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BMW’s Plant Spartanburg Has Record Year

January 15, 2020

During its 25th year of production, BMW Manufacturing set a new production record, assembling 411,620 X models in 2019, beating the previous record set in 2016 by 449 vehicles. According to a news release from BMW North America, the record year means Plant…

Upstate South Carolina’s Industrial Evolution Sets Up Market as National Power

May 28, 2019

Reno Deaton

airport, bmw, industrial, inland port

Thirty years ago, there were 33 operating textile mills in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Today, there are scarcely a handful. The jobs and investments disappeared in the wake of regulatory change and international trade agreements. However, the infrastructure, location, existing…

Brookings Reports Cites Upstate Automotive Industry as Economic Development Model

July 26, 2018

Reno Deaton

automotive, bmw, education

A new report from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program cites the Upstate region and Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research as a model of cluster-based economic development. The report, “Rethinking Cluster Initiatives” by Ryan Donahue, Brookings fellow Joseph Parilla, and Brookings…

Greer-Based BMW Manufacturing Continues as Largest U.S. Automotive Exporter

February 14, 2018

Reno Deaton

automotive, bmw, export, manufacturing

BMW Manufacturing exported 272,346 BMW X models from the Spartanburg plant during 2017. Nearly 87 percent of these Sports Activity Vehicles and Coupes were exported through the Port of Charleston with an export value of approximately $8.76 billion, according to…

South Carolina Department of Commerce Releases 2017 Industry Recruitment Report

February 2, 2018

Reno Deaton

bmw, manufacturing, press release, scjustright

South Carolina posted another solid business recruitment year in 2017, with capital investment recruited to the state topping $5 billion for the fourth time in seven years. From January to December 2017, the state won 157 economic development projects, accounting…

South Carolina Named Business Facilities’ 2017 State Of The Year

January 4, 2018

Reno Deaton

automotive, bmw, business expansion, greer rankings, scjustright

The Palmetto State takes magazine’s top honor by doubling down on its solid manufacturing base while diversifying into new growth sectors. Massive new commitments from auto giants BMW and Volvo were the drivers in a bounty of new projects in…

ProTrans Opens New Logistics Facility Near BMW

December 7, 2017

Reno Deaton

automotive, bmw, business expansion

Indiana-based ProTrans Greer, a logistics company that serves the auto parts transport needs of BMW Manufacturing, announced that its new facility opened this week on a 20-acre site at GSP International Airport International Logistics Park. CenterPoint Properties negotiated an agreement…

SC Ports Anticipate Record Growth, Upgrades at Greer Facility

September 27, 2017

Reno Deaton

automotive, bmw, inland port

The South Carolina Ports Authority will invest $5.3 million to upgrade the 50-acre inland port in Greer, part of $263 million in upgrades to ports statewide. The Greer port’s 70- and 80-foot cranes and jumbo-sized forklifts moved an average of 333 containers a…

photo of BMW workers celebrating 4 million vehicles

BMW Marks 4 Million Vehicles Made in Greer

September 12, 2017

Reno Deaton

automotive, bmw, greer news, industrial, manufacturing

Twenty-three years to the day since the first BMW rolled off the assembly line, the BMW Manufacturing plant in Spartanburg County marked a milestone Friday with the production of its 4 millionth vehicle, a new BMW X3. The milestone vehicle…

BMW expands apprenticeship program

August 24, 2016

Reno Deaton

automotive, bmw, business expansion, industrial, manufacturing, workforce

As BMW approaches the home stretch of a $1 billion expansion to increase capacity, build a new sports-utility vehicle and add hundreds of jobs at its plant in Greer, the automaker is also expanding the popular apprenticeship program that helps fill…

BMW’s Plant Spartanburg Has Record Year

Upstate South Carolina’s Industrial Evolution Sets Up Market as National Power

Brookings Reports Cites Upstate Automotive Industry as Economic Development Model

Greer-Based BMW Manufacturing Continues as Largest U.S. Automotive Exporter

South Carolina Department of Commerce Releases 2017 Industry Recruitment Report

South Carolina Named Business Facilities’ 2017 State Of The Year

ProTrans Opens New Logistics Facility Near BMW

SC Ports Anticipate Record Growth, Upgrades at Greer Facility

BMW Marks 4 Million Vehicles Made in Greer

BMW expands apprenticeship program

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