Insulfoam Opens New EPS Insulation Plant On East Coast


Smithfield, Pennsylvania facility to be shared with sister company Hunter Panels

Carlisle, PA (March 17, 2011) – Insulfoam, North America’s largest producer of engineered expanded polystyrene (EPS) block-molded insulation products, announces its expansion into Western Pennsylvania. Manufacturing is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2011 in a 200,000 s.f. facility, located in Smithfield, PA. Insulfoam will strategically share the plant with sister company Hunter Panels (www.hpanels.com).

"Insulfoam has successfully served the engineered EPS insulation and Geofoam markets through a tough economy," said John Cambruzzi, Director of Marketing & National Accounts. "Our engineered EPS products are 100% recyclable, offer excellent energy efficiency and long term stable R-Value to both new and retrofit construction projects. With legislation endorsing sustainable product decisions throughout the country, we believe that the time is right to invest in the expansion of our manufacturing locations to better serve our East Coast customers."

"This joint effort with Hunter Panels (the Nation’s leading rigid polyiso insulation manufacturer) enables us to co-operatively serve the insulation product needs of our customers with both EPS and polyiso insulation products on the Eastern Seaboard. That is something no other insulation manufacturer has been able to do successfully," said Cambruzzi."

This new Eastern Insulfoam location is strategically located to ship product to all New England, Mid Atlantic and select Midwestern States. The Smithfield, PA, plant will join existing Insulfoam manufacturing plants in Florida, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, California, Washington and Alaska to produce energy-efficient EPS construction and specialty products for contractors, architects, engineers, and OEM product manufactures throughout North America.

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About Insulfoam

Insulfoam is the largest North American producer of block-molded expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation products. The company supplies a diverse line of energy-efficient roof, wall, belowgrade, under-slab, architectural and structural EPS products as well as light weight void fill and Geofoam products to the construction and OEM industries. A division of Carlisle Construction Materials (NYSE: CSL), Insulfoam was founded in 1959, employs more than 430 people and currently operates 10 manufacturing facilities across the country. For more information call 800.248.5995 or visit www.insulfoam.com.