Canada: UpSolv has commenced commercial-scale production of recycled polystyrene resin at its Montréal facility. It will now proceed to build a full-scale 11,000t plant in Estrie, Quebec, by mid-2027. UpSolv says that its resin offers viable consistency, processability and performance for use in expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation production. The company invited producers and other innovators to secure off-take agreements and integrate its sustainable resin into their products.

CEO Nathalie Morin said "In today's market, sustainability and performance can no longer be treated as trade offs."

Türkiye: Murat Savcı has stepped into the role of CEO at Saint-Gobain Türkiye. Savcı will manage local subsidiaries operating under 12 brands and serve on the boards of Saint-Gobain Weber Türkiye, Chryso Türkiye, Saint-Gobain Abrasives Türkiye and joint ventures İzocam and Dalsan. He will aim to strengthen the company's integrated solutions leadership in line with the group’s Lead & Grow strategy. Savcı takes over from Aykut Aydoğan, who will leave the company after serving in the role since September 2021.

Murat Savcı brings over 25 years’ building materials industry experience to the position. He has sat on the boards of İzocam, İzoder and the Association of Turkish Construction Material Producers, and was İzocam managing director from February 2020. Before that, he served as general manager of Baumit Türkiye, managing partner at AzeYapı Construction and project manager at Meuter Architekturbüro and Robert Perthel Bauunternehmung in Germany.

Savcı said "Türkiye has significant potential in the field of construction and infrastructure solutions. In the coming period we will take steps to make the best use of this potential with our strong teams. We will further develop our reduced-CO₂ and high value-added solutions, and further strengthen our business approach that creates value for society, the environment and our stakeholders by offering more integrated services to our customers."

Europe: Hungary-based Masterplast and construction firm Market Építő have cancelled plans for new a stone wool insulation plant in Central Europe. The companies previously announced a ‘strategic cooperation’ to build mineral wool plants in Hungary or Serbia in December 2022. MTI EcoNews has reported that Masterplast made the decision based on a ‘changed business environment,’ creating a 'deterioration of the key conditions’ for the investment.

Additionally, Masterplast will discontinue production at its Calerno expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation plant in Italy due to 'unfavourable' market conditions. At the same time, it will restart EPS production at its Kál insulation plant in Hungary, in order to target the local market there. It will also consider a possible expansion of its Szerencs glass wool plant Hungary.

Masterplast said "The strategic focus will continue to be on glass wool production, its technological development and capacity expansion."

Norway: BEWI has inaugurated a 3500t/yr expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling plant at its Fredrikstad EPS and extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation plant, enabling on-site collection, processing and integration of recycled EPS in the plant’s insulation production. The plant will process post-consumer and post-industrial insulation and packaging from the surrounding region.