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National Gypsum

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National Gypsum Company is a company based in Charlotte, NC, well known for drywall gypsum boards in the US. It has 21 plants of gypsum boards around the US and is presenting itself as a fully integrated building products manufacturer[1]. It is a private company, incorporated as New NGC, Inc. in 1993. It is one of the seven producers which hold approximately 81% of the worldwide wallboard market (Georgia Pacific, Knauf, Lafarge, National Gypsum, Saint-Gobain, U.S. Gypsum and Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd)[2]

The company has a long history since it was originally founded in 1925 by Melvin H. Baker, Joseph F. Haggerty, and Clarence E. Williams.

References

  1. ^ National Gypsum
  2. ^ Lafarge Annual Report 2007 [1]