National Gypsum Co. announced plans to build a state-of-the-art wallboard plant near Phoenix. The plant will be capable of producing one billion square feet of wallboard.
Demand Products announced the appointment of Craig Barnaby as vice president to head up its EIFS division. He is the co-founder of CLAPCA and is a AIA CLU credited presenter.
U.S. cement companies are currently engaged in an aggressive $3.6 billion expansion that will increase clinker capacity by 16.2 million metric tons by the year 2010. According to a report issued by the economic research department of the Portland Cement Association, this represents a 17.3 percent increase in capacity compared to 2005 levels.
Master Wall has announced Phil Cantrell has been named plant manager of the company's Lithonia, Ga., location. Glen Smith has been named manager of product and process engineering.
Demand for gypsum products in North America is forecasted to advance 1.7 percent per year through 2009 to 50 million metric tons. Gains as measured in dollar value will rise 3.7 percent per year to $4.9 billion, an acceleration from the 1999-2004 period which saw gypsum board prices fall significantly.
Architectural Contractors Trade Association, of Farmington Hills, Mich., recognized four area subcontractors for their construction projects at the 11th Annual INTEX Achievement Awards in April.
Dietrich Metal Framing announced that it has signed an exclusive sublicensing agreement with Clark Western Lath & Steel Framing for UltraSteel metal framing products using patented technology of Hadley Industries PLC.
European company Gypsum Recycling International is opening its U.S.-based operation Gypsum Recycling America LLC, which recently received permits and approval from the state of Massachusetts, as well as the city of Cambridge, Mass., to open a recycling facility that is geared to handle scrap gypsum.
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