Alghanim doubles capacity in building and construction materials

The expansion in insulation materials will be in the GCC, India and Turkey. By the end of 2008, the insulation business unit will have doubled its installed capacity to 230,000 metric tons positioning it amongst the top fifteen global manufacturers. The added capacity is a combination of increases earlier this year in Turkey and upcoming new greenfield plants in the UAE and in Silvassa, in western India. This increase in capacity follows the joint acquisition of IZOCAM, Turkey with Saint Gobain Isover, in 2006. Part of this overall capacity increase will go towards expanding the range of its downstream products.