LP Breaks Ground on New SmartSide ExpertFinish Facility in Minnesota

On Tuesday, LP Building Solutions (LP) announced that it had broken ground on a new LP SmartSide ExpertFinish Trim & Siding manufacturing facility in North Branch, Minnesota.

The approximately 350,000-square-foot facility will be built on a recently acquired 120-acre site. It is expected to create 125 jobs at full capacity and is slated to begin production in 2028Q1.

The North Branch facility will be the largest and most efficient ExpertFinish site in LP’s network, reflecting the scale of investment and continued demand for the product. It will be LP’s fourth ExpertFinish manufacturing location and the second purpose-built for ExpertFinish production, following the opening of LP New York in 2023.

Located near key new construction and repair and remodeling markets in the Midwest, the facility will help support growing demand for LP SmartSide ExpertFinish products. Siding will be manufactured and primed at LP siding mills before being shipped to North Branch, where team members will apply one of 22 prefinished colors to create ready-to-install exterior siding products.

This investment builds on LP’s long history in Minnesota, where the company has operated since opening its Two Harbors siding mill in 1985. Once complete, North Branch will become LP’s 12th siding facility and 22nd manufacturing facility across North and South America.