Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia order 2 gypsum calcining lines

LBGA has awarded a new contract to Claudius Peters Projects GmbH Germany for two gypsum calcining lines with a capacity of up to 30 t/h, to expand their gypsum wallboard production in Asia.

The plant in Vietnam will be installed at the site of LBVG Co., Ltd (Lafarge Boral Vietnam Gypsum). near Ho Chi Minh City, fully integrated and extending the capacity of the current wallboard production line.

In Indonesia, the second mill calcining system will be part of an extension programme of the Cilegon installation of PT. Petrojaya Boral Plasterboard.

Each line consists of a Claudius Peters Mill EM59-585 along together with the auxiliary equipment and controls of a complete raw material handling, gypsum calcining and cooling system.

The Claudius Peters mill was selected due to its robust and flexible design, allowing efficient and easy operation at high availability. In addition Claudius Peters is known to LBGA as competent system supplier and integrator, supporting with its know how that understands the industry, allowing a professional, safe and timely project execution in partnership with the local LBGA engineering team.

Clients from LBGA with Claudius Peters Henrik Wetegrove, Group Manager Gypsum/Calcining (3rd from left).

About Claudius Peters

The name Claudius Peters has been synonymous with the global cement and gypsum industry for over a century. Founded in 1906, the eponymous company became part-owned by the British Babcock organization in the 1950’s and was owned by them outright from the 1970’s until being acquired by Langley Holdings PLC (www.langleyholding.com) in 2002. Today the Claudius Peters group also serves the global steel industry via subsidiaries in the United States, Brazil, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Romania, India and China and employs over 600 people worldwide.