Company Breaks Ground on Insulation Production Plant

The $150 million manufacturing facility will employ 150 people.

Rockwool manufacturing's new facility in West Virginia will employ around 150 people in positions ranging from management to the production line.
Rockwool manufacturing's new facility in West Virginia will employ around 150 people in positions ranging from management to the production line.
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RANSON, W.Va. (AP) — A stone wool insulation producer has broken ground on a $150 million manufacturing facility in West Virginia.

Rockwool North America held a ceremony Tuesday in Ranson. The company says in a news release the 460,000-square-foot facility will employ about 150 people. Production is expected to start in early 2020.

Rockwool has production facilities in Byhalia, Mississippi; Milton, Ontario, and Grand Forks, British Columbia. Stone wool is a fiber-based insulation produced from natural stone and recycled content.


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