Rockwool North America has begun commercial production of stone wool insulation products at its newest U.S. manufacturing facility, located in Jefferson County, W.Va.
The factory produces Rockwool’s residential, commercial, and industrial stone wool insulation. The company touts its launch as North America’s first post-pandemic increase in stone wool insulation manufacturing capacity.
The 460,000-square-foot facility uses Rockwool’s fuel-flexible melting technology. That enables the factory to start operations using natural gas instead of coal, cutting its carbon dioxide emissions by about 30 percent.
