Statement issued by Keith Bradley, Invest Alberta Acting CEO
CGC Inc., Canada’s largest manufacturer of gypsum-based building materials and a subsidiary of USG Corporation, has officially opened a new $210 million wallboard manufacturing facility in Wheatland County, Alberta. The state-of-the-art plant will produce Sheetrock® brand wallboard to serve housing, commercial construction and infrastructure markets across Western Canada, while creating nearly 100 full-time jobs in the region.
The facility is among the most technologically advanced in the global USG network, with commitments to a 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions, a 25 per cent reduction in water usage, zero manufacturing waste to landfill and on-site solar generation. It is part of a broader $325 million investment by CGC that also includes the revitalization of its Little Narrows gypsum quarry in Nova Scotia.
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