Our history

The foundation stone has benn laid

Poliglas is established by the Masiá Mas-Bagá family, specializing in the business of natural lighting and molding of thermoplastics.

Dämmstoffe Held is established

The insulation firm Dämmstoffe Held GmbH is established in Dinslaken, Germany.

Poliglas enters the insulation business

Poliglas first enters the insulation business by producing GLASCOPOR Expanded Polystyrene. The first subsidiary company is created in Madrid in 1973 and is followed by one in Seville in 1976.

Dämmstoffe Held builds a glass mineral wool plant

Fifteen years after it began operations, Dämmstoffe Held GmbH builds a glass mineral wool factory in Wesel (Germany).

Poliglas builds first glass mineral wool plant

The first Poliglas glass mineral wool plant is built at El Pla de Santa Maria in Tarragona (Spain), which starts commercializing its products under the brand GLASCOWOOL.

Poliglas SA France is born

Poliglas SA France is established with a subsidiary in Toulouse, a big step towards the Group’s international expansion.

The first XPS plant

The first POLIGLAS extruded polystyrene (XPS) plant was also built in El Plà de Santa Maria (Tarragona – Spain), and it soon started commercializing the brand GLASCOFOAM.

Uralita Group acquires POLIGLAS

Uralita Group, the leading Spanish manufacturer of building materials, acquired POLIGLAS and its insulation business.

Pfleiderer also enters the insulation business

The German firm Pfleiderer AG, wanting to enhance its product portfolio, entered the insulation business through the acquisition of the manufacturer Dämmstoffe Held GmbH that was located in Wesel (Germany).

A glass mineral wool plant in Slovenia

Pfleiderer, in line with its expansion strategy, acquired KRKA Novoterm d.o.o., a Slovenian company with a glass mineral wool plant in Novo Mesto. KRKA had a strong market share in the former Yugoslavia and it also delivered glass mineral wool to Italy and Austria.

Pfleiderer´s fast growth and POLIGLAS´ market consolidation

This year POLIGLAS established its presense in Germany and Italy by founding local branches – POLIGLAS GmbH and POLIGLAS Srl.. Pfleiderer purchased Isoglass N.V., a Belgian firm with a glass mineral wool plant in Desselgem and presence in the Benelux, France and the UK. Pfleiderer also opened-up a new glass mineral wool plant in Delitzsch (Germany).

A new glass mineral wool plant in Russia

Pfleiderer continued growing, this time through the acquisition of a glass mineral wool plant in Chudovo (Russia) that had been formerly established by Mehr&Held GmbH, the engineering arm of previously mentioned Dämmstoffe Held GmbH.

Pfleiderer increases production capacity. POLIGLAS builds its 2nd XPS plant

Due to market growth, production capacities of the Novo Mesto (Slovenia) and Desselgem (Belgium) plants were increased. At the same time, Pfleiderer technika izolacyjna Polska was established as a sales subsidiary in Poland. POLIGLAS built its second plant of extruded polystyrene in Queis (Germany).

POLIGLAS starts its stone mineral wool business

POLIGLAS continued with its European industrial expansion program through the acquisition of the Isolyth Rt. plant in Tapolca (Hungary) and the launch of the stone mineral wool branded GLASCOROCK. Pfleiderer opened a sales office in Kiev (Ukraine).

A new glass mineral wool plant and new international sales offices

POLIGLAS France Industrie S.A. was established in St. Avold (France) paving the way for the construction of a new glass mineral wool plant in France. This same year POLIGLAS Ltd. and POLIGLAS Dämmsysteme GmbH were established in London (England) and Frankfurt (Germany), respectively.

POLIGLAS acquires Fibraver while Pfleiderer adds two more GW factories

POLIGLAS celebrated its 50th anniversary. This very same year, it acquired Fibraver in France, together with a glass mineral wool plant in Beaucaire (France). Pfleiderer acquired a glass mineral wool plant in Salgotarjan (Hungary) while the factory in Dabrowa Gornicza (Poland) started operations.

St. Avold facilities start operations

POLIGLAS´ new plant in St. Avold (France) started the production of glass mineral wool.

A second glass mineral wool plant in Russia

Pfleiderer decided to build the second GW plant in Serpukhov (Russia).

Uralita Group purchases Pfleiderer’s insulation division

Uralita acquired Pfeiderer’s insulation division. POLIGLAS started the development of the Adriatic project related to the construction of an XPS plant in Bondeno (Italy).

Capacity increase in Bondeno

POLIGLAS started installing a second production line in order to increase the capacity of the recently built XPS factory in Bondeno (Italy).

URSA is born with a new image

As a result of the merger of POLIGLAS and Pfleiderer, URSA was born as a new company combining the expertise of the two businesses. A totally fresh and new image of URSA was created and a new logo and corporate image were launched. Parallel, the new brands were launched, the flagship ones being URSA GLASSWOOL and URSA XPS

Capacity increase in Serpukhov

URSA built a second production line in its Serpukhov plant (Russia).

New XPS plant in St. Avold

URSA built an XPS plant in the existing production site of St. Avold (France) with a capacity of 250,000 m3.

100 years of Uralita. New XPS plant in Russia and more capacity growth

Uralita Group celebrated its 100th anniversary. URSA’s 5th production center on extruded polystyrene insulation was built in Serpukhov (Russia) while the capacity of the St. Avold glass mineral wool plant (France) was increased up to 34,000 tons.

A glass mineral wool plant acquired in Turkey

URSA’s expansion beyond Europe continued. This time through the acquisition of the glass mineral wool business of Ozpor, whose plant is located in Polatli (Ankara – Turkey).

Launching of innovative and revolutionary PureOne

URSA launched the premium product PureOne - the first white, soft and high performing mineral wool in Europe. This launching falls within the corporate strategy of offering the most innovative and sustainable product lines while additionally contribute to improve indoor air quality. URSA TERRA, the new mineral wool insulation providing for a high quality acoustic insulation, was also launched this year.

URSA GEO is simultaneously launched internationally

URSA launched URSA GEO, an innovative product in its standard range that provides for high thermal and acoustic insulation, coupled with excellent mechanical and fire-resistance characteristics.

PureOne receives several European awards

Throughout its history URSA has received many awards, but few times has one of its product been so internationally acclaimed. URSA’s star product PureOne received a number of awards all around Europe such as Product Innovation BAU 2011, Green Brand Innovation certificate, end-consumer recognitions etc.

URSA Insulation receives another Environmental Product Declaration

URSA Germany receives the Environmental Product Declaration after passing the evaluation under IBU standards (Institut für Bauen und Umwelt).

URSA new award for Product of the Year 2012

The readers of the journal dachbaumagazin choose the high performance insulation PureOne by URSA as Product of the year 2012.

URSA starts production after earthquake

URSAs extruded polystyrene manufacturing plant in Bondeno (Italy) starts the production after going through severe reconstruction work, consequence of the serious earthquake which hit the region of Ferrara on the 20th May 2012.

URSA launches its new corporate image

The two polar bears, URSAs logo and emblem, remain present. A symbol of protection and adaptation to the environment, which represents the values that the company wants to deliver: well-being, closeness and humanity.

URSA becomes part of the Xella Group