| CHICAGO, IL -- United States Gypsum Company, a subsidiary of USG Corporation, has announced plans to build a new SHEETROCK plant in Washingtonville, Pennsylvania. The state-of-the-art plant is valued at approximately $180 million, and will allow the company to meet growing demand in the Northeastern United States.
The plant will feature the world's largest wallboard manufacturing line, producing over one billion square feet of wallboard per year. Initially the plant will employ about 150 people when it comes online in 2008.
USG Chairman, President and CEO William C. Foote said, "This new plant represents another element of our strategic plan to grow with our customers and deliver superior products and services to them when and where they are needed. Many of our key customers in the region are experiencing consistently high rates of growth related to the robust housing and construction markets, and the Washingtonville plant will help serve that growth in the years ahead."
This eUpdate posting by: Steve Joyce, Editor
|
V 1.0
