{"id":30494,"date":"2025-05-19T06:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/knauf-commits-170m-to-build-deeside-insulation-plant\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T06:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:03:09","slug":"knauf-commits-170m-to-build-deeside-insulation-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/knauf-commits-170m-to-build-deeside-insulation-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Knauf commits \u00a3170m to build Deeside insulation plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-497880\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"569\">The \u00a3170m plant will be built on land acquired from Tata Steel\u2019s Deeside operations, just two miles from Knauf\u2019s existing Queensferry facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"569\">It will use UK-first submerged arc furnace electric melting technology to slash embodied carbon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"781\">The factory will have a capacity of over 100,000 tonnes a year, helping meet growing demand for non-combustible, recyclable insulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"911\">Construction is due to start next year with production targeted for late 2027, subject to planning and environmental approvals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"1133\">Neil Hargreaves, managing director for Northern Europe, said that the move marked a significant milestone for the firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1750\">The announcement follows a \u20ac50m investment across Knauf\u2019s two UK glass mineral wool plants as the group doubles down on decarbonisation and supply resilience in the mineral wool sector.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/05\/19\/knauf-commits-170m-to-build-deeside-insulation-plant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The \u00a3170m plant will be built on land acquired from Tata Steel\u2019s Deeside operations, just two miles from Knauf\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"Knauf commits \u00a3170m to build Deeside insulation plant\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/knauf-commits-170m-to-build-deeside-insulation-plant\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Knauf commits \u00a3170m to build Deeside insulation plant\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}