Site Designed by Vialogix for National Gypsum Company Wins Prestigious Blue Diamond Award

CHARLOTTE, NC – April 26, 2004 – Vialogix, a locally based web development firm, redesigned a Customer Service site for the National Gypsum Company that recently won top honors at the Blue Diamond Awards. The Blue Diamond Awards are sponsored by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and recognize achievements in technology within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community. The awards are presented annually to Charlotte’s leaders in technology.

The site, National Gypsum Company’s secure customer-service extranet, offers valuable information that gypsum dealers, supply yards and mass merchandisers need to stay on top of their business. National Gypsum Company launched the redesigned site in March 2004.

“Since the original launch of ngc4me.com, we have received overwhelming positive response from our customers,” said Tom Nelson, National Gypsum President and CEO. “The redesigned site revolutionizes the way customers access their National Gypsum account information, saving significant time and effort. Throughout the redesign process, we worked closely with our customers to remodel the site. The result is a more effective tool that better serves customer needs and provides them with better information on a more timely basis.”

“We are delighted that the ngc4me.com site has been recognized for it’s all around effectiveness as a business-to-business tool,” said Rob Norris, founder of Vialogix. “As with all our projects, it is our focus on usability and user habits that provide the foundation for our visual designs. When our target audience can easily pull the information they need from the site, we are saving them time, increasing productivity and subsequently increasing profit margin.”

About National Gypsum Company

National Gypsum, a world leader in the production of gypsum wallboard, supplies wallboard, interior finishing products, and cement backerboard to the construction industry. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., the company has a network of 31 plants in North America and employs approximately 2700 employees.

For more information visit www.nationalgypsum.com.