Key Dates
Formula was officially founded in 1997, bringing together the industrial plaster activity of 4 major international industrial plaster specialists.
2006 Placogips Egypt
Start of the cooperation between Formula and Placogips, with quarry and production facilities in Al Amreyah, Egypt
2006 UCPI acquisition
Formula acquires UCPI, a French company with production facilities near Paris, specialising in refractory coatings for investment casting of metals, precious metals and crystal
2005 Saint-Gobain acquires BPB Plc.
As a result of the acquisition the entire BPB activity is renamed as Saint-Gobain Gyproc. BPB Formula is renamed Saint-Gobain Formula
2003 BPB Dogan Alçi
Start of the cooperation between Formula and BPB Dogan Alçi, with quarry and production facilities in Hasanoglan, Turkey
2001 BPB Gypsum Romania
Start of the cooperation between Formula and BPB Gypsum, with quarry and production facilities in Turda, Romania
1999 BPB Thai Gypsum
Start of the cooperation between Formula and BPB Thai Gypsum, with quarry and production facilities in Bang Pa In, Thailand
1997 BPB Formula
BPB Formula was founded in 1997, bringing together the industrial plaster activity of 4 major international plaster companies: Börgardts, British Gypsum, Iberyeso and Plâtres Lambert.
Each of these companies was reputed both on the home market and internationally for high quality gypsum, and the technical ability to produce industrial plasters adapted for a variety of specialist industrial applications
1990 Iberyeso
Iberyeso is the largest producer of industrial plasters in Spain and Portugal. The company has been producing industrial plasters since the early 1990’s at Gelsa (Zaragossa), extracting white, pure gypsum which this region is reputed for.
1906 British Gypsum
British Gypsum can be traced back to its origins in 1906 when the mines near Nottingham first began to serve the UK with the high quality gypsum which made the company famous. Strategically based in one of the major plaster manufacturing regions in England, the area is still the site for Saint-Gobain Gyproc extraction and manufacturing sites.
1889 Börgardts
Börgardts began operations in 1889 producing high quality plaster extracted from local quarries in Walkenried, Germany.
The family-owned company was very strong in both home and export markets and the reputation of Börgardts was mainly built on its capacity to adapt highly technical products for ceramics, dental, pharmaceutical and engineering use.
Börgardts was purchased by BPB in 1995
1875 Plâtres Lambert
Plâtres Lambert was founded in 1875, but mining at the local quarry in Cormeilles, France can be traced as far back as 1822.The family owned company specialised in providing high quality plaster and gypsum products for moulding for the engineering and ceramic industries. In 1991 the company was bought over by BPB France (Placoplâtre). It was subsequently renamed as BPB Formula to mark the creation of an entirely separate industrial plaster entity.