Bluestar Silicones USA Corp., East Brunswick, N.J., will open a manufacturing and research and development facility in York, S.C., adding 60 jobs in the process. The company will relocate operations and equipment from its Ventura, Calif., and Rock Hill, S.C., facilities to a recently acquired 226,000-square-foot building in York, and plans to purchase new pilot equipment.

Earlier this year, Bluestar Silicones had announced its intention to purchase a site in Charlotte, but after exploring its options, the company decided the York property was better suited to the company's needs, offered significant space for long-term growth and could be easily retrofitted.

Bluestar expects to have the York site fully transitioned by mid-2012.