General Shale Brick Updates Roanoke Plant

General Shale Brick is investing more than $7 million for capital improvements at its Roanoke, Va., manufacturing plant. General Shale will modernize the plant's material handling procedures using robotic setting and unloading practices with automated control systems. Significant resources are also being invested in the firing process.The project is expected to be completed by December 2006. For additional information, visit http://www.generalshale.com .