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Saint-Gobain is planning on building a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Bryan, Texas, through its subsidiary CertainTeed. Construction is scheduled to start this year. While the development will take several years, the company did not offer an exact timeline. The company expects to generate some 130 full-time jobs. This is the company’s first CertainTeed roofing plant project in the U.S. since 2017.
The project will be a 160,000-square-foot facility, according to Houston Business Journal. The company will invest nearly $145 million in the new roofing plant and commercial operations are expected to start in 2028, according to the same source. Plans call for a distribution center and a manufacturing site, allowing for a lower carbon footprint. Bryan is situated in the middle of the Texas Triangle, allowing CertainTeed’s future distribution center easy access to key industry hubs, such as Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Houston.
CertainTeed’s project benefits from 10 years of property tax savings under the state’s Chapter 313. The developer is also receiving support through a 211-acre land contribution, industrial infrastructure worth almost $3 million, a zero-cost easement for rails and direct payments from the Texas Enterprise Fund.
Other industrial players are moving in the South: In October 2022, Volkswagen Group of America announced plans to expand operations through a new facility in Port Freeport, Texas, allowing the company to import some 140,000 vehicles per year. Earlier in May, chip manufacturer Texas Instruments broke ground on its 4.7 million-square-foot manufacturing plant in Sherman, Texas.
