USG to open sale talks with Knauf

May 16th, 2018|

U.S. building products company USG Corp on Tuesday said it agreed to open talks to sell itself to Germany’s Gebr Knauf AG, a sale that could benefit Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, USG’s largest shareholder. Shares of USG rose to their highest since August 2007. USG had in March rejected a $5.9 billion takeover proposal

Plasterboard News – July 2014

July 16th, 2014|

Boral/USG has seen an improvement in its Asian and Australian plasterboard volumes, up 10% in the first half of 2014. USG Boral has around 189Mm2/yr capacity (51% markets)  in south east Asia, Saint-Gobain has 101Mm2/yr (27%) Knauf has opened its second wallboard plant in Brazil t Camacri Bahia. US$66m Fletcher Building which holds 94% of

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