# Roseburg Forest Products to build engineered wood plant in Chester, South Carolina

Roseburg Forest Products announced plans to build a new engineered wood products plant in Chester, South Carolina. The project will create 148 full-time jobs, with groundbreaking expected in early 2018 and operations starting in mid-2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-07-11
- Where: Chester, South Carolina, United States
- Jobs: 148
- Starts operating: Jul 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: engineered wood products
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Roseburg Forest Products](https://endata.com/companies/25520.md)

## Sources

- [lbmjournal.com](https://lbmjournal.com/roseburg-forest-products-to-build-new-plant-in-south-carolina/), 2017-07-11: "This is an exciting strategic growth opportunity in a business that has done well for us."

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