Gypsum Board: Beyond Recycled Content

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Nov 10, 2010

FREE online continuing education course at AEC Daily's Online Learning Center; 1 hour program; qualifies for HSW. Provides an overview of the characteristics of gypsum board that allow it to contribute to sustainably designed buildings, a look at methods for ensuring continued healthy indoor air and eliminating waste.

National Gypsum Company is a fully integrated building products manufacturer and one of the leading gypsum board producers in the world. Placed end-to-end, the company’s annual gypsum board production would travel around the earth over 14 times. National Gypsum also offers a full line of interior finishing products including joint compounds, tape, and textures. Its growing cement board product line has a strong customer base in the United States and several other countries.

The company, headquartered in Charlotte,NC, has over 50 locations including, laboratories; mines and quarries; paper mills; gypsum board, interior finishing products,and cement board plants and sales regions.