Boral Brick to Build Indiana Plant

 

An example of Boral brick.

Georgia-based Boral Bricks, Inc., the largest brick company in the nation announced plans to invest $55 million in Vigo County, Indiana to build a large plant south of Terre Haute, the county seat, and hire 50 full-time workers. The exact location of the new plant is not yet known but it will be 150,000-sq. ft. with a second facility of 50,000 sq. ft. for raw materials. The area was selected for its natural resources of clay and its good north-south highway routes.

Boral Bricks, a subsidiary of Boral Limited, based in Sydney, Australia, has 21 other brick plants, primarily in the southeastern United States.