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SOPREMA announces construction of polyisocyanurate plant

Soprema — Mon, 18 Mar 2013

(March 11, 2013) Drummondville – In the presence of the Minister des Finances et de l’Économie Nicolas Marceau, the Minister du Développement durable, de l’Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs and Minister responsable des régions du Centre-du-Québec et de la Mauricie Yves-François Blanchet and Drummondville Mayor Francine Ruest-Jutras, Pierre-Étienne Bindschedler, CEO of SOPREMA, today announced to a news conference the construction of a new polyisocyanurate manufacturing facility in Drummondville.

ON THE PICTURE: From left to right, you can recognize the Minister des Finances et de l'Économie Nicolas Marceau, CEO of SOPREMA Pierre-Étienne Bindschedler, Drummondville Mayor Francine Ruest-Jutras, the North America VP and General Manager Richard Voyer and the Minister du Développement durable, de l'Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs and Minister responsable des régions du Centre-du-Québec et de la Mauricie Yves-François Blanchet.

Half Day SOPREMA Symposium

Soprema — Fri, 09 Nov 2012

Would you be interested in attending an event in Victoria hosted by Soprema covering the following on Thursday January 17th, 2013?

High Performance Systems
CAN/CSA A123.21-10
LEED Accreditation
SopraRock Insulation
ASTM Standards

We are asking that people send an email or phone to confirm their interest. The event will be held at the Marriott Victoria Inner Harbour Hotel at 728 Humboldt Street in Victoria.

Please email, or phone Kim at 604 576-3633.

SOPREMA strengthens its position in the market with the acquisition of CONVOY SUPPLY LTD.

Soprema — Mon, 05 Nov 2012

In October, to further consolidate its leading position in building insulation, SOPREMA acquired 100% of the activities of CONVOY, a Canadian company specializing in insulation and roofing materials.

SOPREMA unveils its mammouth Spirit

Soprema — Tue, 27 Sep 2011

Last September 19th, SOPREMA North American corporate headquarters unveiled The Mammouth Spirit, a sculpture representing the logo of the centennial French company. This work of art is the largest bronze sculpture ever cast in Canada.

A Sculpture Modelled After SOPREMA

Created by Vincent Champion-Ercoli in 2010-2011, this sculpture-fountain was initially meant to be an object of liaison. It was designed for this location, taking the building, traffic and surrounding spaces into consideration. SOPREMA management wanted it to be visible from afar and the sculptor wanted it to be placed directly on the ground imposing but accessible, inviting the visitors to pass through it, touch it and feel it to better understand it.

Three bronze elements which, through complex intersections, merge around a fourth one, to form a spherical whole. This cornerstone of synergy, emitting strength and energy, reflects the spirit of the company and is modelled after SOPREMA Corporation, which was collectively built over more than a century and whose spirit of innovation is at the heart of its success. In fact, it is the company's values, namely respect, integrity and concern for the environment that inspired the artist to create this sculpture making it a worldwide reference, like SOPREMA is in its sector of activity.

The three bronze elements also refer to the three principal actors in the creation of this project: the artist-designer and the foundry worker and landscape artist, who worked for and in the spirit of SOPREMA to create the largest bronze sculpture in Canada. The Mammouth Spirit weighs approximately four tons. The sculpture is 4.6 m high, 6.6 m long and 4 m wide. Moulding and casting of the 85 pieces and finishing touches to the sculpture were carried out by the la Fonderie d'art d'Inverness, necessitating nearly ten months of work by a dozen artists from the Fonderie d'art.

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