Adams Products expanding Cherokee County operations.

Concrete masonry technology company Adams Products, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Oldcastle APG and Dublin-based CRH PLC, is expected to add 31 jobs this year with the installation of a dry mix and bagging plant at its Cherokee County operations.

"The addition of cutting-edge equipment will provide a first-class working environment for employees and significantly increase availability of our high-quality dry mix products to our customers in the Carolinas," Colin Clampett, president of Adams Products, said in a news release.

The investment of more than $12.5 million will help finance the addition of new manufacturing equipment, such as an 11-silo specialty aggregate batch system and additional dry mix bagging lines at the...