Cianbro is still hard at work, prepping the big holes in the floors for infill in the interior of the mill, and the erection of steel structures to support the blend chambers and flash tube dryer cyclones on the exterior. It’s starting to look a lot different around here!
Cianbro is still hard at work, prepping the big holes in the floors for infill in the interior of the mill, and the erection of steel structures to support the blend chambers and flash tube dryer cyclones on the exterior. It’s starting to look a lot different around here!
In late August, members of the TimberHP marketing team hit the road to work on an exciting building project in the town of Vergennes, VT. Alex Carver, a veteran Vermont builder and board member of the Addison County chapter of Habitat for Humanity, visited TimberHP’s booth at the Better Buildings by Design Conference in April […]
In late August, members of the TimberHP marketing team hit the road to work on an exciting building project in the town of Vergennes, VT. Alex Carver, a veteran Vermont builder and board member of the Addison County chapter of Habitat for Humanity, visited TimberHP’s booth at the Better Buildings by Design Conference in April in Burlington, where he mentioned the Habitat home he was building in the Vergennes. The Addison Habitat chapter has built more than 10 homes in this area near Middlebury College since 2001. Students in Middlebury’s architecture department partner with a local firm, McLeod Kredell Architects, on the home designs, which feature energy efficient materials and design elements, including triple-glazed windows, passive solar orientation, and a maintenance-free exterior. Carver noted that his upcoming project would be using European wood fiber insulation boards and asked if the TimberHP team wanted to travel to Vermont in August to help volunteers with the install, we happily agreed. The offer presented a unique opportunity, at TimberHP, we’re always thinking about ways to share the wood fiber insulation story with early adopters, contractors and specifiers. The Vergennes installation was a chance to get some hands-on experience with a diverse construction crew and share some tips and tricks—a true market research test group in the field!
Helping early adopters of wood fiber insulation become comfortable working with these new products is a major focus of our go-to-market preparations at TimberHP. Our exterior board sizes will range from 1″ to 9 ¼″ in thickness. Working with our team, the Vermont crew was able to use simple, conventional circular, table and hand saws with soft fiber blades to cut the boards.
The European-sourced board used on the Vermont project was a bit less dense than what TimberHP plans to produce for this application. The Vermont team was forced to use lower density and thinner than desired boards due to demand and supply chain issues that have plagued the importation of European wood fiber insulation. Using the 1 ½″ boards meant that the team had to install multiple layers on the outside of the building. The design of the building envelope on this project—done without structural sheathing and using only insulation and membranes—gave us a valuable opportunity to really drill down on key aspects of air and moisture management.
His crew, Alex Carver noted, “really liked the insulation and will be using the same system again.” Currently, there’s a 3 to 6 month wait to obtain wood fiber insulation from Europe via container ship. Timber HP anticipates cutting that lead time—and price—dramatically when the company begins producing insulation in Madison and leveraging local insulation and building materials suppliers to channel its products to market.
“We really liked the insulation and will be using the same system again”
– Alex Carver, lead builder and board member at Addison County Habitat for Humanity
The outside façade of the mill in Madison is changing by the week. We hope you enjoy this month’s photo gallery showing our progress! see last month’s update Want the updates delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to our newsletter!
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We’re excited about the transformation that’s now starting to become visible outside the mill, as you drive by on Main St. If you’ve been through town lately, you may have noticed the extensive foundation work that’s been completed along the building’s exterior walls. These foundations will support key equipment required to convert raw wood chips […]
We’re excited about the transformation that’s now starting to become visible outside the mill, as you drive by on Main St. If you’ve been through town lately, you may have noticed the extensive foundation work that’s been completed along the building’s exterior walls. These foundations will support key equipment required to convert raw wood chips into insulation, including a blend chamber, dryer tube and dryer cyclones. This machinery, once installed in the coming months, will rise high above the existing roof of the mill nearly 80 feet. In addition, the narrow, yellow piping, now visible on some of the exterior walls, will transport natural gas to power operations. We hope you enjoy a few of these snap shots of our progress.
As construction continues at the TimberHP manufacturing plant in Madison, Maine, we only grow more fascinated by the rich history of the mill. The building actually includes two different mills. There’s the newer mill, built in 1980. This is where TimberHP will make wood fiber insulation. In July, the outside façade of this main building will begin […]
As construction continues at the TimberHP manufacturing plant in Madison, Maine, we only grow more fascinated by the rich history of the mill. The building actually includes two different mills.
There’s the newer mill, built in 1980. This is where TimberHP will make wood fiber insulation. In July, the outside façade of this main building will begin to change dramatically as equipment, extending as high as eight stories above the building’s existing roof, is erected to convey, refine, dry, and blend daily shipments of wood chips. The interior of the building will be transformed as well with the installation of three separate manufacturing lines.
Behind the newer building, right along the Kennebec River, is the old mill.
On Tuesday morning April 26th, the TimberHP sales and marketing team piled into Chief Marketing Officer Scott Dionne’s Ford F-150, U-Haul trailer in tow, and hit the road for Burlington, Vermont. Better Buildings by Design, sponsored annually by Efficiency Vermont, is the premier design and construction conference in the Northeast. This year’s theme, title, appropriately enough, Pathways […]
On Tuesday morning April 26th, the TimberHP sales and marketing team piled into Chief Marketing Officer Scott Dionne’s Ford F-150, U-Haul trailer in tow, and hit the road for Burlington, Vermont. Better Buildings by Design, sponsored annually by Efficiency Vermont, is the premier design and construction conference in the Northeast. This year’s theme, title, appropriately enough, Pathways to Decarbonization, featured keynote addresses and panel discussions led by nationally-recognized leaders in the fields of building technology and design—including TimberHP co-founder Matt O’Malia.
Continue reading “TimberHP Takes Burlington at BBD’22”In a recent story for its yearlong “Cliamte Driven” series, Maine Public Radio’s Fred Bever visited Madison to talk with TimberHP co-founder Matt O’Malia and the team about the company’s origins, its growth and the ability of its wood fiber insulation products to store carbon in the built environment and promote sustainable forestry.
In a recent story for its yearlong “Cliamte Driven” series, Maine Public Radio’s Fred Bever visited Madison to talk with TimberHP co-founder Matt O’Malia and the team about the company’s origins, its growth and the ability of its wood fiber insulation products to store carbon in the built environment and promote sustainable forestry.
Continue reading “Maine Public Radio Reports on TimberHP for “Climate Driven” Series”Maine Governor Janet Mills joined TimberHP investors, company staff, supporters and friends late last month in Madison to celebrate construction, now underway, to turn the mill into the first wood fiber insulation manufacturing plant in North America. “Today, thanks to the hard work and perseverance of our team, our investors and our many partners in […]
Maine Governor Janet Mills joined TimberHP investors, company staff, supporters and friends late last month in Madison to celebrate construction, now underway, to turn the mill into the first wood fiber insulation manufacturing plant in North America.
“Today, thanks to the hard work and perseverance of our team, our investors and our many partners in government and the private sector,” said GO Lab co-founder Matt O’Malia in welcoming remarks, “we’ve begun the process of transforming this place where we’re all gathered into a 21st century manufacturing hub for a new generation of forest products.”
Continue reading “GO Lab Celebrates Start of TimberHP Mill Renovation”December 30, 2021 Proceeds to be used to renovate Maine paper mill, make TimberHP—wood fiber insulation, made in North America, beginning in Q1 2023 Madison, Maine — GO Lab, Inc., is pleased to announce the closing of its sale of $85 million tax-exempt green bonds issued by the Finance Authority of Maine. Citigroup Global Markets, underwriter for the […]
December 30, 2021
Proceeds to be used to renovate Maine paper mill, make TimberHP—wood fiber insulation, made in North America, beginning in Q1 2023
Madison, Maine — GO Lab, Inc., is pleased to announce the closing of its sale of $85 million tax-exempt green bonds issued by the Finance Authority of Maine. Citigroup Global Markets, underwriter for the transaction, successfully sold the notes to fourteen different institutional investors that manage large municipal bond funds. With the bond closing, GO Lab also completed a New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transaction. The two financings give GO Lab the cash in hand to launch construction of its wood fiber insulation manufacturing facility at the former UPM paper mill in Madison, Maine.
Continue reading “GO Lab, Inc. closes $85 million green bond sale, New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transaction”November 9, 2021 Madison, Maine — GO Lab, Inc. is pleased to announce approval of a capital project to renovate a former paper mill in Madison, Maine to manufacture wood fiber insulation products for the residential and light commercial construction markets. Buildout of the facility and installation of manufacturing lines will be financed with the proceeds from […]
November 9, 2021
Madison, Maine — GO Lab, Inc. is pleased to announce approval of a capital project to renovate a former paper mill in Madison, Maine to manufacture wood fiber insulation products for the residential and light commercial construction markets. Buildout of the facility and installation of manufacturing lines will be financed with the proceeds from the sale of up to $85 million tax exempt bonds to be issued by the Finance Authority of Maine. Proceeds of the bonds will be lent to GO Lab Madison, LLC, a subsidiary of GO Lab, Inc. GO Lab, Inc. has engaged Citigroup Global Markets to act as underwriter with respect to the bonds.
Continue reading “GO Lab, Inc. to begin construction of first wood fiber insulation manufacturing plant in North America”
