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Founded | Ireland (late 1960s) |
Headquarters | Kingscourt, Co Cavan, Ireland |
Key people
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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 |
Revenue | € 3,108.5 million (2016) |
€ 328.3 million (2016) | |
€ 255.4 million (2016) | |
Website | www.kingspan.com/ |
Kingspan Group plc is a building materials company based in Ireland.
Founded in the 1960s by Eugene Murtagh, the company floated on the 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.
Its operating units are as follows: