With $300 million in facility-specific investment and 130 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →The building materials context.
Building materials manufacturing covers factory-made products used to build America's homes, commercial spaces, and infrastructure — cement, gypsum wallboard, roofing, siding, insulation, engineered wood, and architectural glass. These plants tend to serve regional markets, are highly capital-intensive relative to their headcount, and are closely tied to U.S. housing and construction cycles.
At a glance
- Company
- GAF
- Industry
- Building Materials
- Location
- Newton, Kansas
- Investment
- $300.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 130
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Mar 20, 2024
- Opening timeline
- GAF expects production to begin by the end of 2027 and full capacity by mid-2029.
- Added to tracker
- Jul 24, 2026
Official references
- Primary source https://www.kansascommerce.gov/2024/03/governor-kelly-announces-north-americas-largest-roofing-manufacturer-to-invest-more-than-300m-create-more-than-130-jobs-in-newton/
- GAF, "Proud to be Your Neighbor in Newton, KS" (project page, accessed October 21, 2026) https://www.gaf.com/en-us/about-us/proud-neighbor/newton
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "GAF, Newton, KS." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/gaf-newton. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.