Zhejiang Hailiang plans copper tube factory in US

Zhejiang Hailiang Co Ltd recently announced plans to invest $165 million to build a copper tube factory in Sealy, Texas, a small city west of Houston. The company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of copper tubes.

Hailiang purchased the former BAE Systems facility and will build a 500,000-square-foot plant there. The project is expected to create roughly 250 jobs in the city, which has a population of more than 7,000 people, said Robert Worley, executive director of the Sealy Economic Development Corp (Sealy EDC).

Sealy City Manager Lloyd Merrell welcomed the company to the city.