Gypsum industry news

US: GMS’s half-year wallboard sales have risen due to its acquisition of Canada’s Titan on 1 June 2018 and rising prices. Its wallboard sales rose by 14% year-on-year to US$652m in the half year to 31 October 2018, from US$573m in the same period in 2017. Overall, the wallboard distributor’s net sales increased by 25% to US$1.61bn.