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Business Overview
Gypsum Distribution Ceilings
Businesses United States Gypsum Company L&W Supply Corporation USG Interiors, Inc.
CGC Inc. USG International
Yeso Panamericano S.A. de C.V. CGC Inc.
Products and Services Manufactures and markets gypsum Specializes in delivering Manufactures and markets
wallboard, joint treatments and construction materials to acoustical ceiling tile, ceiling
textures, cement board, gypsum job sites suspension grid, specialty ceilings,
fiber panels, plaster, water- relocatable wall systems and
managed exterior systems, other building products for U.S.
shaft wall systems and industrial and international markets
gypsum products
Best-Known Brand Names SHEETROCK gypsum panels, AURATONE and ACOUSTONE
SHEETROCK joint compound, ceiling tile; DONN DX, FINELINE
DUROCK cement board, FIBEROCK and CENTRICITEE ceiling grid;
gypsum fiber panels, HYDROCAL COMPÄSSO suspension trim;
gypsum cement, IMPERIAL and CURVATURA 3-D ceiling system;
DIAMOND building plasters ULTRAWALL relocatable wall systems
Leadership Position World’s largest producer of United States’ largest specialty World’s largest producer of ceiling
gypsum wallboard, ready-mixed distributor of gypsum wallboard suspension grid; world’s second-
joint compounds, fiberglass- largest producer of ceiling tile
reinforced cement board
Geographical Areas Served United States, Canada, Mexico United States More than 125 countries in all
parts of the world: North,
Central and South America, the
Caribbean, Europe, the Middle
East, Asia, the Pacific Rim, Africa
Customers purchasers: specialty drywall purchasers and end users: purchasers: specialty acoustical
centers, distributors, hardware contractors, builders centers, distributors, hardware
cooperatives, buying groups, home cooperatives, home centers, con-
centers, mass merchandisers tractors
influencers: architects, specifiers, influencers: architects, specifiers,
building owners interior designers, building owners,
tenants, facility managers
end users: contractors, builders,
do-it-yourselfers end users: contractors, builders,
do-it-yourselfers
Above and Beyond