New West Gypsum Recycling is pleased to announce that it has expanded its footprint yet again, this time into Norway...
In an ongoing effort to expand its footprint, Canada-based New West Gypsum Recycling (NWGR) has identified several geographic markets that it believes would support a gypsum recycling facility. Many factors are taken into consideration in identifying a potential market. The Norwegian market was one such market, which became a high priority market for NWGR due to the encouragement of a customer and the support of a local partner. NWGR’s local joint venture partner is Norsk Gjenvinning, the leading waste management company in Norway. NWGR is now pleased to announce that the facility is open and producing recycled gypsum powder.
The facility is located in Holmestrand, approximately 70km south of the capital Oslo. The addition expands upon NWGR’s established facilities located in Bristol, UK; Köln, Germany; Kallo, Belgium; Vaujours, France; Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto in Canada and Seattle, Washington, USA.
Construction of the building and installation of the processing equipment was completed during July 2018 and the commissioning of the new equipment was carried out in August 2018. The new recycling facility has sufficient capacity to process up to 100,000t/yr, providing sufficient capacity to service the local gypsum wallboard plants.
“Working closely with our partners and utilising the best technology available, we have built a recycling process that will produce two products, one that is designed for use in synthetic gypsum mills and one that is designed for use in natural gypsum mills,” states Maarten Hendriks, Global Marketing and Development Manager for NWGR. “NWGR is committed to working with our partners to give them the consistent blend of product they require in order to produce wallboard with high recycled content.
To date, NWGR has recycled in excess of 6Mt of gypsum wallboard material. Combining all nine recycling facilities, NWGR now has the capacity to recycle in excess of 1.0Mt/yr of gypsum wallboard. The company will continue to challenge itself to increase the capacity even further in the future.
