Articles Tagged with ''South Carolina manufacturing''

CHARLESTON, SC—Daimler Vans Manufacturing plans to invest $4.6 million to expand its assembly plant here, creating at least 60 new jobs.

SPARTANBURG, SC—BMW has taken a step toward revolutionizing the role of robots in automotive manufacturing by having a handful of robots work side by side with human workers at its assembly plant here.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC— Boeing will build an assembly plant here to make engine inlet components for the 737 MAX jetliner.

WINNSBORO, SC—Television manufacturer Element Electronics Corp. is investing $7.5 million to build a second U.S. assembly plant here, creating 500 jobs.

ST. JOSEPH, MI—Michigan-based systems integrator Edgewater Automation will invest $3 million to establish a production facility in Spartanburg County, SC, and create 53 new jobs.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—Auto parts supplier Weber Automotive will build $51 million assembly plant here. The facility is expected to employ 84 people over the next four years.

LAURENS, SC—ZF Transmissions will invest more than $175 million to build a new assembly plant here, creating 450 jobs.

FLORENCE, SC—A possible bomb threat at the Otis Elevator assembly plant here forced the evacuation of all employees Monday morning.

COLUMBIA, SC—EcoDual Inc., a manufacturer of dual-fuel conversion systems for heavy-duty trucks, will $13 million assembly plant here. The facility is expected to generate 307 new jobs in the next five years.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the BMW assembly plant in Spartanburg, SC, over its use of criminal background checks to screen out job applicants or fire employees. The agency says the policy discriminates against African Americans.