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Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組, Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company, purportedly founded in 578 A.D., [3] making it the world's oldest documented company. The company mainly works on the design, construction, restoration, and repair of shrines, temples, castles, and cultural heritage buildings.
USG Corporation, also known as United States Gypsum Corporation, is an American company which manufactures construction materials, most notably drywall and joint compound. The company is the largest distributor of wallboard in the United States and the largest manufacturer of gypsum products in North America.
Arthur Temple Jr. (1920-2006), who had been president of Temple Industries when Time acquired it and later vice chairman of Time Inc., served as chairman of the board of the spun-off Temple-Inland until 1991. [5] Grum retired in 2000. [6] In 2002, the company acquired the Gaylord Container Corporation. [7]
Thomas Craig Nelson (born 1961/1962) is an American businessman, and the chairman, CEO and president of National Gypsum, a company wholly owned by the Spangler family, since 1999. Early life [ edit ]
The New England Glassworks was a short-lived glass-making factory located in Temple, New Hampshire in the 1780s, and one of the first glassworks in the United States. Founded in 1780 by Robert Hewes, a Boston-based businessman, the glassworks employed Hessian deserters from the British forces of the American Revolutionary War. The glassworks ...
Between April 1994 and January 30, 2004, the company was known as Centex Construction Products, Inc. [1] On January 30, 2004, Centex distributed its shares in the company to its shareholders and the company was renamed Eagle Materials Inc. [2] [3] In May 2005, the company announced a $65 million expansion of its plant in LaSalle, Illinois. [4]
Sewell Lee Avery (November 4, 1874 – October 31, 1960) [1] was an American businessman who achieved early prominence in gypsum mining and became president of the United States Gypsum Company (1905–1936).
Plaster City, California is a company town with a large gypsum quarry and plant owned by United States Gypsum (USG) [1] in Imperial County, California.It is located 17 miles (27 km) west of El Centro, [1] at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m), a two-hour drive south of Palm Springs, or a 90 minute drive east from San Diego.