# James Hardie reopens idled Summerville plant with $15M investment

James Hardie Building Products resumed operations at its idled Summerville, South Carolina plant, investing at least $15 million in renovations and creating 100 jobs to produce fiber cement siding and backer board.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-06-15
- Where: Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $15.0M
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: under construction
- Products: fiber cement siding, backer board
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [James Hardie Building Products](https://endata.com/companies/24342.md)

## Sources

- [areadevelopment.com](https://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitems/6-15-2017/james-hardie-building-products-dorchester-county-south-carolina.shtml), 2017-06-15: "We are very pleased to be able to announce today that we are reopening our manufacturing plant in Summerville"

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