# USG Boral breaks ground on Rs 300 crore plasterboard plant in Sri City, India

USG Boral Building Products India Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plasterboard manufacturing plant in Sri City, India. The plant, built on 24 acres with an initial investment of Rs 300 crores, will have a capacity of 30 million square metres of plasterboard and create about 100 jobs. It is expected to be ready within 18 months.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-05
- Where: Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: Jan 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 30 million square metres of plasterboard per year
- Products: plasterboard
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [USG Boral Building Products India](https://endata.com/companies/32950.md)

## Sources

- [sricity.in](https://sricity.in/en/news_events/usg-boral-breaks-ground-to-build-rs-300-cr-plant-at-sri-city/), 2018-07-05: "This facility offers us the ability to significantly increase our operations in India and provide our customers in the region with the best plasterboard products."

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