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Area manufacturers continue to announce expansions that are creating new jobs for Upstate residents. These new jobs opportunities are especially welcomed at this time, due to the sluggish economy that our country is currently experiencing. Upstate South Carolina industries that have announced expansions this year include Centeral Textiles, Michelin North America, Preferred Sourcing Incorporated, Nissan North America, KS Bearings, Inc., T & WA, the Madeleine Manufacturing, 3M Corporation and Beverage Air. These companies are adding hundreds of high paying jobs at their respective Upstate manufacturing plants. Central Textiles, an industrial fabrics producer of wall-covering substrates, material for career apparel uniforms, and pocketing for jeans, announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Pickens County. The 180,000 square-foot textile facility formerly occupied by Mayfair Mills will add $2 million in capital investment and create up to 180 new jobs in the next few years. More details 
Michelin North America, Inc. has announced it will be expanding its earthmover tire facility in South Carolina, which opened in 1998. S.C. Currently, Michelin has invested over $2 billion in the State of South Carolina since 1975. Michelin has 7,957,000 square feet of manufacturing space in the State of South Carolina and employs over 10,000 South Carolinians, 8,000 in the Upstate. Jim Micali, chairman and president, Michelin North America, said, "This is a fine day for Michelin and South Carolina. We are proud to celebrate the expansion of our earthmover tire facility and to solidify our commitment to South Carolina, where we have invested more than $2 billion to date." Added Dick Wilkerson, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Michelin North America Earthmover Tire Division, "This investment will better enable us to serve our customers, not only in North America but in other parts of the world." Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Michelin North America employs 26,500 and operates 23 plants in 19 locations. To apply for jobs: call Michelin's Human Resource Office at (864) 458-5000. More details 
Preferred Sourcing Incorporated, a company specializing in the inspection of non-conforming automotive parts, announced plans to lease a 20,000 square-foot warehouse facility in Spartanburg County. The facility is located at 265 Parkway East in the Hillside Industrial Park in Duncan. After the completion of office space, the company anticipates operations to officially begin by late December and hire approximately 20 associates by January 2002.Preferred Sourcing Inc. specializes in the third party Quality service of detecting and containing non-conforming material. Their services include part sorting, part inspection, reworking, light assembly and level one and level two containment. They provide services at supplier facilities, logistic facilities at any of their facilities in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Alabama or South Carolina. For information regarding employment, interested parties can go to Preferred Sourcing's web site and down load its online application. Just click on this link to access the Preferred Sourcing's internet web site employment page, Preferred Sourcing Employment. For those wishing to call Preferred Sourcing regarding employment, the phone number is 1- 317-357-5669. More details
Nissan will invest about $4 million in the center housed in a leased 186,290 square-foot building situated on 14.69 acres in upstate South Carolina. Nissan's decision to select the site resulted from a number of factors, including strong support received from the South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Greenville Area Development Corporation. The new center is expected to employ about 45 people when it opens in April. More details
With five manufacturing plants located in Germany, Brazil and the United States, KS Bearings Inc. is a worldwide manufacturer of bi-metallic bearings, bushings and washers for the automotive and general industrial sectors. According to company officials, KS Bearings Inc. is transferring some of its product lines to the Fountain Inn facility from Greensburg, Indiana. Other product lines will be transferred to the company's facility in Papenburg, Germany, while a casting and aluminum cladding line will remain in Indiana.
Those interested in applying for a position should contact K S Bearings, Inc. at: Construction will begin immediately on the 43,000 square-foot facility with production beginning in July 2002. The company expects to employ 21 people initially.
Madeleine Manufacturing, a quality producer of dust ruffles, pillow shams and associated linens, announced a 60,000 square-foot manufacturing operation in Union County. The company's only location also distributes products from its manufacturing plant.Since the startup in May, the new company has grown to a current employment of 70 employees and has a goal of 100 workers by the end of the year. Occupying the former Liebhardt Building on Brown's Creek Church Road Madeline plans on investing $300,000 in capital and creating up to 150 new jobs within the next two years. The Madeleine Corp. is located on Brown's Creek Church Road, Jonesville, South Carolina. The phone number is 864-674-5175. More details 
3M announced recently that it is expanding its existing tape and film facility located at Donaldson Center. The possible $18.4 million announced capital investment includes the company�s recent announcement in August that it is moving its production of filament tape from its Bristol, PA facility. According to 3M, the investment will help secure the plant�s future for the next five years. 3M employs 490 at the Donaldson Center facility. In addition to the box sealing-tape operation, the facility also produces polyester film used for X-rays films and overhead transparencies. More details 
Beverage Air, a manufacturer of refrigeration and freezer equipment, recently announced it will undertake a major expansion of its Honea Path facility located in Abbeville County. The expansion is the result of a new commercial freezer line that is being added to the plant. The project will create 92 new jobs and generate a capital investment of over $2 million. Beverage Air is utilizing the South Carolina Center for Accelerated Technology Training (CATT), formerly South Carolina Special Schools, and Piedmont Technical College, in the recruitment and training of new employees for the operation. The company will hire approximately 80 employees to fill a number of manufacturing positions that include assemblers, braziers and solderers and sheet metal fabricators. Beverage Air opened its Honea Path facility in 1996 and is a subsidiary of Carrier Corporation. The operation currently employs 150. Persons interested in applying for the new positions should contact the South Carolina Employment and Security Commission in Abbeville at (864) 459-5486. .More details These new jobs will mean the world to the lucky Upstate residents who are fortunate enough to secure them. A debt of gratitude is certainly in order to these manufacturers who have chosen the South Carolina Upstate for their expansions. THANK YOU!!
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Nissan North America announced it will establish a new Parts Distribution Center (PDC) in the South Carolina Upstate as part of the automaker's expansion in the United States aimed at creating lasting, profitable growth worldwide. 
K S Bearings Inc., a subsidiary of the Bearings Division of German manufacturing company Kolbenschmidt Pierburg AG, announced today that it will begin manufacturing operations in Fountain Inn in January 2002, in an $11 million facility located in the South Chase Industrial Park. The new manufacturing facility will employ approximately 70 people, and anticipates sales of approximately $15 million.
T&WA President Gary Dodd said, "We feel very fortunate to have been selected as a supplier to a great company like BMW. We truly look forward to a long and successful relationship. We are also very happy with the support we have received from the state of South Carolina and the local area." 