Insulation industry news from Global Insulation

Kazakhstan/China/Russia: Russia's TechnoNicol will invest Euro12.4m to build a 300,000m²/yr capacity extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) insulation plant in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan. The plant will start production in 2016. Its products will be supplied to all regions of Kazakhstan and south Asia.

Tartarstan: TechnoNICOL has announced that it is going to invest Euro4.24m towards upgrading mineral wool production at a plant in Tatarstan.

TechnoNICOL's plant in Zainsk will increase its capacity by 20%. Currently the plant has two production lines with a total capacity of 140,000t/yr. The plant started operation in 2007.

TechnoNICOL was founded in 1993 as a producer and supplier of insulating materials. It has representations in 33 countries and maintains 35 production sites in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Czech Republic and Lithuania.