US: Continental Building Products' (CBP) net sales have risen by 12.5% year-on-year to US$229m in the first half of 2016 from US$204m in the same period in 2015. Its net income rose to US$25.2m from US$1.89m. Sales volumes of gypsum wallboard rose by 4.2% to 59.7Mm2 from 57.3Mm2.
"For the second consecutive quarter, we experienced stronger demand in our markets east of the Mississippi, which generated a 13% increase in wallboard volume versus the prior year," said Jay Bachmann, the chief executive officer of CBP.
