Log cutting marks start of ‘something really big’ at Madison insulation mill

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 21, 2023

Instead of a ribbon, some of Maine’s top politicians and the White House climate adviser celebrated the cutting of a log on Friday to enshrine a pioneering wood fiber insulation mill. After years of pandemic-related hurdles to acquire more than $125 million in public and private financing, TimberHP is now the first company in North America to produce wood fiber insulation. It is already employing 70 people on the site of a paper mill whose closure devastated the Somerset County town of Madison in 2016.