Gypsum industry news

Germany: Schenck Process has signed an agreement to buy Raymond Bartlett Snow from the Arvos Group. The acquisition is expected to close on 29 June 2018. No value for the deal has been disclosed.

Raymond Bartlett Snow designs and builds size reduction, classification and thermal processing equipment. It operates locations in the US, India and Brazil, all of which will become part of the Schenck Process Group.

Slovenia: Savatech has renamed itself as Trelleborg Slovenija. The decision follows the on-going integration of the company into Trelleborg since 2016. From the 1 January 2018 Savatech became integrated into the Trelleborg Coated Systems, Trelleborg Industrial Solutions and Trelleborg Wheel Systems divisions. The company continues to produce industrial rubber products, including conveyor belts.

UK: British Gypsum has appointed Stacey Temprell as Marketing Director and Paul Lake as Sales Director. Both directors will work together to develop and roll out plans for the company’s range of products and services.

Temprell was previously responsible for supporting the development of Saint-Gobain’s Habitat strategy in the UK and Ireland, leading its marketing function. She first joined the Saint-Gobain Group with British Gypsum, where she had responsibility for the Gyproc range of plasterboards and plasterboard accessories and managing the product range transition to meet new building regulations, before moving into the role of Residential Market Manager.

Lake previously led the Ecophon organisation in the UK and Ireland. He brings to the role experience in both sales and general management at Ecophon and latterly as Business Units Director responsible for Saint-Gobain Ceilings for the UK, Ireland, South Africa and Benelux countries.

India: USG Boral has appointed Sumit Bidani as the chief executive officer (CEO) of its Indian operations. He will also be responsible for developing the growth strategies and expansion of USG Boral across South Asia, according to Dataquest.

Sumit is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a post-graduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur. Prior to his role at USG Boral, Sumit was the Managing Director at Formica India and has held senior positions in global companies such as Colgate Palmolive, General Mills, and Shell Lubricants.

USG Boral India operates two plants in the country: a plasterboard and metal plant in Khushkhera, New Delhi and a joint compound and putty plant in Chennai.

Tunisia: Construction work has started on a gypsum plant at Ezzahra in Tataouine. The Euro10m plant will produce 300t/day of gypsum, according to African Manager. The unit is scheduled to start production in early 2020.