Type Public Revenue 1.891 billion EUR (2014) | Traded as LSE: KGPISEQ: KRX Operating income | |
Key people Eugene Murtagh, ChairmanGene Murtagh, CEO Products Insulated panels and facades, Insulation, Structural, Solar and Renewables Engineered Timber Systems, Access Floors, Wind Turbines, Septic Tanks Stock price KGP (LON) € 29.78 -0.15 (-0.50%)14 Mar, 11:51 AM GMT - Disclaimer CEO Gene M. Murtagh (Jan 2005–) Subsidiaries Kingspan Off-Site, Vicwest | ||
Kingspan Group plc is a building materials company based in Ireland.
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History
Founded in the 1960s by Eugene Murtagh, the company floated on the Irish Stock Exchange in 1989 with a value of IR£20m. It expanded into insulated panels and rigid insulation board via numerous greenfield plants, and acquisitions including the European insulation arm of CRH plc in 2010 and the construction division of ThyssenKrupp Steel in 2012. The year 2010 showed the first growth in sales for three years.
In August 2012 the company announced the acquisition of Rigidal Industries.
Operations
Its operating units are as follows:
References
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