A Chinese company is interested in building its U.S. headquarters in Effingham County, in a $50 million manufacturing project that would create 25 to 50 jobs.

Leon Zipperer, Rincon’s board member for the county’s Industrial Development Authority, described “Project Stella” to Rincon City Council members at their Monday night meeting.

Zipperer said the company makes additives that are used in common household products.

Phosphates that would come through the Port of Savannah would be used to make food-grade additives that go in products such as toothpaste, said John Henry, CEO of the IDA. The company has 13 product lines, some of which are sold to Proctor and Gamble.

He said company officials have said if you bathe, wash clothes or brush your teeth, then you’re using their products.

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