NASHVILLE, Tennessee —LP Building Solutions broke 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 the first quarter of 2028. …The North Branch facility will be the largest and most efficient ExpertFinish site in LP’s network. It will be LP’s fourth ExpertFinish manufacturing location and the second one purpose-built for ExpertFinish production, following the opening of LP New York in 2023. …Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Matt Varilek said “We’re invested in LP’s success and grateful for their commitment to Minnesota.”