On the morning of June 1st, the opening ceremony of Saint Gobain Technology Materials (Henan) Co., Ltd. was grandly held in Yuzhou City, Henan Province.

Saint-Gobain announces the inauguration of a new plaster and plasterboard factory in Yuzhou, Henan province, China, to set foot on the markets of central and northwestern China. This is the sixth gypsum site of the Group in the country. This new site will produce high-quality paper-faced plasterboards and gypsum powders to respond to the strong demand of the local construction market.

On November 22nd, it was stated on the investor interaction platform that the progress of internationalization is still affected to some extent by the epidemic, and the approval of project implementation in local countries is more complex, including multiple links such as admission, preparation, and construction, all of which require time for detailed communication, adjustment, and benchmarking.

The Bristol expansion will double site capacity and will have a core focus on sustainability.Lightweight construction manufacturer Etex is set to double the plasterboard production capacity of its Ferrybridge plant upon the opening of its new factory in 2023.Work is well underway for the new 57,000m2 Siniat facility, which comes at a time when plasterboard and timber shortages continue to put pressure on the supply chain.The new facility is a significant investment by Etex and demonstrates its commitment to supporting the future of British manufacturing, as well as its eagerness to increase re

Etex, the Belgium-based global building materials manufacturer and pioneer in lightweight construction, has signed an agreement with the Australian construction materials company BGC to acquire its plasterboard and fibre cement businesses. With this deal, Etex expands its activities in the attractive Australian market, with significant growth opportunities. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, with finalisation expected in early 2024.

Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) has announced the launch of a competitive tender for the award of a contract for the construction and operation of a pier dedicated to the handling of minerals at Manji in Dhofar Governorate.The project will enable the large-scale commercial development of the prodigious reserves of gypsum and other industrial minerals found in the pier’s hinterland, a sprawling area encompassing the Wilayat of Shaleem and Al Halaniyat Islands in the southeast of the Sultanate of Oman.Interested local and international companies wi

Since the provincial party committee and government proposed the policy of "determining production based on slag" in 2018, the inventory of phosphogypsum slag yards in Machangping, Fuquan, Guizhou Phosphate Group has gradually decreased. In the first three quarters of this year, the company utilized and disposed of 7.3234 million tons of phosphogypsum, a year-on-year increase of 10%.

On October 26th, the concentrated commencement of major projects in the fourth quarter of 2023 in Yichang City was held, with sub venues set up in each county and city. Secretary of the Zhijiang Municipal Party Committee, Yu Feng, participated in the event at the Zhijiang branch venue.

On October 19th, the first phase of the 134th Canton Fair welcomed the "Closing Day". According to the relevant person in charge of the News Center of the Canton Fair, the first phase of the grand gathering of thousands of merchants was unprecedented, and the overall operation was safe and orderly. Foreign buyers attended the event enthusiastically, and the enthusiasm of participating enterprises was high.

Saint-Gobain North America, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Interior Products Group, announced plans July 10 to invest $235 million over the next two years to expand its CertainTeed gypsum manufacturing facility in Palatka.The expansion will more than double the production capacity of the existing manufacturing plant and create more than 100 new jobs, according to a news release.“These are important and high-quality new jobs for our region.