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CORRIGAN \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Gov. Greg Abbott visited East Texas on Wednesday for a $211 million expansion of a timber manufacturing company. According to our news partner KETK, RoyOMartin is expanding its wood manufacturing efforts in the Piney Woods. Their Corrigan plant, Corrigan OSB, LLC is now the largest facility of its type in the nation.<\/p>\n
Executive Vice President of Manufacturing and Product Sales Terry Secrest said the new development will create 300 new jobs for the area. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153These are not low-level entry type jobs that people can create a career with, and they can continue with a lifetime employment here continuing to learn and grow and excel,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Secrest said.<\/p>\n
While speaking to a crowed of more than 200 entrepreneurs and workers, Abbott assured the new plan will put out more products and help Texas build new homes.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One reason why people are feeling the pains of inflation and higher cost of living and higher cost of housing is because of inadequate supply of housing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Abbott said at the opening event.<\/p>\n
A report by the state this summer found that Texas needs about 306,000 more homes. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an issue this plant should help with in the future.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153To put that in more understandable terms, that will build about 125,000 U.S. homes every single year out of this one plant,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Secrest said.<\/p>\n
To help in construction, the plant will produce 1.3 billion square feet of product each year, all here in East Texas.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What RoyOMartin is doing with this OSB facility, they are trying to drive down the cost of housing by facilitating building houses faster, quicker better in the great state of Texas,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Abbott said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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