By Michael Maresh | Pinal Central
ELOY — A company that manufactures drywall is expected to open its state-of-the-art Eloy plant by the end of the year after first approaching the city 17 years ago.
In 2007, National Gypsum Company proposed a wallboard plant in Sunshine Industrial Park along Sunshine Boulevard. During the 2007-09 recession, the company put its plans on hold, citing a decline in the Arizona housing and construction market as the main reasons why.
A lot of construction still needs to be completed, but in the past few weeks some siding has been added to the outside of the massive project.