National Gypsum Company
Fact Sheet

• Multi-billion dollar, privately-held company, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with operations in the United States and Canada
  
  
• Founded in 1925, National Gypsum is one of the nation’s leading building products manufacturers
  
  
• Second largest gypsum drywall manufacturer in the United States
  
  
• Three focused business units
  • Gypsum drywall – Gold Bond® brand
  • Interior finishing products – ProForm® brand
  • Cement backerboard – PermaBase® brand
• Vertically integrated for quality and cost control
  • Three paper mills produce heavy liner paper for drywall production from recycled paper
  • Eight gypsum mines and quarries including the largest gypsum quarry in the world located near Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Internal logistics transport rock by ocean-going vessels
• National footprint with plants located near major metropolitan areas
  • 21 gypsum drywall plants
  • 7 interior finishing product plants producing drywall finishing products including ready mix, tape, and textures
  • 4 cement backerboard plants
• Products
  • All National Gypsum products and assemblies meet all applicable ASTM and UL standards.
  • All National Gypsum wallboard and ready-mix products have achieved GREENGUARD Certification, the highest standard for indoor air quality.
• Award-winning operations
  • IndustryWeek Magazine named the company’s Apollo Beach plant and its Wilmington, NC plant one of the 10 Best Manufacturing Plants in North America in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
  • The State of Pennsylvania awarded the company’s Shippingport, PA, plant the Governor’s Environmental Award.
  • The company has been named one of the safest in the United States.