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Articles Tagged with ''mineral fiber''

insulation being installed on the Obama Tower

Designing for Legacy with The Obama Presidential Center

Materials installed behind the 225-foot museum tower’s impressive granite façade include 130,000 square feet of continuous insulation
June 3, 2026

Materials installed behind the 225-foot museum tower’s impressive granite façade include 130,000 square feet of continuous insulation.


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Kingspan Manufacturing Facility Enterance

Kingspan Opens New U.S. Facility

The new manufacturing plant will bolster Kingspan’s North American operations and meet growing demand for K-Roc™ fire-protection products
July 28, 2025

Kingspan Insulated Panels North America announced the grand opening of its new manufacturing facility in Mattoon, Illinois.


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ROCKWOOL Introduces Smartrock

A new solution for interior insulated concrete and masonry walls
April 8, 2025

ROCKWOOL is giving architects, specifiers, contractors, and installers a new option for creating high-performance exterior wall assemblies with the launch of ROCKWOOL Smartrock.


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AWIP Announces Pair of New Mineral Wool Fire Rated Wall Panels

November 10, 2023

The pair of new mineral wool panels—HE42-MW and PL42-MW—are both non-combustible and provide hourly ratings.


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Owens Corning Acquisition Natural Polymers Introduces Ultra-Pure Spray Foam at IBS Show

February 9, 2023

Owens Corning introduced its comprehensive insulation product line at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas.


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Deep Energy Retrofits Offer a Critical Step Toward Decarbonization

Alejandra Nieto Headshot
Alejandra Nieto M.B.Sc.
March 9, 2022

It’s time to move deep energy retrofits from promising principle to conventional practice with a holistic, envelope-first approach.


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Photo courtesy of Owens Corning.
Sponsored by Owens Corning

Managing Moisture in a Historic Hospital

September 14, 2021

In a healthcare environment where comfort, safety and sustainability are all essential, mineral wool helps efficiently repel moisture from the cavity wall system and contributes to a high-performing enclosure. 


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Open-joint Cladding Systems Require a High-performance Building Envelope

Brendan Van Gool
July 28, 2021
The primary function of a wall system is to act as an environment separator, or in other words to keep the outside out and the inside in; this has not changed significantly over the past 50 years.
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ROCKWOOL's Second US Factory Begins Commercial Production

July 7, 2021
Official start of commercial operations signifies first post-pandemic increase of stone wool insulation manufacturing capacity in the North American market.
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BlazeFrame® RipTRAK

UL Fire-Rated Head of Wall Joint System

BlazeFrame RipTRAK
December 16, 2020
A new UL testing report shows that fire-rated head-of-wall framing projects that utilize ClarkDietrich’s trusted BlazeFrame RipTRAK just got a whole lot easier.
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