SALISBURY — Universal Forest Products has paid $1.7 million for the former Maxon Furniture plant on Grace Church Road and begun its expansion there with plans to add nearly 50 new jobs over the next few years.
Universal completed the purchase July 19, according to documents filed with the Rowan County Register of Deeds Office. The company has said it plans to invest about $2.6 million total in the expansion, about $1 million in new equipment.
The company has operated since 1974 at 358 Woodmill Road in Salisbury, where it currently employs 144 workers. Local and state incentives helped clinch the expansion in Rowan County.
Lynn Afendoulis, a spokeswoman for the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based company, said job seekers can fill out applications at the local Employment Security Commission Office or at the Woodmill Road plant.