Gypsum industry news

US: Oklahoma-based ACG Materials has appointed Paul Harrington as its new CEO. ACG Materials is a national provider of minerals, aggregates and related downstream products including gypsum, limestone, sand, gravel and anhydrite.

Paul Harrington joined ACG Materials in July 2014 as president and COO. Prior to July 2014, Harrington was executive vice president at Rain for Rent. Before that, he spent 24 years working for Holcim.

UK: Allied Custom Gypsum (ACG), a worldwide provider of gypsum products, has announced that it is now certified by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), a leading global safety and quality certification program, as compliant to Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

Used by more than 20,000 certified suppliers in 90 countries, the BRC is the world's largest provider of safety and quality standards programmes for food manufacturing, packaging, storage, distribution and consumer products. The BRC aids in standardising quality, safety, operational criteria and manufacturers' fulfilment of legal obligations.

"We are extremely pleased to make the announcement of our certification and become the first and only certified calcium sulphate supplier," said Jim Hill, vice president of marketing. "At ACG, we understand the responsibility inherent in processing and packaging food and pharmaceutical grade calcium sulphate. That's why we have dedicated one of our two grinding facilities to the production of food and pharmaceutical grade calcium sulphate," said Hill. "Our commitment to high-quality standards is unprecedented."