Kronospan announced on Tuesday that it will begin construction of a new, state of the art, Oriented Strand Board (OSB) manufacturing plant on its 460 acre site in Oxford, Alabama. The new facility, employing 125 associates, will have a footprint comprised of 44 acres of new development, including substantial areas designated for product storage, rail spur and loading docks. Groundbreaking for the new, $350 million USD, facility is slated for later this year. "We’re very pleased to announce the next project at our Oxford site,” says Hans Obermaier, CEO of Kronospan’s North American companies. “This is ...