National Gypsum breaks ground for North Carolina plant.* The 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. Co., Charlotte, N.C., has broken ground on its $125 million wallboard plant in Mt. Holly, N.C. The plant sits on a more-than-100-acre-site and will be capable of producing approximately 1 billion square feet of wallboard per year at speeds of more than 500 feet per minute, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a press release from the company. It will also incorporate recycled material in its production by using byproduct by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. Noun 1. gypsum from four Duke Power plants in Marshall, Cliffside, Allen and Belews Creek, N.C. National Gypsum expects to begin operating the plant during the third quarter of 2007. National Gypsum is a 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 20 wallboard plants in North America, in addition to finishing products and cement board plants, paper mills, mines and quarries. More information about the company is available at www.nationalgypsum.com. |
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