Wood Fiber Insulation

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peakbagger

Minister of Fire
Jul 11, 2008
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Northern NH
Looks like a company is buying the vacant Madison Maine papermill to make a wood fiber insulation not manufactured in the US. The company buying the place also got a grant for $750,000 for the project. I haven't found any good links specific to this project but did find this domain with an Italian product that looks pretty interesting.

http://www.woodfiberinsulation.com/

I wonder how carpenter ants like it ;)

There is lot of focus on rebuilding the forest industry in Maine. There are a couple of abandoned mill sites and an underutilized market for low grade wood.
 
Wonder if they saturate in borax before pressing into panels?
 
Sounds flammable.