SC Ports finished a $55 million expansion of Inland Port Greer on March 26, 2025. The project added 9,000 feet of rail for longer trains, expanded the container yard to raise cargo capacity by 50 percent, and brought the facility’s rail-lift capacity to 300,000...
Octapharma has never built a plant in the United States. That changes in Rock Hill, where the Swiss company, headquartered in Lachen, is spending $1.5 billion on its first US manufacturing site. The 50-acre campus in Palmetto Research Park is expected to bring more...
On September 8, 1994, the first US-made BMW 318i rolled off the line in Spartanburg. Thirty-two years later, BMW is building electric vehicles on that same ground. On June 30, 2026, the company said it had completed a $1.7 billion investment in its South Carolina...
Sodecia Aapico is building a $120 million, 400,000-square-foot plant in Orangeburg County to make ladder frames for Scout Motors. The plant is expected to create up to 392 jobs and to finish construction in 2027. The project was announced in December 2025 by the South...
Scout Motors plans a $300 million supplier park on nearly 200 acres at its Blythewood production center, with about 1,000 additional supplier jobs expected. Scout announced the park on September 18, 2025. As of September 20, 2026, Scout reports continued work on the...
The Scout name last built a vehicle in 1980. In March 2023, the state announced that Scout Motors would revive it: a $2 billion plant in Blythewood, northeast of Columbia, with the potential for 4,000 or more permanent jobs. The plant will build two vehicles, the...
