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 […]
Предыстория: В 2017 году Samsung начала поиск существующего здания площадью 500 000 квадратных футов для производства стиральных машин для рынка Северной Америки. В дополнение к зданию компания инвестирует $350 миллионов и наймет около 1000 жителей Южной Каролины на двух этапах роста. Проблема: в Южной Каролине было только одно здание в […]
Предыстория: В 2014 году Volvo и их материнская компания Geely провели поиск дома для своего первого отечественного производственного предприятия. Проект будет стоить $500 миллионов новых капиталовложений, и на объекте будет занято около 1000 человек. Компания сузила свой поиск до сайта за пределами Чарльстона и сайта за пределами […]