Republic Group, Inc. - RGC- Profile

Republic Group Incorporated manufactures and distributes gypsum wallboard, recycled paperboard and reclaimed paper fibre. The company's customers include manufacturers of composite cans, spools, drums, partitions, puzzles, games, cores, tubes and other packaging products. Gypsum wallboard is a primary building material used by the residential and commercial construction industries. The companies subsidiaries include Republic Gypsum Company, Republic Paperboard Company, Republic Paperboard Company of West Virginia and Hollis & Eastern Railroad Company. Gypsum wallboard accounted for 53% of fiscal 2000 revenues and recycled paperboard, 47%.