Gypsum industry news
Etex donates modular housing for flooding victims
21 December 2021Belgium: Etex has donated five sustainable modular housing units to families dispossessed by flooding in the summer of 2021. The company built the houses at Rochefort and Pepinster in two weeks and their assembly took 48 hours. Etex said that it plans to develop the construction method in future in order to meet needs and new trends in the housing sector.
Bernard Delvaux, chief executive officer of Etex said “It was important for us to donate our expertise through these five houses built in a circular way with a very low carbon footprint. Our modular construction technologies meet multiple housing needs around the world with the fast construction of affordable, well-insulated, high-quality and attractive living spaces.”
Saint-Gobain Placo donates material for PPE production
23 April 2020Spain: France-based Saint-Gobain subsidiary Saint-Gobain Placo has donated plastic linings produced at its Quinto de Ebro laminated gypsum wallboard plant in Zaragoza to use in the production of personal protective equipment for medical professionals caring for coronavirus patients and those vulnerable to the virus. These include home-helpers who attend 250 elderly people in the Ribera Baja del Ebro region.
On 23 April 2020 Spain’s confirmed coronavirus case count was 213,024, with 22,157 deaths.