United States Gypsum Company, a subsidiary of USG Corporation announced plans to build a new gypsum panel manufacturing plant in Washingtonville, Pa. The facility is being valued at about $180 million.
The facility will have a capacity to produce about one billion square feet of wallboard a year. The facility will be built on a 186-acre site, and initially employ about 150 people. Construction of the new plant is scheduled to begin in 2006, with completion set for the first half of 2008.
Strong growth in the Northeast was cited as the key factor in the company's decision to locate in Washingtonville.
The facility will produce wallboard using recaptured gypsum, use 100 percent recycled paper for the surfaces of the finished wallboard products, recycle 100 percent of its production waste and feature a closed-loop liquid effluent system, which translates to zero discharge into nearby waterways.
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