Domtar Inc. said it established a joint venture concern with Pittsburgh-based Koppers Co. that will build a plant in Cornwall, Ontario, to produce phenolic building insulation with high thermal value.
Besides saving weight, phenolic composites resist corrosion and damp noise and vibration, Rogers says.
Highland Park kilns about 20 per cent of its malt and that part represents the only malt to lend its smokey 'phenolic' character to the whisky.