Creating sustainable building envelopes that redefine energy efficiency, safety, and design, Kingspan Group is proud to be shaping a safer, better, and more sustainable industry. We speak to the company’s team to glean more about its recent successes and future plans.
BETTER BUILDINGS FOR A BETTER WORLD
“This is a very exciting time to be in our industry. Construction is changing fast, and manufacturers have a real responsibility to support that change.”
“It’s no longer only about supplying a product at the right price. Customers need solutions that deal with fire safety, energy performance, sustainability, regulations, speed of build, and long-term reliability. The role of a company like ours is becoming more about partnership, technical confidence, and reducing risk for the customer.”
This insight from Jan Ryšavý, Managing Director BU Nordics and BU RoW, at Kingspan Group, directly addresses the crucial role that those in the manufacturing industry are playing in the global economy.
Ryšavý’s experience in the sector places him at the forefront of this transformation.
With a career that has logically and fluently developed across international business, finance-led commercial management, construction products, and manufacturing, he has observed how, although individual sectors have changed, the common hurdles remain the same. Working with products where quality, technical performance, customer trust, and long-term value are essential.
“I was attracted to manufacturing because it brings together strategy and reality. You can develop a commercial plan, invest in capacity, improve processes, innovate products – and then see the outcome physically installed in buildings. The direct link between business decisions and real-world impact is motivating,” he insights.
Working in insulated panels and building envelope solutions, Ryšavý views the modern industry as one of the key drivers of change in construction.
With the sector needing solutions that support energy efficiency, safety, speed, architectural quality, and sustainability, manufacturing is where many of those ambitions become practical and scalable.
“That’s why I find the sector so exciting; it allows us to combine commercial leadership, technical innovation, and a meaningful contribution to the future of the built environment,” Ryšavý enthuses.
Leading the industry in this evolution is Kingspan Group – a global provider of energy-efficient insulation and building envelope solutions. Developing high-performance systems for projects around the world, the company serves industrial and commercial applications as well as residential, office, and administrative buildings.
Its core portfolio includes insulated roof and wall systems, architectural façade solutions, daylighting systems, and a wide range of system accessories.
“Kingspan Group is internationally recognised for its advanced insulation technologies and complete system solutions designed to enable lower-carbon, high-efficiency buildings,” explains Katja Gessner, Marketing Manager.
“In Kingspan Insulated Panels Nordics (Kingspan Nordics), we carry two brands of sandwich panels. Together with the Kingspan Group brand, we produce and distribute Paroc Panel System – one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality insulated panel systems with a stone wool core. In 2026, the brand marked 40 years of innovation built around the core values of protection, durability, strength, and sustainability.”
BALANCING SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION
Kingspan Nordics – a growing subsidiary of the larger Kingspan Group – is on a mission to create sustainable building envelopes that redefine energy efficiency, safety, and design.
With a physical presence in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Kingspan Nordics’ focus is on being a system provider, supports investors, architects, building designers, fire consultants, authorities, main and subcontractors, and installers, rather than material suppliers.
“Having aesthetically appealing, optimised products in the right place, at the right time, is our main agenda,” highlights Martin Holmberg, Commercial Sales Lead.
“We have a broad portfolio of sandwich panels with QuadCore, Interpenetrating Polymer Network (IPN), or mineral wool (MIWO) cores, combined with all necessary accessories to create façades where only imagination sets the limit. Through technical expertise, verified performance, and responsible manufacturing, we help our customers meet today’s regulations and tomorrow’s sustainability goals.”
Specifically, within the company’s KIP CEME Division, two of its strategic business units, Business Unit (BU) Nordics and Rest of the World (RoW), are structured to address the organisation’s geographic diversity whilst maintaining strategic alignment.
BU Nordics is primarily focused on managing and expanding operations within the region across commercial, industrial, data centre, sport, leisure, and infrastructure sectors. Its role involves deepening market penetration, maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders, and ensuring products and services are tailored to local regulatory requirements and customer preferences.
“Given the maturity and strategic importance of these markets, the unit often emphasises operational excellence, brand positioning, and sustainable growth,” details Mariah Naeem, Business Development and Specification Manager.
Meanwhile, BU RoW succeeds by driving expansion and capturing growth opportunities across a diverse set of international markets. This unit requires greater flexibility and a more dynamic approach, balancing market entry strategies with the scaling of existing operations.
Investing in R&D, forming partnerships, and adapting to market trends have been the focal points for the company’s long-term success.
“Together, these units create a balance between stability and innovation. One consolidates and strengthens the organisation’s position in its core markets, whilst the other broadens its global footprint and drives growth across new and developing markets. Success is demonstrated not only in their individual performance but also in how the teams complement each other,” Naeem explains.
“It’s no longer only about supplying a product at the right price. Customers need solutions that deal with fire safety, energy performance, sustainability, regulations, speed of build, and long-term reliability. The role of a company like ours is becoming more about partnership, technical confidence, and reducing risk for the customer”
Jan Ryšavý, Managing Director BU Nordics and BU RoW, Kingspan Group
DELIVERING EXCELLENCE IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS
Pivotal to Kingspan Nordics’ success is upper management’s work to nurture sharp, high-performing teams whilst driving excellence in complex and premium project environments.
“These teams are built through clarity, trust, and shared purpose. In complex and premium project environments, success does not come from one individual function working well in isolation. It comes from commercial, technical, customer service, project engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams working together with a common understanding of the customer need and project outcome,” expands Ryšavý.
With customers expecting certainty around fire safety, thermal performance, sustainability, lead times, and reliability, Ryšavý and his team focus on being not only commercially strong but also technically confident.
The company also ensures delivery excellence through structured reporting, clear priorities, and regular follow-ups, enabling teams to react quickly, communicate simply, and solve problems as knowledge leaders, not just product suppliers.
“My role as a leader is to set direction, create accountability, empower key people, and remove obstacles. Premium projects require resilience and a solution-oriented mindset. When a team has technical knowledge, ownership, and disciplined execution, it can deliver real value for customers,” Ryšavý asserts.
The continuous success of Kingspan Nordics’ teams can be directly observed through the company’s recent projects.
These include Ahlsell Logistics Centre, Hallsberg, SNØ, Norway, Kokkola Sports Park, MUNCH Museum, Fujirebio Diagnostics’ GoCo Health Innovation City, Lumijälki 2, and S-Market Suutarila.
Specifically, the Ahlsell Logistics Centre, Hallsberg, is a formidable project as Norway’s largest distribution centre. Located in the city of Eidsvoll and completed in 2025, the facility features an extensive solar cell system on the roof that produces more electricity than the building consumes in a year, leading to its ‘very good’ certification from the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology – Norway (BREEAM-NOR).
Additionally, the iconic MUNCH Museum, one of Norway’s most recognisable contemporary cultural buildings, was designed as a landmark waterfront project. It required façade and wall solutions combining architectural freedom, durability, and high-performance building standards.
Paroc Panel System supplied approximately 8,000 square metres (sqm) of insulated wall panels for the project, supporting the realisation of the museum’s distinctive modern appearance whilst meeting strict technical, fire resilience, and sustainability requirements. A key aspect of the project was the ability to merge architectural design freedom with long-term façade durability in a demanding marine environment.
Equally, Paroc Panel System supplied both external and internal insulated panels for several hyperscale data centre developments, primarily in the Helsinki metropolitan area, with total deliveries exceeding 150,000 sqm of panels. The projects form part of the ongoing expansion of digital infrastructure and cloud capacity across the Nordic region.
The projects include large-scale multi-building campus environments, some of which are currently under construction and planned for further expansion in the coming years. These developments highlight Paroc Panel System’s strong position in delivering high-performance building envelope solutions for critical infrastructure and technically demanding data centre facilities, where energy efficiency, durability, fire resilience, and fast installation are essential.
Finally, Fujirebio Diagnostics’ GoCo Health Innovation City project represents a unique combination of Scandinavian and Japanese architectural influences within a modern life science and laboratory environment.
The project features approximately 2,500 sqm of façade surface utilising Dri-Design aluminium cassettes integrated with Paroc Panel System insulated panels. The façade concept enabled both aesthetic flexibility and efficient installation whilst meeting the technical standards required for laboratory facilities.
“For a long time, manufacturing was seen as a traditional, operationally focused sector, but today it’s being reshaped by technology, sustainability goals, supply chain pressures, and changing customer expectations. These factors steer Kingspan Group to drive innovation and encourage us to adapt our approaches to be more towards agile and forward-thinking”
Mariah Naeem, Business Development and Specification Manager, Kingspan Group
GROWING IN THE RIGHT WAY
Crucial to Kingspan Nordics’ continued success are its partner and supplier relationships.
“Supply chain operations in our business are complex and tightly interlinked, requiring precise coordination across sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and customer delivery,” insights Diana Patroiu, Divisional Procurement Director – KIP CEME.
At its core sits the procurement of critical materials, of which ensuring a stable supply, consistent quality, and price visibility is essential. On the operations side, production planning must be closely synchronised with incoming materials flows to avoid potential disruptions in raw materials, which can impact output efficiency and delivery commitment.
“Together with our suppliers, we are operating as partners rather than transactional counterparts, creating a more resilient value chain, reducing risk, and supporting competitiveness for all stakeholders involved,” states Patroiu.
As Kingspan Nordics looks ahead, the company’s main priority is to keep improving delivery for customers, especially in the more demanding and premium parts of the market.
The company has strong opportunities on the horizon, but the key to managing them properly is through the right capacity, service level, and technical support. Specifically, capacity optimisation is crucial for the company. It’s not only about producing more; it’s about using resources smarter, improving planning, simplifying processes where possible, and making customers feel confident in its services.
“The goal for the coming year is to grow in the right way: focus on the right sectors, improve service, support customers earlier, and make sure our teams have the tools and knowledge to deliver premium solutions with confidence,” concludes Ryšavý.
“Ultimately, we are proud to be part of an industry that is helping shape safer, better, and more sustainable buildings for the future.”
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