Durcon is kicking off a roughly 32,000-square-foot expansion at its longtime Taylor manufacturing campus, a project the company says will modernize production and bring in next-generation fabrication equipment. Company and local officials are billing the buildout as a major capital play meant to boost capacity for the chemical-resistant lab surfaces and sinks the firm ships to university, industrial and medical labs.
The company is growing operations at its campus at 206 Allison Drive in Taylor, where it has operated for more than four decades. In a Dec. 9 press release from the Taylor Economic Development Corporation, Durcon described the project as the largest capital investment in the company’s history. The plant address and site details are listed on Durcon.
Project details and scope
The expansion will add about 32,000 square feet to the existing operation and is intended to modernize the current production footprint, which regional reporting puts at roughly 130,000 square feet on about 14 acres, as reported by Bisnow. That coverage also notes state filings, reported by the Austin Business Journal and cited in the Bisnow report, that peg the expansion’s cost at about $4.2 million, although Durcon did not include a project budget in its own announcement.
“This expansion is a major investment in the future of Taylor and surrounding area,” Matthew Solomon, Durcon’s marketing manager, told Bisnow, adding that the new space will be outfitted with “cutting-edge fabrication machinery” and upgraded software to boost capacity.
What the company says
According to the company, the upgrades are designed to improve product consistency and operational reliability while keeping up with growing demand from customers. The Taylor Economic Development Corporation released quotes from Ron Ubertini, Global Vice President of Wilsonart and Durcon, who called the upgrades “the start of a new chapter” for the Taylor plant and emphasized the firm’s long-term commitment to its local workforce and the broader community.
Taylor’s broader industrial surge
Durcon’s move lands in the middle of a broader industrial buildout in and around Taylor, led by Samsung’s multibillion-dollar semiconductor campus. The state first announced that project as a roughly $17 billion investment, according to the Office of the Texas Governor.
At the same time, Dallas-based developer KDC is marketing a 150-acre Taylor HQ site for build-to-suit industrial and data center uses, and some proposed data center plans nearby have already stirred community pushback, according to MySA. Those projects, together with logistics leases and supplier moves highlighted in local reporting, have helped drive demand for manufacturing and industrial services in the area, according to Taylor Press.
What’s next
Ground has been broken on the expansion, but Durcon has not publicly shared a completion date. Company materials say the project will bring in new equipment and software while keeping existing operations running at the Taylor campus.
Local economic development leaders say expansions like Durcon’s help anchor a growing manufacturing cluster outside Austin and support a web of suppliers, contractors and skilled production jobs across Williamson County.
