Adams Products expands Cherokee County operations.

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

"We look forward to expanding manufacturing capabilities at our Cowpens facility to better serve our customers and meet their needs," Colin Clampett, president of Adams Products, said in a news release. "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."

The more than $12.5 million investment 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 42-acre property, located on 165...