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Kingspan Group

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Type
  
Public

Founded
  
Ireland (late 1960s)

Revenue
  
1.891 billion EUR (2014)

Traded as
  
LSE: KGP ISEQ: KRX

Operating income
  
€ 141.5 million (2014)

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Key people
  
Eugene Murtagh, Chairman Gene 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

Headquarters
  
Kingscourt, Republic of Ireland

CEO
  
Gene M. Murtagh (Jan 2005–)

Subsidiaries
  
Kingspan Off-Site, Vicwest

Kingspan Group plc is a building materials company based in Ireland.

Contents

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:

  • Insulated Panels and Façades
  • Insulation
  • Access Floors
  • Environmental
  • Solar & Renewables
  • HVAC, Building Services, Petrochemical, Process and LNG Pipe Insulation Products and Systems
  • Light + Air
  • References

    Kingspan Group Wikipedia