# Owens Corning building $115M glass mat plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas

Owens Corning is building a new 550,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to replace an existing plant. The $115 million project will house the world's widest nonwoven glass mat machine and is expected to begin production in mid-2023.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-01-25
- Where: Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
- Value: $115.0M
- Starts operating: Jul 2023
- Status: under construction
- Products: nonwoven glass mat for roofing shingles
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md), [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Owens Corning](https://endata.com/companies/2173.md)
- [Voith](https://endata.com/companies/217.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [innovationintextiles.com](https://innovationintextiles.com/worlds-widest-glass-mat-line/), 2022-01-25: "The estimated $115 million project is expected to begin production in mid-2023 and will house the widest and fastest nonwoven glass mat machine in the world."

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