The South Carolina Power Team, in support of the 19 electric cooperatives of South Carolina, is an essential partner for economic development in South Carolina. Often, throughout the site selection process, projects encounter challenges as the location decision progresses.
The electric cooperatives and the South Carolina Power Team have consistently come to the table with innovative solutions that play a critical role in combatting these challenges and assist companies in choosing South Carolina. The Case Studies below are a few of the many specific examples where projects have faced a critical need and the electric cooperatives have found a solution to assist in companies such as Samsung and Volvo locating in South Carolina.
Background: Manufacturing contributes 16% of South Carolina’s gross domestic product (GDP). The state aggressively recruits new industry, and encourages existing industries to expand, with a variety of incentives including rewards for the creation of new jobs. Challenge: In South Carolina, it is common for manufacturers to make capital investments in new machinery or equipment upgrades […]
Background: In February 2018, Crown Health Care Laundry Services, LLC. opened its processing plant in an upfitted speculative building in I-20 Industrial Center in Lee County, SC. While the new jobs and capital investment were welcome and celebrated, Lee County did not have any available Class A industrial speculative buildings or building pads after Crown […]
배경: 2017년, 삼성은 북미 시장용 세탁기를 생산하기 위해 기존 500,000평방피트 건물에 대한 검색 프로세스를 시작했습니다. 건물 외에도 회사는 $350백만을 투자하고 두 단계의 성장에 걸쳐 거의 1000명의 사우스 캐롤라이나 사람들을 고용할 것입니다. 도전 과제: 사우스 캐롤라이나에는 건물이 […]
배경: 2014년, 볼보와 모회사인 지리(Geely)는 최초의 국내 생산 시설을 위한 집을 확인하기 위해 검색을 수행했습니다. 이 프로젝트는 신규 자본 투자로 $500백만이 소요될 것이며 시설에서 약 1,000명의 직원을 고용할 것입니다. 회사는 검색 범위를 Charleston 외부의 사이트와 외부의 사이트로 좁혔습니다. […]