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manufacturing location in Adairsville, GA. The new facility spans more than 111,000 SQF, increases the company’ s production capacity by 50 percent, and is staffed with 40 new employees. 143
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The U. S. importer M S International and the Chinese producer Spectrum Quartz created a joint venture, Elite Quartz, which built a 360,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Latta, South Carolina, which began operations in 2020. As of 2022, the facility has created 150 jobs in Dillon County, South Carolina. 144
Cosentino announced in 2023 that it planned to invest $ 270 million in a new manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Florida. Cosentino purchased land for this facility in January 2025 and plans to begin operations with 180 employees in 2028. 145 Planned future investments in this plant could total more than $ 440 million. 146
OK Stone Engineering has announced a“ next-generation US factory for engineered stone in Fort Worth, Texas” projected to start full operations by 2026. 147
While the domestic industry expanded its production capacity and maintained ample idle capacity with which it could have increased its sales to the U. S. market throughout the POI, it was unable to do so due to competition from low-priced imports.
Importantly, the domestic industry can produce all types of QSP sold in the United States and competes with imports in all areas of the U. S. market. In the prior investigations of QSP from China and QSP from India and Turkey, the Commission rejected arguments that
143“ LG Hausys Expands Viatera Operations,” CountertopResource. com( Mar. 19, 2020), attached as Exhibit 27.
144 MSI Surfaces,“ MSI’ s Luxalume Technology and Elite Quartz Manufacturing Collaboration”( Sept. 9,
2022), attached as Exhibit 28; MSI Surfaces,“ MSI Announces Joint Venture with Spectrum Quartz to Build a Domestic State-of-the-Aert Quartz Manufacturing Facility”( Dec. 11, 2019), attached as Exhibit 29; Elite Quartz Manufacturing,“ Who We Are”, attached as Exhibit 30.
145 Dan Macdonald,“ Cosentino buys land at the Cecil Commerce Center megasite for $ 20.39 million,” Jacksonville Daily Record( Jan. 27, 2025), attached as Exhibit 31.
146 Mike Mendenhall,“ Plan to sell 330 acres of Cecil megasite to Spanish manufacturer Cosentino headed to City Counsel,” Jacksonville Daily Record( Apr. 24, 2023), attached as Exhibit 32.
147 OK Stone, Inc., attached as Exhibit 33.
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