Europe: Maurizio Casalini, managing director of Knauf Italy, has been appointed as the new president of Eurogypsum. His election was announced at the 29th Eurogypsum Congress, held by Eurogypsum (the European Gypsum Association), which took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in historic Kraków, Poland on 10 – 11 May 2012.
The event, held under the title, 'Gypsum is at the core of a sustainable and resource-efficient built environment,' was attended by around 85 delegates from Europe, with some delegates also from the US. Co-hosted by Eurogypsum and Polski Gips (the Polish Gypsum Association), it was the first time that the conference had taken place in central Europe.
The Congress heard a variety of presentations from the European Commissioner Maria Spiliopoulou Kaparia, experts in gypsum extraction, architects, academics in the gypsum and insulation fields, companies concerned with recycling gypsum and other businesses.
