# American Excelsior announces $5M expansion across multiple plants

American Excelsior Company announced a $5 million expansion plan across its Wood Fiber and Flexible Foam divisions, including building expansions in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and new equipment at plants in Wisconsin, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, and Washington. The expansion is expected to create 25-30 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-09-03
- Where: Multiple locations (Rice Lake WI, Florence AL, Norwalk OH, West Chicago IL, Sheboygan WI, Arlington TX, Yakima WA), United States
- Value: $5.00M
- Jobs: 30
- Status: announced
- Products: wood fiber products, flexible foam products, erosion control products
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [American Excelsior Company](https://endata.com/companies/49718.md)

## Sources

- [americanexcelsior.com](https://americanexcelsior.com/news/american-excelsior-company-announces-5-million-expansion-plan/), 2020-09-03: "When we started the new year, we had an aggressive growth plan."
- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-excelsior-company-announces-5-million-expansion-plan-301124692.html), 2020-09-04: "We have accelerated our plan and are moving forward with increasing our manufacturing capacity and warehousing facilities."

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