Knauf Insulation Cwmbran Plant Upgrade
Knauf Insulation has invested in excess of £5 million to upgrade its packaging equipment at its Cwmbran manufacturing plant in Wales, the latest phase of its planned investment programme. The new equipment will allow the company to manufacture glass mineral wool slabs, alongside the plant’s current roll and blowing wool capability. This will help meet increased demand for DriTherm Cavity Slab 32 following stricter changes to building energy efficiency standards in England and Wales. It will also optimise logistics operations taking around 1.5 million truck miles off the road each year and reducing transport CO2 emissions by 1,700 tonnes.
“This important investment means we can now produce our range of slabs in both glass mineral wool plants,” said Neil Hargreaves, Managing Director of Knauf Insulation Northern Europe. “This will help optimise our logistics, further enhance our proposition to customers and make our products even more sustainable.”
As well as improving product sustainability, Knauf Insulation’s new equipment is 40% more efficient than its existing machines, which means it can produce products faster and will help to save energy.
This is the second in a series of investments totalling in excess of £45 million being made by Knauf Insulation to boost its capacity in the UK, and improve the range, availability and sustainability of its products.
