Kingspan H1 profits up 37%

Construction products firm Kingspan has posted after tax profits of €29.2m for the firs six months of the year, up 37% from the €21.3m profits reported for the same period last year.

Revenue for the half year ended June 30, 2011, was up 32% to €736m, an increase of 16% excluding the acquisition of CRH Insulation Europe (CIE)