August 29, 2005—United States Gypsum Company, a subsidiary of USG Corporation, has announced plans to build a new Sheetrock Brand Gypsum Panel manufacturing plant in Washingtonville, Pa. The state-of-the-art facility, valued at approximately $180 million, will enable the company to maintain its position as the market leader by keeping pace with its customers’ growing demand for wallboard products in the Northeast US, says Gypsum.
The plant is designed to operate the world’s largest wallboard manufacturing line, with the capacity to produce approximately one billion square feet of Sheetrock annually. Construction is to begin in 2006, with completion set for the first half of 2008, the company says.
The new facility will be an example of environmental responsibility, the company says. It will produce wallboard using recaptured gypsum, use 100 percent recycled paper for the surfaces of the finished wallboard products, recycle 100 percent of its production waste and feature a closed-loop liquid effluent system, which translates to zero discharge into nearby waterways.
For more information, visit the Gypsum Web site.
