Automotive

BMW 2014 Export Value Surges Past $9 Billion

BMW Manufacturing Co. announced today that the export value of its passenger vehicles through the Port of Charleston in 2014 totaled $9.2 Billion, confirming the company’s South Carolina facility as the leading U.S. automotive exporter. According to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, this accomplishment represents…


PecTec Corporation Establishes First U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Spartanburg

PecTec Corporation, a supplier of top-quality semi-finished and finished metal products for the automotive industry, is establishing its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County. The $2 million investment is expected to create 15 new jobs in Spartanburg, S.C. Founded in the summer of 2014 in Spartanburg,…


Honda Marks Global Production of 300 Million Motorcycles

Achieving a milestone more than 65 years in the making, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced production of its 300-millionth motorcycle. The milestone bike is a Honda Gold Wing produced at the company’s Kumamoto Factory in Japan. Honda will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic Gold…


Michelin Opens Tweel Airless Tire Manufacturing Plant in South Carolina

Michelin today marked the opening of its newest plant in North America, which will produce the innovative MICHELIN® X® TWEEL® Airless Radial Tire™ for commercial applications. An idea first conceived by Michelin research engineers in the United States, the TWEEL is a revolutionary non-pneumatic tire that changed…


BMW Adds Solar for Zentrum Museum

BMW Manufacturing has completed the installation and commissioning of solar panels that are providing solar energy to fully power the 24,000-square-foot Zentrum Museum, the plant’s heritage museum and visitors center. In addition to the new solar panels, the plant also installed three new electric vehicle charging stations…