Companies

Rite Aid Selects Spartanburg for New Distribution Center

Rite Aid Corporation announced today plans to build a 900,000-square-foot distribution center in Spartanburg, S.C. The new distribution center is expected to employ nearly 600 people after it becomes fully operational and will support the inventory and fulfillment needs of approximately 1,000 Rite Aid stores in the…


Kobelco Construction Machinery Make Investment in Spartanburg

Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in the manufacture, sale and service of construction and transport machinery, is establishing operations in Spartanburg County. The $41 million investment is expected to generate 131 new jobs in Moore, S.C. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Japan,…


PecTec Corporation Establishes First U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Spartanburg

PecTec Corporation, a supplier of top-quality semi-finished and finished metal products for the automotive industry, is establishing its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County. The $2 million investment is expected to create 15 new jobs in Spartanburg, S.C. Founded in the summer of 2014 in Spartanburg,…


Blue Earth to Power on CHP Energy Plant in Sumter, SC in Q1 2015

Blue Earth, Inc. a renewable/alternative energy and energy efficiency services company, announced today that it expects to complete its initial combined heat and power (“CHP”) energy plant in the first quarter of 2015. The energy plant will be located at the Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (“Pilgrim’s Pride”) poultry protein…


MTU Aiken Plant Apprentice Recognized by GACC

The German American Chambers of Commerce (GACCs) presented high school senior Nigeria Williams with the Trainee of the Year award. Williams is a student at South Carolina’s Aiken County Career Center and South Aiken High School, and is the first female participant in the MTU Aiken Plant…


Nexans Opens New Plant in Goose Creek

Two years after breaking ground for the construction of a new plant in South Carolina, Nexans today, officially celebrates the opening of its Goose Creek facility. The plant will produce high voltage power cables and is expected to create 200 manufacturing jobs over the next few years….