Rockwool to invest $100m in Mississippi facility upgrade
Rockwool, a Denmark-based manufacturer of wool products, is planning to invest more than $100m in a new production line at its Northern Mississippi facility for industrial insulation products. The new production line will help meet the growing demand from the process industry in the Gulf of Mexico region, the company reports.
Rockwool says the investment will help address the growing demand for industrial insulation solutions in North America, and the addition will expand output at its 115-acre site about 30 miles outside Memphis. "This location is carefully chosen to service the industrial hotspot in the southern United States," the company says in a press release.
The new factory line will produce products with Rockwool’s proprietary water repellency and corrosion resistant technologies, which it calls WR-Tech and CR-Tech. The company says these technologies provide state-of-the-art water repellency capabilities and protection against corrosion under insulation.
Insulating the industrial environment
The new factory line is focused on insulation solutions for a wide range of options for insulating pipes, tanks and vessels. Apart from insulating capabilities, Rockwool says its products offer fire protection, noise reduction, water repellency and corrosion mitigation.
Rockwool CEO, Jes Munk Hansen, says: “North America, and the United States more specifically, is an important strategic growth area for us. We have four insulation factories on the continent, with a fifth on the way in Washington state. Strengthening our industrial insulation portfolio in the United States is paramount to best serve our customers.”
The new production line is expected to go live in 2027.
