Exhibit 99.1


               Georgia Gulf Announces Second Quarter Expectations

    ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2005--Georgia Gulf Corporation
(NYSE: GGC) today announced that its second quarter earnings are
expected to be in the range of $.50 to $.60 per diluted share, which
compares to first quarter earnings of $1.13 per diluted share. The
lowered expectations reflect the downtime associated with plant
outages during the quarter as well as an expected decline in aromatics
operating income.
    The most significant downtime is related to the previously
reported planned and unplanned outages at the Company's chloralkali
plant located in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The chloralkali plant came
back online in early May and operating rates are now approaching full
capacity. The plant outages are expected to adversely affect second
quarter earnings by approximately $.35 to $.40 per share.
    "In addition to the impact of the plant outages, sales prices for
aromatics products have dropped compared to the first quarter," said
Ed Schmitt, chairman, president and CEO, Georgia Gulf. "While raw
materials costs have also dropped, unfortunately we have had to work
through our higher-priced inventories. These higher-priced
inventories, coupled with the lower aromatics sales prices, are
expected to adversely impact second quarter earnings. However,
assuming prices stabilize at their expected levels, our June aromatics
margins should be comparable to the strong first quarter aromatics
margins.
    "Sales volumes for many of our products are expected to be
relatively flat compared to first quarter levels. We are not seeing
the seasonal increase in volumes that we normally experience during
the second quarter as customers appear to be working down their raw
materials inventories.
    "We remain optimistic regarding the long-term prospects of our
businesses as industry analysts continue to project high operating
rates for several of our products and overall good performance for
this year."
    Georgia Gulf, headquartered in Atlanta, is a major manufacturer
and marketer of two integrated product lines, chlorovinyls and
aromatics. Georgia Gulf's chlorovinyls products include chlorine,
caustic soda, vinyl chloride monomer and vinyl resins and compounds.
Georgia Gulf's primary aromatic products include cumene, phenol and
acetone.

    This news release contains forward-looking statements subject to
the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on
management's assumptions regarding business conditions, and actual
results may be materially different. Risks and uncertainties inherent
in these assumptions include, but are not limited to, future global
economic conditions, economic conditions in the industries to which
the company sells, industry production capacity, raw material and
energy costs and other factors discussed in the Securities and
Exchange Commission filings of Georgia Gulf Corporation, including our
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and
our subsequent reports on Form 10-Q.


    CONTACT: Georgia Gulf, Atlanta
             Investor Relations
             Angie Tickle, 770-395-4520