- CEO
- Jes Munk Hansen
- Full Time Employees
- 12,122
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Construction
- Address
- Hovedgaden 584 Hedehusene Denmark 2640
- IPO Date
- Jan 8, 2025
- Business
- Rockwool A/S Rockwool A/S is a Denmark-based multinational manufacturer and supplier of stone wool insulation and related systems solutions for the building, industrial, marine, horticultural, and engineered fibers sectors. Founded in 1937 and headquartered in Hedehusene, the company operates 42 factories across 23 countries and sells its products in over 120 countries worldwide, with key markets in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, North America, and Asia. Rockwool A/S produces a broad portfolio of stone wool-based products, including building insulation for thermal, acoustic, and fire protection in residential, commercial, and non-residential applications; technical and industrial insulation for process industries, marine, and offshore uses; customized stone wool solutions for OEM and sandwich panel manufacturers; wall and facade systems such as external thermal insulation composites; acoustic ceilings under the Rockfon brand; horticultural substrates via Grodan for controlled environment agriculture; engineered fibers under Lapinus for friction, gaskets, noise control, and water management; and Rockpanel boards for ventilated facades. The company serves B2B customers including installers, distributors, contractors, and end-users focused on energy efficiency, fire safety, sound reduction, and sustainability. In recent developments, Rockwool A/S has pursued aggressive capacity expansion and strategic acquisitions, committing to new factories in the United States, Sweden, and India, additional production lines in Romania and the U.S., and land acquisition near Birmingham, UK, for a future electric-melting facility; it acquired Wetherby Building Systems Ltd., a leading UK supplier of external thermal insulation facade systems, in Q4 2024, and Vietnam's largest stone wool manufacturer, Khai Hoan Insulation, to bolster its Asia presence. The company advanced its decarbonization efforts by electrifying production lines in Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Romania, and Sweden, achieving a 75% CO2 reduction at its Flums factory and covering all European factory electricity with green certificates in 2024; Jes Munk Hansen succeeded as CEO in September 2024. These initiatives support revenue growth of 6% in local currencies to 3,855 million euros in 2024, with an EBIT margin of 17.5%, amid investments of 376 million euros in property, plant, and equipment.