USG Boral announces new manufacturing plant in India

USG Boral, a global leader in building products technology, announced plans to build a new plasterboard plant in South India. The new plant will be operated by its India business unit.

The plant will support USG Boral’s commitment in the region as the company looks for ways to better serve its customers in India. This location will allow for 30 million m2 of plasterboard capacity in a standalone facility located in South India. The new facility will add to USG Boral’s India presence, where it currently operates two other facilities, a 9 million m2 plasterboard and metal plant in Khushkhera, near New Delhi, and a joint compound and putty plant, in the Chennai area.

Plans are underway to break ground in the September quarter of 2017. The plant is expected to be fully operational in 24 months. More than 100 people are expected to be employed at full capacity.

“Our India business has experienced strong growth and this investment strongly positions the company to continue to supplying our customers in the South as demand for high quality, high strength plasterboard products grows in the medium and longer-term,” said Frederic de Rougemont, CEO of USG Boral.

USG Boral India is a leading plasterboard, metal, joint compound, putty and mineral fiber ceiling products company, which has supplied the Indian market since 2008.

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