Portokoll, the joint-venture company of Custom Building Products and the Portobello Group, has opened a new 5,000-square-meter manufacturing facility near Sao Paulo, Brazil. The plant, the company’s second in Brazil, is projected will increase Portokoll’s current manufacturing capacity by more than 300%.

Able to manufacture 15,000 tons of tile care and installation products monthly, the plant employees 35 local workers and is the largest capacity facility of its type in South America. Portokoll manufactures grouts and mortars, and will also carry a line of ceramic and stone-care products called PortoLab.