The project comes as Saint-Gobain continues to roll out its global Grow and Impact strategy, which includes ambitious environmental sustainability goals.
The grant provides the funding necessary to move X-MAT's coal-based technology toward commercialization by building a pilot manufacturing line in Bluefield, W.Va.
Fulgham will provide guidance on exterior building material products and technologies that meet the company's environmental, recyclable, and sustainable policies.
X-MAT, the Advanced Materials Division of Semplastics, revealed it's taken massive strides in the creation of a home built entirely out of coal-derived materials.