Company has 4-decade history in Taylor
A local manufacturer with deep ties to Taylor is expanding and planning to add employees next year as part of the largest capital investment in company history, officials said.
Durcon, a Wilsonart company, has a 130,000-squarefoot operation on 14 acres at 206 Allison Road and broke ground earlier this month on a 32,000-squarefoot expansion.
The company, which creates laboratory-grade chemical-resistant epoxy resin countertops and sinks, is projected to grow its earnings with the initiative, officials said.
“This milestone marks the largest capital investment in the company’s history, introducing next-generation manufacturing technologies to increase production capacity, optimize product quality, improve operational reliability and elevate overall customer experience,” according to a release from the Taylor Economic Development Corp. “This large-scale investment underscores Durcon’s longstanding commitment to quality, innovation and industry leadership.”
Company officials said the upgrades signal a new chapter for the manufacturer, which has been in Taylor four decades.
“This revitalization of our Taylor manufacturing operations reflects our dedication to advancing the laboratory worksurface marketplace by delivering the precision, consistency, and service our customers expect,” said Ron Ubertini, global vice president of Wilsonart and Durcon, in a prepared statement.
The expansion is expected to be completed by mid-2026, according to Durcon spokesman Matthew Solomon.
“The topic of expansion has been discussed as part of our regular strategic planning process over multiple planning cycles,”
Solomon said.
The expansion project includes cutting- edge fabrication machinery as well as ultra-modern software advancements, according to Solomon.
He said these projects “will dramatically enhance production capacity, product precision,
and operational
reliability, setting a new benchmark for the laboratory worksurface industry.”
The growing facility is expected to bring more jobs to Taylor, though Solomon did not specify an exact figure.
Officials said the company currently has about 200 employees.
“These upgrades and expansion signal the start of a new chapter for Durcon, as a new legacy begins,” Solomon said. “The company has been a trusted name in laboratory worksurfaces and sinks since the 1960s, and this nextgeneration technology upgrade positions us at the forefront of our industry, enabling us to deliver superior product quality, precision edges, improved capacity, reliability, lead times, tighter tolerances and an overall elevated customer experience.”
He added daily operations will not be affected by the construction.
“This expansion is a major investment in the future of Taylor and surrounding area, reaffirming our commitment to a community we have been a proud employer in for the past four decades,” Solomon said.
According to company officials, in the early 1970s, Duriron — which was renamed Durcon — expanded into fully epoxy resin laboratory products. During the same period, “a small stone-fabrication firm called Laboratory Tops (LabTops) also began producing epoxy resin worksurfaces and molding epoxy-resin sinks,” according to the company history on Durcon’s website, durcon.com In the mid-1970s, Laboratory Tops added to its lineup by casting epoxy resin slabs for the broader laboratory market, officials said. By the end of the decade, both Laboratory Tops and Durcon produced epoxy resin worksurfaces.
By the middle of the 1980s, Laboratory Tops located to Taylor and created “a stateof- the-art production space spanning 75,000 square feet” on Allison Road.
In the early 2000s, Durcon and Laboratory Tops merged into a single company under the Durcon name, officials
said.
