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Bluestar Silicones Opens New Facility

by Michael McCoy
June 25, 2012 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 90, Issue 26

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Credit: Bluestar Silicones
Bluestar’s new facility in York, S.C.
Photo of Bluestar Silicones’ newly opened plant and R&D center, in York, S.C.
Credit: Bluestar Silicones
Bluestar’s new facility in York, S.C.

Bluestar Silicones has opened a new plant and R&D center in York, S.C. The 226,000-sq-ft former textile chemicals facility, acquired last year, replaces Bluestar plants in Ventura, Calif., and Rock Hill, S.C. Bluestar is owned by China National Bluestar and is based in Lyon, France. The firm says the new facility will help it double global sales over the next five years.

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