India: Saint-Gobain has commenced construction of its fifth Indian mineral wool insulation plant at Oragadam near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The plant will have capacity of 50,000t/yr of mineral wool. It will also produce acoustic insulation panels, gypsum wallboard, plaster and float glass. The Times of India newspaper has reported that the plant is France-based Saint-Gobain’s largest investment in the Asia-Pacific Region to date.

Saint-Gobain Asia Pacific Regional Senior Vice-President and CEO Sreedhar Natarajan noted the upcoming plant’s reliance on automation technology to ‘Enhance our ability to deliver high-performance and differentiated solutions to our customers.’

UK: SIG recorded sales of €1.49bn in the first half of 2025, down by 1% year-on-year. The producer made an underlying loss before tax of €11.8m, a rise of 56% year-on-year. Free cash outflow fell by 58% to €10.7m.

Chief financial officer Ian Ashton said "The group's robust trading results reflect continuing outperformance of markets that remain subdued. Cost, productivity and cash initiatives have remained a key focus in the period, as has the ongoing implementation of strategic and operational improvements that are positioning the group to win in the long term."

The group retained its full-year 2025 outlook of earnings before interest and taxation (EBIT) of €36.3m. It expects ‘no notable pick-up in demand’ in the second half of 2025.

Ireland: Kingspan recorded sales of €4.52bn in the first half of 2025, up by 8% year-on-year from €4.17bn in the first half of 2024. Trading profit grew by 5% year-on-year to, €443m from €422m. The company’s Insulated Building Envelopes division contributed sales worth €3.75bn, up by 8%, with a trading profit of €367m, up by 3%.

During the period, Kingspan invested €400m in capital expenditure, including in new or upcoming insulation plants in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, New Zealand, Paraguay, Poland and Romania.

US: Saint-Gobain subsidiary CertainTeed Interior Products Group has recycled 454,000t of insulation fibres from its Kansas City plant in Kansas as raw materials for ceiling panel production at its L'Anse plant in Michigan. The company has run the initiative for 12 months. HBSDealer News has reported that it avoided 2000t of CO₂ emissions.

CertainTeed Interior Products Group president Jay Bachmann said "I commend our teams in Kansas City and L'Anse who through innovation, collaboration and out-of-the-box thinking are reducing waste and exemplifying Saint-Gobain's mission to be the leader in light and sustainable construction."