The plant is expected to be ready in 1995 and will employ 1,000 workers.
The entire plant will employ more than 1,400 people, the company said.
In 1986, the company said it would close 11 plants employing 29,000 people.
At full capacity, the plant will employ more than 500 people.
The plant employs 425 people and has 300 buildings on the site.
The plant opened last August and now employs 120 people.
The plant will cost approximately $500 million and employ 1,600 workers by 2020.
By 1896, the plant employed 550 people, and produced about 2 million square feet of window glass per month.
At end of 2001 the plant employed 3,000 people; by 2008 this had fallen to 2,200.
Before it closed, the plant employed more than 2,600 people at the facility.