Herff Jones planned to celebrate the opening of an 80,000 square-foot, $15 million jewelry production facility Saturday in Warwick.
The facility, built on a vacant, 25-acre industrial lot at 150 Herff Jones Way, off Warwick Avenue, will support the company’s East Coast high school-ring manufacturing operations. The site was formerly home to Ciba Specialty Chemicals, which closed its operations in 1986.
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Herff Jones will transfer 200 jobs to Warwick from its plant in Providence, although it will retain 150 workers there. The existing 53,000 square-foot plant in Providence will continue to manufacture customized emblematic products, college scholastic rings and athletic championship rings.
Herff Jones, an employee-owned company, makes yearbooks, diplomas, graduation announcements, caps and gowns, medals, awards and school pictures, as well as rings.
Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian and U.S. Senators Lincoln Chafee and Jack Reed were expected to attend Saturday’s grand opening.
