Star Tribune: Cambria shifts quartz processing from Canada to Dakota County

The Cambria countertop company is building an $80 million quartz processing plant and rail center in Dakota County and will move some operations from Canada to the U.S.

Tucked in an industrial park near cornfields and dairy farms in Randolph, the new 10-story quartz crushing plant will employ 50 to 70 permanent workers, the company said.

The move will consolidate processing operations and save the company millions at a time when, like other companies in the home improvement industry, sales are down and tariff costs are up. Companies large and small are rethinking supply chain considerations against the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade moves.

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