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Usg's Comment on Competitors and Industry Peers
The markets for our products are very competitive. Principal methods of competition
include quality and range of products, including introduction of new products,
location, pricing, compatibility of systems and product design features. Further,
our ability to effectively compete varies by region. Actions of our competitors,
or the entry of new competitors in our markets, could lead to lower pricing
by us in an effort to maintain or grow our sales, negatively affect our product
sales mix or lead to lower demand for our products. To achieve and/or maintain
leadership positions in key product categories, we must continue to develop
brand recognition and loyalty, enhance product quality and performance, introduce
new products and improve our manufacturing capabilities. In addition, a number
of our competitors are privately-held companies who do not incur the additional
costs and reporting obligations of being a public company, which may enable
those companies to compete more effectively than us.
COMPETITION
Principal methods of competition are quality of products, service, pricing,
compatibility of systems and product design features.
Our principal competitors in our Ceilings business are:
Ceiling Tile
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.,
Rockfon (a subsidiary of Rockwool International A/S)
CertainTeed Corporation (a subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
Odenwald Faserplattenwerk GmbH (OWA)
Ceiling Grid
WAVE (a joint venture between Armstrong World Industries, Inc. and Worthington
Industries)
Chicago Metallic Corporation (a subsidiary of Rockwool International A/S)
CertainTeed Corporation (a subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
COMPETITION
Industry shipments of gypsum board in the United States (including gypsum wallboard,
other gypsum-related paneling products and imports), as reported by the Gypsum
Association. U.S. Gypsum’s share of the gypsum board market in the United
States, which includes for comparability its shipments of USG Sheetrock®
brand gypsum wallboard, Fiberock® brand gypsum fiber panels and Securock®
brand glass mat sheathing, was approximately 25%.
The principal methods of competition are quality and range of products, including
introduction of new products, location, pricing, compatibility of systems and
product design features. Our principal competitors are as follows:
National Gypsum Company
CertainTeed Corporation (a subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
Georgia-Pacific (a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc.)
American Gypsum Company LLC (a unit of Eagle Materials Inc.)
Continental Building Products, Inc.
PABCO Gypsum (a division of PABCO Building Products)
Cabot Gypsum Company
Panel Rey, S.A. (a Grupo Promax Company)
Plaka (a unit of Comex)
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