Carlisle Construction Materials

Covestro will supply Carlisle Construction Materials with methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) made from biobased or recycled materials. Carlisle will use the low-carbon MDI to make polyisocyanurate insulation boards.

Carlisle Construction Materials has awarded a contract to Covestro to supply 99%-reduced CO2 bio-circular methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) for use in its PIR insulation boards. The switch is expected to save 2.4t of CO2 emissions per tonne used.

Covestro AG will supply Carlisle Construction Materials with bio-circular MDI (Mondur CQ 489 MS) based on ISCC PLUS certified mass balanced raw materials, enabling Carlisle to produce polyiso insulation boards with lower embodied carbon.

Carlisle Construction Materials opened a new nearly 500,000-square-foot polyiso insulation production facility in Sikeston, Missouri, with an investment of over $100 million. The facility will create 100 jobs.

Carlisle Construction Materials is investing $62 million and creating 100 new jobs at a new 455,000 sq ft polyiso manufacturing facility in Sikeston, Missouri.