# USG Boral to build $39M plasterboard plant in Sri City, India

USG Boral conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for its third manufacturing facility at Sri City SEZ, Tada, near Chennai, with an investment of USD 39 million. The plant will produce plasterboards and is expected to become operational by the end of 2019, creating over 100 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-05
- Where: Sri City SEZ, Tada, near Chennai, India
- Value: $39.0M
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: Feb 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 30 million square meters of plasterboard per year
- Products: plasterboards
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [USG Boral](https://endata.com/companies/32952.md)
- [USG Boral Building Products India](https://endata.com/companies/32950.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/usg-boral-to-set-up-third-manufacturing-unit-118070501008_1.html), 2018-07-05: "We are building new capacity at this place (Sri City SEZ, Tada). This is our third facility."
- [constructionworld.in](https://www.constructionworld.in/building-construction-products/USG-Boral-invests-39-mn-in-new-plant/17711), 2018-08-01: "USG Boral has invested $39 mn in its new manufacturing plant at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, which will be operated by its India business unit, USG Boral Building Products India."

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