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SIG focuses on profit building in 2018

10 May 2019

UK: SIG’s revenue fell by 1.2% year-on-year to Euro3.11bn in 2018 from Euro3.15bn in 2017. Its profit before tax increased by 8.5% to Euro87.2m from Euro80.4m. The building materials producer blamed ‘challenging’ market conditions but it highlighted its focus on prices and profitability.

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SIG focuses on profit over sales in 2018

08 March 2019

UK: SIG’s revenue fell by 1.2% year-on-year to Euro3.13bn in 2018 from Euro3.17bn in 2017. Its profit before tax rose by 8.5% to Euro87.8m from Euro80.9m. The group blamed its falling sales on ‘challenging’ market conditions and a focus on profit over sales volumes. It reported a weakening construction market in 2018 and its UK and Ireland sales fell by 10.6%. Despite slowing markets in France and Germany, its mainland Europe sales remained stable in 2018.

“As expected, our transformation strategy began to deliver during the year and we saw significant operational and financial progress in the second half. Despite challenging market conditions and lower revenue in our largest markets, our focus on pricing and profitability over volume, coupled with tighter control over operating costs, has enabled us to grow our gross margins and profit,” said chief executive officer (CEO) Meinie Oldersma.

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Knauf Insulation’s Earthwool RainScreen Slab product earns British Board of Agrément certification

08 March 2019

UK: Knauf Insulation’s Earthwool RainScreen Slab product has been certified by the British Board of Agrément (BBA) for use in high-rise residential applications. The BBA certification follows the December 2018 update to Approved Document B, which mandates the use of non-combustible materials achieving a Euroclass Reaction to Fire Classification of A1 or A2 s1-d0 in the external walls of certain buildings over 18m in height.

“Non-combustible insulation is the best choice for architects, specifiers and contractors as it will not contribute to the development or spread of fire” said Steve Smith, Head of Product Management and Business Intelligence at Knauf Insulation.

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UK and French universities investigating using waste materials as alternative insulation materials

08 March 2019

UK/France: A project between the University of Bath, University of Brighton, UniLaSalle in Rouen and five other academic and non-academic partners, and funded under the Interreg VA France (Channel) England programme, is investigating the performance of a range of waste materials and bio-based co-products as alternative building insulation materials. Three different materials are being evaluated: wheat straw bales, rapeseed stalks (processed into bio-composite) and recycled duvets.

A research team at the University of Bath is testing and comparing the thermal performance of each of the insulation materials by constructing three identical prototype wall panels, each containing one of the materials. Their performances will be compared and contrasted with each other as well as against industry standard insulation used currently in most buildings. The panels are 150mm thick by 1.1m2 and fitted with 9mm plywood either side, similar to how insulation is commonly installed within buildings. Each panel contains a number of probes to measure relative humidity, interior and exterior temperature, and heat flux. The panels will undergo six weeks of consecutive testing in an environmental chamber at the University’s Building Research Park. There will be two tests – a steady state and a non-steady state temperature test.

“This is the first time these materials will have been tested in such a robust scientific way, allowing us to accurately assess their thermal performance against each other as well as against industry standard insulation,” said Shawn Platt, Research Associate in the University of Bath’s Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering.

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Knauf Insulation appoints Neil Hargreaves as managing director for Northern Europe

07 February 2019

UK: Knauf Insulation has appointed Neil Hargreaves as its new managing director for the Northern Europe region. He will be responsible for strengthening the company’s position in the mineral wool insulation industry. Hargreaves was previously the finance director of the company. He succeeds John Sinfield, who is leaving to pursue another opportunity outside the company.

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Superglass tests glass wool tea cosy

24 January 2019

UK: Superglass has tested a glass wool tea cosy against a traditional woollen version in a promotional video broadcast live on social media. In the experiment the tea cosy, made of 84% recycled glass wool insulation, kept a teapot hotter over a 90-minute period than an identical teapot with a woollen one. The teapots were filled with identical volumes of water and were measured with identical thermometers. By the end of the 90-minute experiment, the Superglass pot registered 67.7°C and the traditional cosy was down to 55.0°C.

“Of course, the tea cosy video is a bit of fun, but it highlights just how much of a difference good insulation can make,” said Bob Dalrymple, Head of Marketing at Superglass. He added that the company does not intend on manufacture tea cosies for sale.

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SIG forecasts lower revenue in 2018

08 January 2019

UK: SIG has forecast in a trading update that its sales revenue will fall by 2.3% year-on-year in 2018. It described the UK trading environment as increasingly ‘challenging’ in the second half of 2018 with commercial demand reduced by economic uncertainty, slower house price inflation and falling secondary housing market transactions. Conditions in France and Germany were also reported as slowing down in the second half.

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UK government to adopt recommendations from Hackitt review of building regulations

21 December 2018

UK: The UK government plans to adopt the recommendations made by Dame Judith Hackitt in her review of building regulations and fire safety published following the Grenfell Tower fire in mid-2017. Other commitments the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has made include creating a new regulatory and accountability framework to provide greater oversight of the industry and introducing clearer standards and guidance, including establishing a new Standards Committee to advise on construction product and system standards and regulations. It says it will place residents at the heart of the new system, with new routes for engagement and redress, and that it wants to help create a culture change and a more responsible building industry. In addition to setting out its plans to implement the changes called for by Hackitt, the government says that a full review of fire safety guidance within building regulations has also been launched.

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Recticel makes appointments in the UK

17 December 2018

UK: Recticel has appointed Laura Katon as its House Building Manager for the southern region and Kevin Lee as Area Sales Manager for East Anglia.

Katon holds over 20 years’ experience in sales and account management, liaising with house builders, local developers and building contractors. She started the new role in early December 2018.

Lee is responsible for distribution, merchant, contractor and sales relating to Recticel’s tapered-roofing sister company, Gradient. Based in Norwich, he reports to the area’s Regional Director, Paul Griffiths.

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SIG’s quarterly revenue falls due to poor UK construction market

20 November 2018

UK: SIG’s revenue has fallen in the three months to October 2018 due to a weakening construction market in the UK. Its revenue in the UK and Ireland fell by 8.7% year-on-year. It said that commercial construction demand had remained dampened by macro-economic uncertainty, house price inflation was slowing and secondary housing market transactions had continued to fall. Its sales in Europe were mixed with quarterly declines in France and Germany but strong gains in Poland, the Benelux region and in its Air Handling business.

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