Feb 10 2015
CalStar Products has announced the company is shifting production from the company's pilot plant in Racine, WI to its new state-of-the-art Columbus, MS manufacturing plant, resulting in increased capacity and a larger geographic footprint for their sustainable brick, masonry and decorative trim products.
CalStar's brick and masonry products require 81% less energy to manufacture, incorporate 37% recycled content, and emit 84% less CO2 during production (relative to traditional products). The company is located in North Carolina.
According to a company spokesperson, CalStar's Racine plant will continue to maintain their quality assurance and testing facilities and the majority of the front office staff will continue to support the administrative requirements for the company.
Craig Ratchford, CalStar CEO, said the expanded plant will continue to service the North American brick and masonry market, including the Milwaukee and Chicago markets surrounding the Racine pilot operation. "We're excited for the expansion of our newest Columbus facility as we continue to manufacture America's only sustainable brick and masonry solution."
The company will also be adding additional curing capacity to Columbus in order to keep up with the growing demand for a new line of decorative trim cast stone products.
CalStar's 100,000-square-foot Columbus, MS facility, the company's first full-scale manufacturing facility, sits on 23 acres in the Golden Triangle Industrial Park, located in Northern Mississippi near the Alabama border.