# Etex to build £140M plasterboard plant in Bristol, UK

Etex Group is investing £140 million in a new plasterboard manufacturing facility at Royal Portbury Dock in Bristol, UK. The plant is expected to start operations in 2022, subject to planning approval, and will create around 50 new jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-11-05
- Where: Bristol, Royal Portbury Dock, United Kingdom
- Value: $180.0M (140.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: doubles Bristol-based production of certain plasterboard products at capacity
- Products: plasterboard
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Etex](https://endata.com/companies/28996.md)

## Sources

- [buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk](https://www.buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk/news/merchants/etex-expand-uk-presence-140-million-investment), 2019-11-05: "This commitment to the UK construction market will not only provide our customers with better service and reliability of supply, it will also enable us to capitalise on a growing plas"

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