USG plans $220 million wallboard plant in Stockton

“USG Corp. on Monday announced two major deals to expand operations in the West, including a new wallboard plant in Stockton. The Chicago-based company will begin construction soon on the $220 million plant at the Port of Stockton. The 90-acre plant should open in the first six months of 2010. The 150-employee plant, which will make Sheetrock grand gypsum panel, will replace two higher-cost plants that USG closed in California, USG chairman and chief executive officer William C. Foote said in a news release.”