National Gypsum Announces Major Paper Expansion.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- National Gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. Company, a leading manufacturer of gypsum wallboard, announced today it plans to more than triple paper manufacturing capacity at its Oxford, AL plant. The expansion will include installing a state-of-the-art paper machine with a tentative startup in late-2009. The company will invest approximately $115 million in the project, bringing employment at the plant to 93. "Our expansion in Alabama builds on one of National Gypsum's key operating strategies - vertical integration," said CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Thomas C. Nelson. "By owning our own raw material supplies, including paper, we can better control costs and quality. The incentives offered by the State of Alabama and the support of Leon Smith Leon Smith (born November 2 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. He has played in the NBA, the CBA, the USBL, and the IBL. Smith was raised in a series of foster homes as a ward of the state of Illinois due to neglect from his parents , mayor of Oxford, helped make the expansion possible." "It is a privilege to have a company like National Gypsum and its employees in Oxford," said Mayor Leon Smith. "This company has been part of our community for 50 years, and this new project, creating 15 new jobs, will only strengthen our relationship. On behalf of the citizens of Oxford, the Oxford City Council members, and my office we look forward to serving National Gypsum for 50 more years." National Gypsum recently announced wallboard capacity expansions with new high-speed plants near Charlotte, NC, and Phoenix, AZ. The additional paper capacity will be needed to support these expansions. While the building is erected and the machine installed, National Gypsum will continue to produce paper on its existing equipment in Alabama. "National Gypsum has had a highly successful operation at our Alabama plant for 50 years," Nelson continued. "Our associates have produced excellent operating results. We know this new machine will be in good hands." The new three-ply paper fourdrinier machine Fourdrinier machine Machine for producing paper, paperboard, and other fibreboards, consisting of a moving endless belt of wire or plastic screen that receives a mixture of pulp and water and allows excess water to drain off, forming a continuous sheet for further drying by will use state-of-the-art technology to produce a strong, yet light-weight sheet of paper. With the technology, less fiber is used to produce the sheet and, because of the reduced weight, the company can ship more paper per truck to its wallboard plants. The machine allows for efficient production of 54-inch paper as well as 48-inch paper. This project builds on the company's previous fourdrinier paper-making experience at its Pryor, OK plant. National Gypsum operates four paper mills, recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. 100 percent waste paper to produce the facing paper for its gypsum wallboard. The company is one of the largest waste paper recyclers in the nation. Headquartered in Charlotte, National Gypsum is a leading supplier of wallboard, interior finishing products, and cement board A cement board is a combination of cement and glass fibers formed into 4 foot by 8 foot sheets, 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick that are typically used as a tile backing board. Cement board can be nailed or screwed to wood or steel studs to create a substrate for vertical tile and attached to the construction industry. It has a network of 40 facilities in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , including its own paper mills and gypsum mines and quarries Quarries may refer to:
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