Does anyone have any thoughts about this new Tile plant being built in Fla....Its the largest plant in the world and they choose florida to build it in....shows the need for tile is very real but I wonder how competitive the CHDT tile can be with pricing...any thoughts...here's the article...btw I bought CHDT for the generator business at first.......
July 12, 2006 07:30 AM US Eastern Timezone
Eagle Roofing Accelerates Construction Process for New Florida Manufacturing Plant
RIALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2006--Eagle Roofing Products Florida LLC, a subsidiary of Burlingame Industries, has begun construction of their new manufacturing facility in Central Florida. Eagle Roofing Products is a major concrete roof tile manufacturer serving California and the Southwest. The new plant in Florida will serve the current shortages and growing demand for concrete tile roofs in the Southeast. The multi-line manufacturing facility is scheduled to be supplying products into the state as soon as the fourth quarter of 2006.
There is a serious shortage of tile supply against demand in Florida, reports the Tile Roofing Institute. This is due to the rebuilding construction needs caused by last year's hurricane season in the South and the rapidly growing demand for new housing in Florida. To meet these demands as quickly as possible, "Eagle has streamlined the construction process to ensure that the plant is up and running in the shortest possible timeframe," said Bob Burlingame, CEO of Burlingame Industries. "Between May 5th and May 17th, Eagle has closed escrow on the property, obtained building permits, broken ground, excavated the building pad, passed inspections and poured the foundations; a process which normally takes over 12 months," he said.
Eagle's Florida facility, which is located on over 50 acres of land, will be the largest tile manufacturing plant in the world, according to Burlingame. The first plant structure scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2006 will measure 228,000 square feet and employ at least 200 people. The facility will feature four production lines capable of producing 160,000 squares of tile a month; enough to cover 60,000 homes per annum. "At the moment, Florida customers are waiting up to 10 months for their roof tile to be supplied," said Burlingame. "Eagle's goal is to relieve the backlog in the home building industry by supplying concrete tile roofing in a timely manner." Soon after the first Eagle plant opens in Florida, the company projects that the lead time will be reduced to no more than 30 days. "The average lead time will drop even further to two weeks by mid 2007," Burlingame said. He credits the cooperation of the city, county and other local construction officials in helping to accelerate the building process to get this manufacturing plant up and running quickly.
For more information on Eagle Products, contact Bob Pacelli, director of marketing, at 909-854-7112 or on the Web at
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