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USG 제임스 메카프(James S. Metcalf)회장 인터뷰
USG 사장 겸 최고 경영자(CEO), 제임스 메카프(James S. Metcalf) 회장
미국의 건축자재 전문기업 USG는 석고보드 시장에서 확고한 기반을 다지기 위해 호주의 보랄과 함께 조인트벤처를 설립하고 아시아지역으로 사업을 확대했다.
USG의 사장 겸 최고경영자(CEO)인 제임스 메카프 회장은 코리아헤럴드와의 인터뷰에서 “한국은 우리가 진출해 있는 지역 중 두 번째로 큰 시장으로 호주, 태국, 인도네시아와 함께 가장 중요한 거점이다”라고 설명했다.
USG Boral은2014년 설립된 조인트벤처로서 천장재, 시멘트보드, 고강도 파이버보드 및 경량 석고보드 등의 혁신적인 제품과 제조 솔루션을 통해 이익을 확대할 뿐만 아니라 장기성장을 위한 발판을 만들기 위해 아시아, 호주, 중동지역에 진출했다.
북미 최대규모의 석고제조사에서 일생을 받쳐온 제임스 메카프 회장은 “USG Boral은 5년간 자본투자 및 시설 증축과 더불어 세계 수준의 높은 기술 노하우를 전수 받게 될 것이다.”라며 정확한 투자 금액에 대해서는 말을 아꼈다.
USG Boral의 이사회 회의 참석차 서울을 방문한 제임스 메카프 회장은 “아시아는 GDP의 급격한 성장과 함께 석고보드 사용비율이 증가할 것으로 기대되고 있다. 한국에서는 이미 기대했던 결실을 맺고 있으며, 계속해서 성장하고 있는 다른 아시아 국가들을 통해 우리의 포트폴리오를 완성해 나갈 것이다.”라고 말했다.
제임스 메카프 회장은 아시아와 호주 시장이 앞으로 10년 이내에 USG가 점유하고 있는 북미시장보다 더 커질 것으로 예상하고 있으며, USG의 기술력과 보랄의 석고보드 제조시설 및 유통망의 결합으로 시너지효과를 창출 할 것이라고 자신했다.
USG는 1901년 창립 이 후 시트락(Sheetrock) 브랜드 이름으로 석고보드 시장을 개척했고, 이 후 110년 넘게 건축환경 개선이라는 회사의 핵심 가치를 실현하기 위해 노력해 왔다. 지난 10년 동안 2,400개의 특허를 획득하여 산업재 회사 중 가장 혁신적인 10대 기업에 선정되었으며, 2주 전에는 새로운 35개의 특허를 위해 힘쓴 임직원에게 77개의 개별 특허상을 수여했다.
제임스 메카프 회장은 “USG는 녹색건물 성장세에 맞춰 친환경 주거공간을 만들고 현대기술을 접목시킨 차별화된 솔루션 개발을 시도하고 있다”며, “우리의 제품이 건축물의 벽, 바닥, 천장 등에 광범위하게 사용되는 만큼 책임감을 가지고 사람들이 꿈꾸는 더 편안한 주거 공간을 만들기 위해 항상 연구해 나가겠다.”고 강조했다.
Building materials-maker USG to shift focus to Asia
U.S. building materials-maker USG has expanded its business in the Asian region with a joint venture it formed with Australian firm Boral to strengthen its foothold in the plasterboard market, the company president said.
“Korea is our second-largest market and is one of the big elephants along with Australia, Thailand and Indonesia,” James Metcalf, USG president and chief executive officer, said in a recent interview with The Korea Herald at USG Boral’s Seoul office on Thursday.
USG Boral, a 50-50 joint venture formed in 2014, entered the building materials business with sales and operations across Asia, Australasia and the Middle East with a goal to grow earnings from the regions and to transform the business over the longer term through its product and manufacturing solutions, which include ceilings, cement board, fiberboard and lightweight plasterboard.
The CEO, who spent his entire career at North America’s largest gypsum maker, said USG Boral has a five-year capital plan of investment in the areas and facility expansion as well as transfer of technological know-how. He declined to disclose the exact amount of investment, citing confidentiality.
“With strong GDP growth, Asian countries’ adoption rate is expected to increase. The critical mass happening in Korea and the rest of Asian countries will continue to round out our portfolio,” said Metcalf, who came to Seoul to attend USG Boral’s board of directors meeting.
According to USG’s recently released quarterly results, USG Boral generated $12 million in equity income for the American company during the July-September period this year.
Metcalf said the marriage between USG’s building supply technologies and Boral’s plasterboard distribution footprint in the Asian and Australian markets is expected to create greater synergies in the next decade.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if this part of the business becomes larger than what we have in North America in the next 10 years,” he said.
Founded in 1901, USG pioneered plasterboard, sold under its trademarked brand name Sheetrock, and has been pursuing innovation as the firm’s core value in a bid to improve the construction environment for more than 110 years.
“We ranked among the top 10 innovative companies in the industrial material space, with more than 2,400 patents issued in the last decade and two weeks ago we presented 77 individual patent awards to employees covering 35 new patents,” he said.
With the growing trend toward green building, USG seeks to develop eco-friendly spaces and try different ways to have connectivity with technology, the CEO added.
“Our products cover large spaces in rooms and buildings such as the walls, floor and ceiling. We try to come up with ideas for how to make your room a more comfortable and desirable place,” he said.