Kingspan Group, the global building-materials company with a pouncing lion in its logo, ranks as a super brand in Europe.
At Dublin Airport, the familiar name is emblazoned on every luggage bin at security lines, a friendly sendoff to the frequent fliers from Kingspan’s headquarters in nearby Kingscourt as they head out to manage a €3.7 billion ($4.3 billion) global empire.
In the US commercial-insulation market, though, the Atlanta-based Kingspan Insulation is just a cub.
Suzanne Diaz, marketing manager/North America for Kingspan Insulation, was thus charged with increasing its footprint with the launch of Kooltherm, a high-performance insulation product, in...