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Not to be confused with United States Gypsum.

National Gypsum Company is a company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that produces drywall gypsum boards in the US. It has 17 gypsum board plants in the US and presents itself as a fully integrated building products manufacturer. It is a private company, incorporated as New NGC, Inc. in 1993 after previously filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1990. It is one of the six producers which hold approximately 81% of the worldwide wallboard market (Georgia Pacific, Knauf, Continental Building Products, National Gypsum, Saint-Gobain, and Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd)

Subsidiary National Gypsum (Canada) Ltd. operates the largest open-pit gypsum mine in the world in Milford Station, Nova Scotia.

The company was founded in 1925 by Melvin H. Baker, Joseph F. Haggerty, and Clarence E. Williams.

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References

  1. "National Gypsum Overview". nationalgypsum.com. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  2. "National Gypsum bankruptcy". Simmons Hanly Conroy. 8 November 2023.
  3. "EXCERPT FROM THE 2007 ANNUAL REPORT: INFORMATION ON LAFARGE - 3.3 Business description - Gypsum" (PDF). 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  4. "History". nationalgypsum.com. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
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