Gypsum industry news

Europe: In addition to the new President of Eurogypsum, Maurizio Casalini, Eurogypsum has now announced the other newly elected members of its board as: Bernard Lekien (President Siniat European operations and Latin America) as vice president; Claude Alain Tardy (CEO of Saint Gobain Gypsum) as treasurer; Enrique Ramirez (Managing Director of Yesos Ibéricos); Jack Pinkosz (Managing Director of Norgips Poland), Manfred Grundke (CEO of Knauf),Jean-Marie Vaissaire (Regional Director of Saint Gobain Gypsum), Michael Chaldecott (Managing Director of British Gypsum) and Yves Dupont (Managing Director Benelux Siniat NL).

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.