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Initially announced in September 2020, the $325 million facility is Georgia-Pacific's second gypsum wallboard production facility in Nolan County, and the first Georgia-Pacific has built since 2004.
Atlanta area executive David Neal was recently named President of Georgia-Pacific Gypsum. Since 1965, Georgia-Pacific Gypsum has been committed to developing the highest quality gypsum building products in the industry.
The Georgia-Pacific gypsum plant Sweetwater West, located in Sweetwater, Texas, recently completed board drying equipment enhancements that are anticipated to result in CO2 reduction, energy savings, and the lowering of resource consumption.
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. announced it has acquired GC Products, a leading manufacturer of durable, custom architectural interior products made of glass fiber reinforced gypsum and cement.
Saint-Gobain has started up operations at its new electrical powerhouse on its flagship manufacturing campus in Worcester, Massachusetts, which is projected to reduce the site’s carbon dioxide emissions by 50%.
CertainTeed has announced the finalists for its CertainTeed Gypsum Trophy Awards, which recognizes contractors’ work across North America – each at the forefront of drywall design, installation, sustainability and craftsmanship.
Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, will install recycling technology at its gypsum plant in Palatka, Fla., increasing the recycled content in its wallboard products manufactured in Palatka by 18,000 tons/year while also reducing the site’s carbon dioxide emissions by 2,260 tons/year.
Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, received the 2022 Better Project Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for the company’s recycling program at its gypsum wallboard plant in Silver Grove, Kentucky on May 18.