# HarbisonWalker International breaks ground for new refractories plant in Ohio

HarbisonWalker International broke ground on a new monolithic refractories manufacturing facility in South Point, Ohio. The $30 million plant is scheduled to open in early 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-06-08
- Where: South Point, Lawrence County, Ohio, United States
- Value: $30.0M
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 80,000 metric tons per year
- Products: monolithic refractories
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [HarbisonWalker International](https://endata.com/companies/22270.md)

## Sources

- [thinkhwi.com](https://thinkhwi.com/harbisonwalker-international-breaks-ground-new-monolithics-refractory-plant-point-industrial-park-lawrence-county-ohio/), 2017-06-08: "Our new South Point Plant exemplifies the future of our company and in many ways, the future of the US refractories industry."
- [areadevelopment.com](https://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitems/6-9-2017/harbisonwalker-international-refractories-manufacturing-facilitysouth-point-ohio.shtml), 2017-06-09: "HWI is investing $30 million to build a technologically advanced monolithics plant as the next step in its strategy to continuously improve performance and respond to customers’ needs."

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