Press Releases

2010/06/29 Bau-Vip.de - Porextherm launches new building & construction website Vacupor® - Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIPs) become more and more important for building & construction applications. For this reason we designed a new website for our costumers. This website is especially designed for interested parties of the building industries. »
2010/06/25 Porextherm at the Fuel Cell Forum 2010 in Lucerne The Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum 2010, that will take place from June 29th to July 2nd, 2010, will be a highlight of the European fuel cell year.  »
2010/06/18 Passivhaustagung in Dresden 2010 Succesful fair presence for Porexthem at the 14th International Passivhaustagung in Dresden »
2010/05/25 Vacuspeed® the new system for fast, easy and flexible high-performance insulation Vacuspeed ® the new system product for quick and easy high performance insulation in surface applications. Due to the new Vacuspeed ® system, the installation of vacuum insulation panels gets to a child's play now in practice. With just four standardized Vacuspeed ® formats plus the flexible Vacuspeed ® Cut, surfaces can be insulated fast, easy and flexible. »
2010/03/24 Porextherm at the Hydrogen + Fuel Cells fair / HANNOVER MESSE 2010 Porextherm will exhibit at the Hydrogen + Fuel Cells fair / HANNOVER MESSE 2010 »
2010/03/23 record attendance at the FC EXPO 2010 With a record attendance the FC EXPO 2010 has gone to the end. On the 3 days of the fair, every day (!) more than 26.000 visitors informed themselves. »
2010/02/05 6. International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo 2010 Porextherm will again this year be represented at the FC Expo in Tokyo together with its distributor for Japan, Krosaki-Harima Co., Ltd.  »
2009/12/09 Successful ISO 9001 re-certification and ISO 14001 certification Since 2003, Porextherm Dämmstoffe GmbH has maintained a certified quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001. »
2009/11/09 Vacupor® NT-B2 has been selected for publishing Vacupor® NT-B2 has been selected for publishing at the independent material information platform Materia.nl »
2009/04/28 Passive House Conference 2009 in Frankfurt - Once again big rush at the Porextherm booth. Passive House Conference 2009 in Frankfurt. Once again big rush at the Porextherm booth. The International Passivhaustagung has verified its ranking as the leading event in the field of energy-efficient construction.  »
2009/03/23 For the sake of the environment - Implementation of an environmental management system according EN ISO 14001:2004 Porextherm is expanding its management system and integrates an environmental management system according to EN ISO 14001:2004 »
2008/12/15 WDS® PROTECTION G-PLUS - NEW PRODUCT – NEW POSSIBILITIES! Porextherm has developed a totally new coating for its microporous thermal insulations. With WDS® Protection G-Plus, the user is in a position to considerably improve protection of the rather fragile surface of the WDS® products against mechanical influences.  »
2008/11/17 Successful surveillance audit according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 Since November 2003 Porextherm Dämmstoffe GmbH possess a quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 confirmed by a certification executed by TÜV Rheinland Group. After the certification was confirmed and endorsed with an excellent audit result in year 2006, now the yearly surveillance audit might took place. »
2008/10/14 Porextherm arranged international WDS-Symposium From Sept. 24 to Sept. 26 we had our 4. international WDS Symposium. »
2008/09/10 Junior staff circle of the BMWI visits Porextherm Study trip leads junior staff circle of Federal Ministry for economics and technology (BMWI) to Porextherm in Kempten. »
2008/08/28 Merger of all plant sections is finished The new Center for Logistics, Warehouse, Shipping and Workshop has opened right next door to Porextherm, after a construction period of only 4 months.  »
2008/08/05 Ü-label for Vacupor NT-B2 On July 7th, 2008 the FIW issued the certificate of conformity with the number Z1-247.0-01-01/2008. It was confirmed, that according to the results of production control of the manufacturer and the external control by the FIW, Vacupor NT-B2 comply with the provisions of the general approval of the building authorities. »
2007/11/09 Solar Decathlon 2007 – and the winner is... Darmstadt Washington / Darmstadt, 20/10/2007. The Technical University of Darmstadt has won the international competition "Solar Decathlon 2007" to the most attractive and energy efficient solar house. »
2007/06/15 Floor insulation at the solar house began After the topping-out ceremony on May 16th the floor insulation works with Vacupor® VIPs began at the solar house.  »
2007/05/21 Topping-out ceremony for Solar Decathlon House at TU-Darmstadt Porextherm supports TU-Darmstadt with Vacupor® VIPs at the Solar Decathlon competition 2007  »
2007/04/25 WDS® High Glass Fabrics - Porextherm´s new high temperature insulation WDS® High Glass Fabrics is a microporous panel which is completely sewed in glass fabric. This special packaging enables almost dust-free handling during processing and greatly reduces its susceptibility for breakage.  »
2006/12/19 Innovation meets Innovation – Vacupor® inside of Flying Spaces The basic principle is adapted to today’s time: Flexibility, also in housing. The idea of Flying Spaces was created according to this principle. It is a housing system developed to keep up with the changes of the time. »
2006/10/13 BioHaus Minnesota – Vacupor® VIPs used in the first certified Passivhouse in North America The BioHaus at Waldsee, is a cutting edge sustainability project in the USA. In tune with the philosophy of the language village, learning by immersion, this project is based upon the German Passivhaus standard and the concept of the building is that its design will facilitate learning in all its details of sustainable construction. »