Knauf commits £170m to build Deeside insulation plant

Knauf Insulation has confirmed plans to build a major new rock mineral wool factory in Shotton, North Wales.
The £170m plant will be built on land acquired from Tata Steel’s Deeside operations, just two miles from Knauf’s existing Queensferry facility.
It will use UK-first submerged arc furnace electric melting technology to slash embodied carbon.The factory will have a capacity of over 100,000 tonnes a year, helping meet growing demand for non-combustible, recyclable insulatio