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Deckorators has announced plans for a new production facility in Lackawanna, New York, a suburb of Buffalo.
“This new campus will initially double our capacity for Shurestone technology with space to continue expansion in the coming years,” says Ryan Kemp, Deckorators’ executive vice president.
The new facility will cost around $77 million, excluding real estate and renovation, and once completed will span 30 acres. This building is part of a $250 million plan to grow and expand the company’s product lines over the next five years. The site will consist of two buildings, providing 240,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Scheduled to open in Q4 of this year, the campus is expected to create around 50 new jobs in 2026, including roles in production support, logistics and administrative representatives.
Preliminary site work begins in April 2025.
“We are pleased to welcome Deckorators to Erie County,” says John Cappellino, Erie County Industrial Development Agency president and CEO. “The 50 jobs this project will create, and the more than $77 million they are investing into their new operation in Lackawanna, make Deckorators a major contributor to improving economic growth in Western New York. ECIDA incentives help keep Erie County competitive in the global competition for these types of jobs, and we thank Deckorators for choosing Lackawanna for their new expansion.”
Surestone technology, which this plant will specialize in, is utilized in a variety of Deckorators products.
“In addition to placing more manufacturing power closer to some of our strategic markets, the new facility will also reduce redundancy in manufacturing sites for our Surestone technology as we look to bolster our business continuity plans,” Kemp says. “Our new site will initially double our capacity for Surestone technology with space to continue expansion in the coming years.”
