The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada  announcing that Geofortis Pozzolans is opening a state of the art cementitious material, mineral processing facility in Reno. Development of the 30,000 sf facility is expected to start in August, with processing operations to start by April 2018. The company plans to hire more than 200 people by end of Year 5 and will be investing upwards of $20 million in capital expenditures. Geofortis also received incentives from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Mike Kazmierski, President and CEO of EDAWN says demand for cement and concrete materials is expected to grow  7% annually to $4 billion in 2020 and regionally, the demand is at record levels.