JACKON UK & JABLITE Combine After Corporate Merger of BEWI & JACKON

JABLITE and JACKON UK are set to form a new, united force in the UK insulation and construction products sector. The two brands combined will become the first UK manufacturer to offer both EPS (expanded polystyrene) and imported XPS (extruded polystyrene) solutions.

This follows the completion of the merger between JACKON and BEWI on 12th October 2022.

BEWI is the owner of JABLITE, the UK’s largest producer of EPS products for the construction industry. It is a leading manufacturer of insulation and civils products, which include the JABLITE thermal floor system, JABLITE ground heave protection and the leading brands Fillmaster, Claymaster and Jabfloor.

Meanwhile JACKON owns the JACKOBOARD® brand of backerboards, as well as THERMOMUR® ICF and JACKODUR® ATLAS building systems. These brands are amongst the market leaders in the UK.

Both businesses are excited about the improvements and the innovations they will be able to deliver together. As well as shared customers and new routes to market, JABLITE’s manufacturing sites provide new opportunities for JACKON UK in terms of production and warehousing with the potential of transport synergies.

Colin Higham, managing director, JACKON UK, says: “This development is very exciting for us. It provides increased scale and resource in the UK market to underpin future growth, as well as the ability to serve customers better right across the group.”

John Cooper, managing director of JABLITE, adds: “There are many opportunities for collaboration. JACKON has some great products that our customers have already expressed an interest in buying from the new BEWI UK business that we will become.

“Our product portfolios are complementary, and we look forward to working with the JACKON team to identify opportunities for new product development,” he says.

About BEWI ASA

BEWI is an international provider of packaging, components, and insulation solutions. The company’s commitment to sustainability is integrated throughout the value chain, from production of raw materials and end goods, to recycling of used products. With a vision to protect people and goods for a better every day, BEWI is leading the change towards a circular economy.

BEWI ASA is listed at the Oslo Børs under the ticker BEWI.

JACKON & BEWI Announce Completion of Merger

JACKON and BEWI have announced that the merger between the two companies is now complete.

JACKON is the owner of the JACKOBOARD ® brand of backerboards, a market leader in the UK, and also
the THERMOMUR ® ICF and JACKODUR ® ATLAS building systems. BEWI is an international manufacturer of packaging, components and insulation solutions, with strong growth ambitions. Since 2014 it has acquired more than 30 companies in Europe.

JACKON is now wholly owned by BEWI ASA. The two companies are an ideal fit in terms of both markets
and products, making a merger very logical and a benefit to both companies. Up to this point JACKON has been a family-owned industrial group with headquarters in Fredrikstad, Norway. The company was
founded in 1956, and today has approximately 935 employees and 20 facilities in Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the UK. For the 12 months up to June 2022, turnover was EUR
437m.

Combined, BEWI and JACKON have around 70 facilities, in addition to 12 facilities owned through minority-owned companies, operating in 13 European countries. The company has approximately 3,400 dedicated employees.

BEWI also recently became the owner of 100 per cent of the Jablite Group (increasing its holding from 49 per cent), the largest manufacturer of EPS insulation and packaging in the UK. Going forward, the group expects to be able to maximise synergies between JACKON UK and Jablite with regard to a broadened product offering, unrivalled customer service and a strengthened commitment to sustainability, which is a cornerstone of both businesses. In the short term there are no changes in the day-to-day running of JACKON UK or Jablite.

“We have been looking forward to this day for a long time and we cannot wait to get started with the
integration of our two companies,” says Christain Bekken, CEO of BEWI. “Finally we can welcome all the JACKON employees to our organisation. We really see a great potential in combining our two companies,
creating strong synergies across our value chain.”

Colin Higham, Managing Director of JACKON UK Ltd, says: “I believe this development is very exciting for
JACKON UK, as it provides increased scale and resource in the UK market to underpin future growth, as
well as the ability to serve customers better right across the group.”

Kingham Barns Project Shortlisted in The Build It Awards

The Kingham Barns project, which uses THERMOMUR® 350 Super block, has been shortlisted to win a prestigious Build It Award.


Entered into the category for Best ICF Home in the annual Build It Awards, being shortlisted represents a huge achievement as the Awards have seen a record number of entries this year. So we are thrilled that the judges have recognised our entry in this way!


THERMOMUR® 350 Super block enables a U-value of 0.15 straight out of the box. This means it fully complies with the changes to Part L building regs which came in this year. These stipulate a maximum of 0.16 U-value on external walls, as part of a requirement that new homes emit 31% less CO2 than is required by the current Part L.


The winners of the Build It Awards 2022 will be announced at a Gala Dinner on the 25th  of November at the Hilton Bankside.

Upmarket Oxfordshire Development Highlights THERMOMUR® ICF Benefits

A prestigious new development in the West Oxfordshire village of Kingham has used THERMOMUR® 350 Super Block to provide the most energy efficient building system currently available.

This product enables a U-value of 0.15 straight out of the box. This means it fully complies with the changes to Part L Building Regultions coming into effect in June this year. These will stipulate a maximum of 0.16 U-value on external walls, as part of a requirement that new homes emit 31% less CO2 than is required by the current Part L.

Kingham Barns comprise five buildings, one of which is a gym. The developer is the HENGE Group and the contractor is Agilitee. Two of the houses and the gym are new builds and have been constructed using the JACKON products. The other two houses are refurbishments of existing Cotswold stone structures.

Chaminda Narayan, the Managing Director of Agilitee has now used THERMOMUR® on a number of projects and is very enthusiastic about its benefits. “There simply is no other block that compares to THERMOMUR® on strength, U-values or price. This is now our preferred building system. It meets the toughest new regulations on insulation, it is straightforward to use, with minimal wastage and it can be clad using almost unlimited different methods, which is important in a heritage type of project such as this.”

The completed multi-residential development looks absolutely stunning and is a credit to all involved, especially the team from Agilitee Ltd. “This has been a very satisfying project,” says Glenn Kiely, Business Development Manager at JACKON. “It shows that THERMOMUR® blocks can be used to create highly aesthetic new housing developments, which also fully comply with – in fact comfortably exceed – the new Future Homes Standard regs that are coming in this year. JACKON is ahead of the game!”

Part L – Bring it on!

Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations are the latest phase of the Government’s drive to reduce CO2 emissions caused by the domestic housing stock – and they come into effect this month!

The changes were first announced in December 2021 and aim to tackle the fact that heating and powering buildings currently accounts for 40% of all UK energy use and 20% of emissions. From 15 June 2022, all new homes must produce 30% less carbon dioxide emissions than previous standards.

A step on the way towards the Future Homes Standard, which comes fully into effect in 2025, the Part L changes now put responsibility on to housebuilders and developers to deliver more energy-efficient homes and play their part in combating climate change.

Critically the part L changes involve a tightening up of the U-value targets for new homes, renovations and extensions. The new U-value targets can be found on the Government website.

The target U-value stated in the new part L regulations for external walls is U = 0.18 W/(m2 K), while the target U-value for floors is U = 0.13 W/(m2 K).

These targets are no problem for THERMOMUR® 350 Super range – currently its company’s best-selling range in the UK – achieves 0.15 for walls with no added materials, and the JACKODUR® ATLAS system can achieve 0.11.

So the benefits of JACKON’s 60 years’ expertise in EPS (moulded expanded polystyrene) and XPS (extruded polystyrene) manufacturing are easy to see. The company’s two complementary building systems, JACKODUR® ATLAS for insulated floor slabs and THERMOMUR® ICF for the formwork, enable you to build energy-efficient, sustainable buildings, which help keep you on the right side of the ever-changing construction regulations!