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pT DOCUMENT IN^EX qT Doc'jrnent Index .................................... 3 MR Manufacturer Testing Facilities.............. 3-4 ppProduct Presentation.................................... 5 UA Uses. Applications, Limitations.............. 5 Qp Overall Production Place ...................... 6-27 A/ Construction. Assembly. Installation ...14-27 MP Materials. Finishes.................................. 28-34 CS Coatings, Surfaces ................................ 28-34 TC Technical Support................................. 35 CC Code Acceptability, Certification........ 35 Georgia-Pacific's Gypsum Product Development and Technical Sen/ice laboratory is locatec at T.gard Oregon. This is where new products such as PreDec*, tile packer board, sound deadening board, Dens-Cote'. veneer plaster Denscal'T Densne*. and Firestoo" had tneir beginnings The G-P family of joint system products, the G-P sound control sys tems and the G-P fire rated systems, including the shaft wall systems, were also aeveioped here. The increase in multi-family living has made fire safety and sound privacy of utmost importance. The technical personnel at the Gypsum Lab also deal with quality and production problems. The effort to offer reliable products at the lowest possible cost is a never-ending task Georgia-Pacific must be technically competent in these continually changing times in order to be able to furnish the products required by the construction industry. SGP 0023337 pp PRODUCT presentation GORGIA-PACIFIC-THE company 3eorgia-Pac;fic began :ts msiory distributing lumber pomesticaiiy ana abroaa from the South, then en"erea m the neia of oiywooa manufacture ana timber 'wnersno ana management it oelieved In inte grated manufacturing and each pr.ase cf using a -ees -esicue cr:cucec sometnmg new . lumber -.aroooarc. oarrcieccara. pulp, paper (fine papers, working pacers containers. tissues, feed board, etc ), cnemicais from caper residues, chemicals to nelp make wood prccucts. chemicals for broad market sales, new kinas of plywood, recycling of wooa anc chemical materials, development of new and better trees, oetter timber management methods. Beneath tne soil... gypsum (gypsum products), natural gas. metallurgical and other coal, oil. silica. ceramic clays and many other minerals. It is also a sales company with 139 full service distribution centers in every maior marxet m the United States ana Canada, it is also a transportation company with fleets of trucks and ran cars to ensure good service with good products. Georgia-Pacific owns timber tnrougnout the U. S. ana in Brazil and Canada: timber rights in Indonesia and the Reouolic of the Philip pines. it also manufactures wood products in Brazil, tne Philippines and Indonesia, selling to both Asia ana America. G-P is a highly decentralized company witn over 36.000 employees working in 47 states, ~e District of Columbia ana several foreign countries. Georgia-pac:fic . . . tne growth company. r 4QP) ua uses, applications LIMITATIONS Georgia-Pacific interior gypsumooards are nonload bearing panels. Regular Gypsumboara panels are not recommended for use under extremely moist conditions. G-P Tile Backer Board is to ce used in catnrooms or other nign moisture areas. D 1u " gypsumboard should only be used as an appli cation over existing walls or as the first layer in a sound rated system Because of the limitations of manufacturing equipment, the maximum length available in gypsumboard is 16 feet. SGP 0023338