# Plant for basalt fiber sound and heat proof materials to be built in Balkan Region

The Ministry of Industry and Construction Production of Turkmenistan will contract with Gamma Meccanica S.p.A. to build a facility for production of sound and heat proof materials from fine basalt fiber in Jebel Settlement, Balkanabat. Construction starts October 2020, operation in October 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-09-18
- Where: Jebel Settlement, Balkanabat, Balkan Region, Turkmenistan
- Starts operating: Oct 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: sound and heat proof materials from fine basalt fiber
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Ministry of Industry and Construction Production of Turkmenistan](https://endata.com/companies/50023.md)
- [Gamma Meccanica S.p.A.](https://endata.com/companies/50024.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [turkmenistan.gov.tm](https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/index.php/en/post/15044/plant-for-production-of-sound-and-heat-proof-materials-from-basalt-fiber-to-be-built-in-balkan-region), 2020-09-18: "President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution, according to which the Ministry of Industry and Construction Production of Turkmenistan is entitled to enter into contract with Gamma Meccanica S.p.A. on procurement of equipment for construction of facility for production of sound and heat "

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