StonePeak Expansion leading to 160 New Jobs Celebrated by Company, State and Local Officials

The newly opened expansion of Crossville StonePeak porcelain tile company is a unique plant that manufactures products that are made nowhere else in the world.

Company, government officials and others celebrated the dedication of the new plant that includes a $70 million investment and the addition of 160 new jobs. Company officials proudly report the plant, just off of the I-40 127-N exit stands at 1 million square feet under roof. The company first opened in Crossville in 2005 with 628,000 square feet. Prior to the expansion, the company employed 280.

The plant is the first in the United States to manufacture the large format panels that are 5 by 10 feet and can be used as flooring, wall cladding,

Company Officials and government representatives toast

the StonePeak plant expansion

 

The StonePeak plant now has 1 million square feet 

under roof. (Photo courtesy TNECD)

and even countertops. The material is 25 percent harder than granite according to company officials. The new production line has the capacity to make up to 1000 of the large size panels each day.

Company CEO Federica Monizzi gets help cutting

the ribbon from Crossville Mayor James Mayberry

and County Mayor Allen Foster.

Federica Minozzi, company CEO describes the new

plant and its capabilities. 

The panels can be designed and printed using a digital process not unlike an inkjet printer before the tile is fired to create the look of marble, wood or other natural materials.

Single gauged Panels as large as 5 by 10 feet are produced 

by the new production line.

Local officials toured the plant expansion.  Behind the

group is the new kiln for the large tile panels.

Company officials also point out that Crossville's StonePeak plant is the only plant in the world that manufactures all sizes of tile from 12 by 12 inch size up to the gauged porcelain panels.

Crossville Mayor James Mayberry thanked StonePeak for their continued growth in Crossville and added that while new industry is good, so is expansion of existing industry. New Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster agreed and added that the partnerships were important for economic development and pointed out that that was the reason for the new industrial pad construction project on which the county and city have partnered.

Crossville's StonePeak plant is just off of I-40 at the

Highway 127 exit. 

The company's CEO, Federica Minozzi said that the expansion is above the plants her company has in Italy and the plant would be of benefit to citizens of Tennessee for decades.