CalStar Products, a North Carolina-based brick and masonry products manufacturer, announced this week that it is moving production efforts from a Wisconsin site to its Lowndes County facility.
CalStar began operations at its 100,000-square-foot plant in the GTR Global Industrial and Aerospace Park in July. The move the company is making from a pilot plant in Wisconsin to Lowndes County will result in “increased capacity and a larger geographic footprint” for its products, according to a press release.
The company said it will also be adding additional curing capacity to its Lowndes County site in order to keep up with demand for a new line of decorative trim cast stone products, according to the press release.
Candi McDonough, a company spokesperson, told The Dispatch on Wednesday that when the Lowndes County plant reaches full-capacity it will employ “upwards of 60 people.”
CalStar currently employs about 30 people in Lowndes County.
The shift from Wisconsin begins immediately, according to the company.
William Browning was managing editor for The Dispatch until June 2016.
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