North America: Kingspan Insulation North America has rebranded its expanded polystyrene (EPS) product line as AeroRoof, AeroWall and AeroSlab, according to application.

The AeroRoof brand encompasses flute fillers for standing seam metal roof systems, tapered EPS boards for high-traffic roofs and Holey Board lightweight EPS insulation for concrete. AeroWall features BackerBoard siding insulation and underlay, while AeroSlab features the A-One insulated concrete forming system and GeoFoam lightweight engineered fill.

Senior Director of Building Solutions Billy Conry said "This reorganisation makes it easier for contractors, designers and engineers to specify the right EPS solution for each application."

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.

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.