Triangle Brick Company history

1960 - The original manufacturing facility, with a capacity of 25 million bricks a year, opens on Highway 55 on the southern edge of Durham.

1965 - Manufacturing expansion doubles annual production capacity to 70 million bricks.

1968 - Triangle Brick is one of the first brick companies in the US to completely automate the manufacturing process.

1973 - A second plant opens in Carpenter near the Durham-Wake County line, two miles from the original plant.

1979 - Triangle brick is purchased by Wilhelm Roeben, a fourth-generation brick manufacturer.

1991 - A new plant, with an annual capacity of 50 million bricks, opens at Merry Oaks on the Wake-Chatham County line.

1993 - A second kiln at Merry Oaks goes into operation, doubling the plant’s production capacity.

1999 - The second plant at Merry Oaks opens with an additional capacity of 100 million bricks a year.

2000 - At the turn of the century, 40 years after beginning operation, the company is selling bricks to customers in over 30 states and Canada.

2001 - A new plant, with an annual capacity of 110 million bricks per year opens in Wadesboro, NC in Anson County.

2004 - Construction is completed and production starts at the second plant at Wadesboro.

2014 - Construction begins on our Clay County Plant in Henrietta, Texas.