Cianbro will be the general contractor for the refit of the Madison mill as a manufacturing site for GO Lab’s innovative insulation.
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Cianbro Cos., Maine’s largest construction company, will be the general contractor for GO Lab Inc.’s plan to retrofit the old Madison mill as a manufacturing site for wood-fiber insulation. Three manufacturing lines are planned.
Plans moved forward recently when GO Lab announced it had closed on the sale of $85 million in bond funding and completed a New Markets Tax Credit transaction that will fund construction of the factory at the former UPM paper mill in Madison.
The company expects to employ 120 people at the plant when fully operational. GO Lab expects to be producing its TimberHP loose-fill insulation by Q1 2023, followed by wood fiber batt in Q2 2023 and board products by Q3 2023.
The products will be made with byproducts of Maine’s timber industry, made from softwood chips or residual material from sawmilling and low-value pulpwood removed from stands of timber throughout the state.
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