Component
Fiberglass insulation
Glass-fiber batt or blanket for appliance cavities, melted from the same silica-limestone-soda-alumina batch as cloth. Distinct from woven circuit-board cloth; the batt binder is not epoxy.
Criticality
Low
Unit cost
$900
Quality
55 / 100
US saturation
83.1
Made in US
1,500,000 tonnes
Current demand
1,800,000 tonnes
US exports
120,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
30.0
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$200M
Expected extra output: 200,000 tonnes per year