Knauf Insulation

Knauf Insulation manufactures and distributes insulation products made ​​of glass, stone and wood wool ( Heraklith ) and XPS and EPS. The insulation of the company are used in residential and commercial construction and industrial applications to prevent heat loss, insulate sound and improve fire protection.

The insulation manufacturer is part of Germany, in Family Owned Knauf Group, whose businesses include mainly the construction materials sector. Since 2006 belongs to the Heraklith brand that is known for wood wool products since 1908 to Knauf Insulation.

Worldwide, the Knauf Insulation Group has approximately 5,000 employees in over 35 countries, in Germany there are about 600 employees. The German production sites are located in Simbach (former headquarters of the German company Knauf Insulation GmbH ), St. Egidien, Bad Berka and Bernburg. In addition, the company is represented in Germany with an office in Berlin and a subsidiary in Garching near Munich.

History

Knauf Fiber Glass USA was created in 1978 with the purchase of the existing plant in Shelbyville, Indiana, by the Knauf family. 2001 acquired knob, the European business of Owens Corning through a joint venture with Alcopor, In 2002, the company Alcopor knob completely and thereby won the majority of the European business of Owens Corning. The company was renamed in Knauf Insulation. In 2006, Knauf Insulation companies in the Heraklith Group.

ECOSE ® Technology

In 2009, Knauf Insulation ECOSE ® Technology, which until then first formaldehyde-free binder for mineral wool, before. Unlike conventional binder it is not based on phenol - formaldehyde resin, but on natural organic ingredients. In the same year it was introduced throughout the glass wool production. Since the conversion, the glass wool insulation of the company are no longer yellow, but brown. The color produced during the curing of the binder in a natural way.

Awards

Knauf Insulation has been awarded the 2009 ECOSE Technology for the Innovation Award of the specialized trade cooperation euro building material.

Knauf Insulation was the first company worldwide that has been awarded the Indoor Air Comfort Gold certificate from Eurofins. The seal, which was awarded in 2010 for the uncoated glass wool insulation company, shows that the products comply with all European criteria for the quality of indoor air.

Since 2010, the uncoated glass wool insulation of the company bear the Blue Angel for zero emissions.