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Latest News from IAL and the Global Chemicals Industry
Stay informed regarding IAL's latest publications and industry news covering the markets for Polyurethanes, Flavours & Fragrances and Thermal Insulation.


Perma‑Pipe Clinches Over $27 Million in New Americas and MENA Project Awards
Perma‑Pipe International Holdings, Inc. has been awarded several major contracts across the Americas and the Middle East, with an...
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Apr 211 min read


Kingspan Breaks Ground on €280m Campus in Ukraine
Kingspan Group has received its first building permit to start construction on a state-of-the-art Building Technology Manufacturing...
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Apr 31 min read


Honeywell to Spin Off Advanced Materials Division
Honeywell has decided to spin off its Advanced Materials business, which will be named Solstice Advanced Materials after its tax-free...
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Mar 271 min read


TopBuild Strengthens Market Position with Acquisition of Seal-Rite Insulation
TopBuild Corp., a leading installer and distributor of insulation and building material services in the United States, announced today...
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Mar 172 min read


Egypt’s Alex Panel Launches New Insulated Panel Factory in SCZone
Alexandria Insulated Panels Company (Alex Panel) has inaugurated a state-of-the-art insulated panel factory in the Suez Canal Economic...
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Mar 31 min read


Knauf Insulation Starts Production at New Mineral Wool Factory in Romania
Knauf Insulation, a subsidiary of the German construction materials giant Knauf, has officially commenced production at its new glass...
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Feb 41 min read


Perma-Pipe Awarded $43 Million Contract for Development Project
Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. has been awarded a contract for a development project in the GCC region. Perma-Pipe will provide...
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Jan 141 min read


European Market for Thermal Insulation Products
IAL Consultants is pleased to announce the publication of the fifteenth edition of its study on the markets for Thermal Insulation...
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Nov 27, 20241 min read


Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. Announces $15 Million Contract Awards
Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. awarded $6 million in new projects in the MENA region. In the Americas, the company announced $9...
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Nov 8, 20241 min read


Rockwool India announces New Thermal insulation plant
In Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, Rockwool India has started building a new US$65.5 million mineral wool insulation plant. According to a sources,...
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Aug 27, 20241 min read


ROCKWOOL to Acquire Top Vietnamese Stone Wool Manufacturer
ROCKWOOL will acquire Khai Hoan Insulation, located near Ho Chi Minh City, marking the company's first production facility in Vietnam....
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Aug 21, 20241 min read


Austrotherm to Acquire Brucha's EPS Insulation Business
In a strategic move to enhance its product offerings, AUSTROTHERM has officially taken over the EPS insulation board division as of...
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Aug 13, 20241 min read


Kingspan and MV Aceros Announce Strategic Joint Venture
In a move set to transform the construction materials industry, Kingspan, a global leader in high-performance insulation and building...
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Aug 6, 20242 min read


Freudenberg Opens Advanced Thermal Insulation Factory in Long Thanh
Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel, a German manufacturer of innovative textile materials, inaugurated a state-of-the-art thermal...
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Jul 29, 20242 min read


Perma-Pipe Holdings secures contracts worth US$10 million in Saudi Arabia
Major infrastructure projects in Madinah, Makkah, and Riyadh have granted contracts worth US$10 million to Perma-Pipe International...
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Jul 22, 20241 min read


Johns Manville introduces a new addition to its Corbond SPF range: an open-cell foam
Johns Manville has expanded its Corbond portfolio of SPF products by introducing a new high-yield open-cell spray foam, HYOC. According...
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Jul 22, 20241 min read


Knauf Ibérica Launches Innovative Façade System Etiks
Knauf Ibérica has announced the launch of Etiks, a cutting-edge façade system that incorporates Aquapanel Outdoor mineral wool and...
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Jul 16, 20241 min read


Saint-Gobain Acquires Asia's Emerging Market Player FOSROC
Saint-Gobain formed a definitive agreement to acquire FOSROC, a privately owned global construction chemicals company, for $1,025 million...
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Jul 10, 20241 min read


Saint-Gobain India Doubles Insulation Production
Saint-Gobain India intends to increase its production capacities for glass and stone wool insulation by twofold as a part of a new...
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Jun 20, 20241 min read


RAMPF's Upcycling Breakthrough in Aerogel Production
The PolymAerocycle upcycling project, aimed at producing customized polymer aerogels, has demonstrated encouraging early results....
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Jun 19, 20241 min read
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