Ecocel

About us

Ecocel manufactures a cellulose fibre insulating product which is produced in Cork from recycled newspaper. It is fully certified by the National Standards Authority of Ireland and the Irish Agrément Board.

John Egan took over Ecocel in 2010, purchasing it from liquidators and has spent the past number of years updating machinery and promoting the business. Two recent boosts for the company have been an appearance on RTÉ’s Eco Eye programme and a visit from Cork County Council which has agreed to offer Egan’s product as an option to those in council housing in the city.

The business was originally established in 2004 by Francis Thoma whom Egan met at a cellulose conference in England in the 1990s. “Even when we inherited the machinery, it wasn’t in a great state. It took me a year to get the business up and running again,” Egan says. The business was moved from Glanmire, outside the city, to one of the centrally-located former Ford buildings.