Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 70

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Quartz surface products: Important industry events, since January 1, 2015
Date
Year
Month
Company / Item
Action
2015 May Caeserstone Caesarstone official began production operations at its
new plant in Richmond Hill, Georgia on May 27, 2015. 1
2017 May Cambria Reduced the amount production days from seven to
five. Cambria lay off 115 production employees. 2
2017 June Dal-tile Announced plans to open a second factory in Dickson,
Tennessee. 3
2017 July Wilsonart/Hanwha Hanwha L&C Corporation and Wilsonart Engineered
Surfaces announced a joint-venture agreement to build
a manufacturing facility in Temple, Texas. 4
2018 January USA Quartz USA Quartz LLC purchased land in Jacksonville, Florida
to produce commercial and residential quartz slabs. 5
2018 September Dal-Tile Dal-Tile announced it was hiring to fill 100 new jobs to at
the Dickson, Tennessee Dal-Tile facility. 6
2018 September LG Announced plans to install a third production line. This
third line will be operational in December 2019. It will
increase capacity from 700,000 to 1,050,000 square
meters. 7
2019 January USA Quartz USA Quartz began production operations at its new slab
facility in Jacksonville, Florida. 8
2019 January American Quartz
Worker Coalition The American Quartz Worker Coalition organized and
launched in opposition to Cambria and the imposition of
trade restrictions on imported quartz. 9
2019 February Dal-tile Dal-tile began production operations at its new slab
facility in Dickson, TN. Production is expected to reach
peak volume by 2020. 10
2019 May Cambria Cambria filed separate petitions for quartz surface
products from India and Turkey. 11
2019 May Spectrum Quartz Spectrum Quartz (part of the Hirsch Glass Corporation)
plans to open a new production facility in Latta, South
Carolina in late 2019. 12
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