Gypcrete Building India Limited (GBIL) is the first company in India to promote the technology for manufacturing pre-cast, load-bearing walling systems known as Gypcrete Wall panels (popularly known as ‘Rapidwall' the world over). GBIL has collaborated with M/s Rapid Building Systems Pty Ltd (RBS), the Australian company that is the founder of the technology and owns the world-wide patent for the same. This technical collaboration has provided GBIL the technology to:

(a) Convert phospho gypsum, an industrial waste by-product abundantly available with Fertilizer Companies, into value added raw material with reduced CO2 emissions

(b) Manufacture Gypcrete wall panels using the above value added raw material.

(c) Construct houses & buildings using Gypcrete Wall panels in a dry construction process.

MANUFACTURING FACILITY

GBIL's manufacturing facilities are strategically located on National Highway No.45, at just 70 Km from Chennai metro's CBD. The facilities are spread across 18.5 acres land on the main highway and include of the following:

a) Three Gypsum Wall manufacturing plants with a capacity to produce three 12m X 3m wall panels per hour.

b) A Fluidized Bed Calciner with a capacity to produce the highest quality Gypsum plasters at 10 M Tons per hour

c) A Drying unit incorporating the most modern design to quick dry the wall panels at the rate of 6 panels per hour

d) A state of the art Saw Mill for sanding and cutting the panels at the rate of 12m/min to the required size with provisions for cutting the door and window positions.

All the above facilities are fully automated requiring minimal human intervention.

The GBIL manufacturing unit is the first fully integrated Gypcrete Wall manufacturing unit in the world, with a three table wall plant, a 10 M Ton/hr calciner, a state of the art drying facility and a fully automated panel cutting facility, all under one roof. Further, the drying and panel cutting facilities are the first of their kind in the world incorporating the most modern techniques. The plants are fuelled by LPG.