# Fletcher Building's Winstone Wallboards building $400M plasterboard plant in Tauranga

Fletcher Building is constructing a new $400 million Gib plasterboard manufacturing and distribution facility in Tauranga, New Zealand. The plant will have 50% more capacity than the current Auckland plant and is planned to be fully operational next year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-11-01
- Where: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Value: $400.0M
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 50% more capacity than current Auckland plant
- Products: plasterboard, Gib plasterboard
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Fletcher Building](https://endata.com/companies/15795.md)
- [Winstone Wallboards](https://endata.com/companies/33046.md)

## Sources

- [nzherald.co.nz](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/construction/gib-shortage-new-400m-winstone-wallboards-tauranga-plant-first-gypsum-arriving-this-month/DO5ZGRZPUXBMQASOQJUB2JSY6Y/), 2022-11-01: "The new plasterboard line will have 50 per cent more capacity than the current Auckland plant."

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