineral wool insulation producer Masterwool MW-1. Masterwool MW-1 is currently building a new Euro20m mineral wool insulation plant in Vojvodina. The project is supported by a grant from Hungarian state-owned Hungarian Export Promotion Agency (HEPA).

Masterplast plans to commence a Euro50m growth phase in the near-term future. It expects its sales to drop in the first half of 2023 due to negative trends in new home construction. However, it expects recent new expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation capacity to partly offset this.

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Masterplast strikes deal with Market Epito to build mineral wool plants in Central Europe

13 December 2022

Hungary/Serbia: Building products producer Masterplast and construction company Market Epito have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to build mineral wool plants in Central Europe to meet anticipated demand for insulation. Plans for a first plant to be built in either Hungary or Serbia could be finalised in the first quarter of 2023. Joint-venture companies will be set-up on a 50:50 basis to support the new plants. As part of the deal, both companies would endeavour to purchase mineral wool from the new production units where possible for Market Epito’s construction projects and Masterplast’s commercial activities. The companies also hope to use public funding to support the building of new plants due to their importance to the national economy.

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Austrotherm upgrades Nis extruded polystyrene plant in Serbia

07 August 2020

 

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.

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Masterplast continues expansion of insulation plant in Serbia

18 November 2015

Serbia: Masterplast, Hungarian trading company and manufacturer of thermal insulation materials, has launched the second phase of its Euro8.4m project in Subotica, Serbia.

The project, which received a Euro2m Serbian State grant, is expected to create 205 new jobs at the plant once the expansion is complete in 2016. The third phase is scheduled to be wound up in 2017. The company has received a bank loan of Euro4.3m for the expansion, while Euro2.1m will be used from the company's own resources.

Currently the plant produces 1Mm2 of fibreglass insulation. This is expected to grow to 2.5Mm2 in the summer of 2016 and to 4Mm2 in the autumn of 2016.

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Jub to open new Styrofoam plant in Serbia

10 September 2015

Serbia: Slovenia's chemical group Jub, which celebrates its 140th anniversary in 2015, is expanding its production abroad with the launch of a new styrofoam thermal insulation plant in Šimanovci near Belgrade on 10 September 2015.

The new plant cost Euro5.6m, while the total investments made by Jub in Serbia, where it has been present since 2004, have been estimated at Euro27m. The group includes 12 companies that operate on more than 12 markets worldwide. It expanded its product range to insulation materials in 2012.

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Masterplast to invest Euro400,000 in plant expansion

21 November 2014

Serbia: Masterplast, a major producer of thermal insulation materials in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced that it plans to expand its plant located in Szabadka, Serbia. Masterplast will invest Euro400,000 of its own resources in the expansion and will launch trial production in its second fibreglass plant. 

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