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South Carolina ranks as the nation’s No. 2 producer of tires, according to Tire Business’ annual ranking of states. In 2012, the daily production capacity in South Carolina’s tire plants total 84,000 units.

According to the Brookings Institute analysis, manufactur-ing jobs in the Columbia area increased 5.9% between Q4 2010 and Q4 2011; the national average was 2.7% for the same period. Their analysis also identified 8.5% of all manufacturing jobs in Columbia as “high tech” and 20.4% as “moderately high tech.”

WIRED magazine named South Carolina an “Emerging Epicenter of High Tech Industry” in six fields, including: Aerospace Vehicles, Automotive, Plastics, Metal Manufac-turing, Communications Technology and Electrical Equipment.

LANG MEKRA NORTH AMERICA manufactures rear view vision systems

for commercial vehicles from their

160,000 square foot facility in Ridge-

way, SC. They have expanded six

times since establishing operations in

1994 and currently employ more than

300 workers.

HAIER AMERICA opened and produced its

first refrigerator in March 2000, becoming

the first Chinese company to open a fac-

tory in the U.S. Today the facility employs

nearly 200 workers and boasts an annual

production capacity of 400,000 units.

HIGHLIGHTS

BY AGE

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25-34

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55-64

65-99

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29%

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19%

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15%

33%

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14%Less than high school

High school or equvalent, no college

Some college or Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree or Advanced degree

BY EDUCATION LEVEL

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS

Source: JobsEQ

BY HIGH TECH OCCUPATION

OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENT MEAN HOURLY WAGE Production Occupations $15.41 Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers $18.70 Engine and Other Machine Assemblers $19.03 Team Assemblers $12.69 CNC Machine Tool Operators, Metal & Plastic $17.26 Machinists $16.95 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers and Weighers $17.20 Industrial Production Managers $41.99 Chemical Engineers $37.58 Industrial Engineers $34.38 Mechanical Engineers $47.12 Mechanical Engineering Technicians $22.29 Architecture & Engineering Occupations $33.81 Average: $25.72Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2012 Occupation Employment Survey.

BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT: With the ideal mix of supportive government, low tax rates, and competitive incentive packages, this is the business friendly climate you’ve been looking for. South Carolina has the lowest Corporate Income Tax in the Southeast and offers numerous manufacturing related tax credits for new and expanding companies.

WORKFORCE: Our nationally recognized workforce is one of the region’s strongest assets. Our workforce is among the most productive, lowest unionized, and most cost effective in the nation. Workforce training programs such as readySC™ partner with our technical colleges to ensure our workforce has the skills required by advanced manufacturing companies.

LOW COST UTILITIES: Thanks to a diverse supply of resources, industrial power costs are generally 15-20 percent lower than the national average.

MCNAIR AEROSPACE CENTER: The University of South Carolina’s newly created Aerospace Center is advancing innovation in education and workforce development by offering the state’s first master’s degree in aerospace engi-neering as well as a master’s degree in engineering management. Two additional degrees, a bachelor’s and a master’s in systems design, are in progress.

LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION: Our region is located halfway between New York City and Miami, within 24-hour ground access to two-thirds of the national population, and just an hour from the nation’s 8th largest port—the Port of Charleston. Our region is also home to the UPS Regional Air Hub, the Columbia Metro-politan Airport and four major interstates (I-20, I-26, I-77, and I-95) for easy north/south and east/west access.

AVAILABLE PROPERTY: Central SC has more than 60 available industrial buildings between 10,000-350,000 square feet. There are nearly 100 industrial sites with available acreage, and new building construction costs are just $40-$60 per square foot.

EMPLOYMENT & WAGES

Avtec, Inc. provides pure Internet

Protocol (IP) dispatch console solu-

tions for the public safety, transporta-

tion, utility, business, and government

markets. For more than 30 years,

customers have chosen Avtec’s

award-winning technology for their

mission-critical dispatch centers. There

are thousands of Scout(tm) Voice over

Internet protocol (VoIP) consoles

installed worldwide.

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BY HIGH TECH OCCUPATION

Wages for the following occupations in our region are 7.2% lower than the national averages.

COMPANY COUNTY PRODUCTAND/ORSERVICE EMPLOYMENTMichelin Lexington Earthmover & Passenger Tires 1,960Husqvarna Orangeburg Riding Lawn Tractors 1,750Westinghouse Richland Nuclear Fuel Assemblies 1,200Invista Kershaw Textile Products 800Nephron Pharmaceuticals Lexington Blow Fill Seal Pharmaceutical Systems 707*Consolidated Systems Richland Fabricated Structural & Non Structural 700International Paper Richland Paper Mill 675Pure Power Technologies Richland Fuel Injectors 648Flextronics Lexington Electronics & Circuit Boards 600Koyo Corp. of USA Orangeburg Ball & Roller Bearings 530Schneider Electric Richland Industrial Electrical Controls 530FN Manufacturing Richland Guns and Ammo 510Allied Air Lexington HVAC Units 500Harsco Track Lexington Railroad Maintenance Equipment 431Zeus Industrial Products Orangeburg Polymer Tubing 427Intertape Polymer Group Richland Masking, Stencil & Duct Tape 400Caterpillar Newberry Electric Generator Sets 377Allied Air Orangeburg HVAC Units 350Albemarle Orangeburg Organic Chemicals 330Dak Americas Calhoun Plastic Materials & Resins 325Akebono Lexington Automotive Brake Systems 319Prysmian Cables & Systems Lexington Power Cables 314Bose Corporation Richland Wave Radios 300Koyo Corp. of USA Richland Bearing Hub Assemblies 300Ansaldo STS Lexington Railroad Signaling Equipment 300Apex Tool Group Lexington Electric & Pneumatic Controls 300Spirit Pharmaceuticals Clarendon Generic Pharmaceuticals 269*Shaw Industries Lexington Staple Nylons 258Hengst Kershaw Automotive Air Filters 241Lang Mekra Fairfield Automotive Mirror Systems 239Performance Fibers Fairfield Tire Cords 225Owen Steel Richland Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing 220Trane US Richland Commercial AC Coils 210Haier America Kershaw Refrigerators & Appliances 200Spirax Sarco Richland Steam Systems, Valves 200Komatsu Newberry Wheel Loaders & Forklifts 200The Okonite Co. Orangeburg Power Cables 200Suominen Nonwovens Kershaw Nonwoven Fabrics 185Amcor Rigid Plastics Richland Plastic Bottles for the Food & Pharma Industry 180Coviden Kershaw Surgical Gauze 179Weylchem US Kershaw Specialty Chemicals 170Doncasters Trucast Newberry Castings 168Federal Mogul Orangeburg Disk Brakes 160Isola Laminate Systems Fairfield Circuit Boards 160Metso Richland Rock & Minerals Processing Equipment 150Shakespeare Composites Newberry Light Poles 150The Rite Dose Corp. Richland Blow Fill Seal Pharmaceutical Systems 150Meritor Automotive Clarendon Vehicle Brake Systems 146Trimaco Industries Clarendon Canvas Dropcloths & Painting Supplies 143Georgia Pacific Clarendon Oriented Strand Board 141Zeus Industrial Products Calhoun Polymer Tubing 140Sea Hunt Boats Richland Pleasure Boat Manufacturing 135Wabtec Global Services Richland Locomotive Brakes and Electronics 125Mancor SC Kershaw Production Machine Shop 125TB Kawashima Kershaw Automotive Fabric 124Jarden Applied Materials Richland Technical Monofilaments 120Husqvarna Construction Products Richland Cutting Tool & Machine Tool Manufacturing 120Finnchem USA Richland Sodium Chlorate 104Avtec Lexington Radio Consoles 102Georgia Pacific McCormick Lumber Products 100Gulbrandsen Chemicals Orangeburg Chemical Products 100Coveright Richland Laminated Paper Products 100 Roller Bearing Corp. Lee Roller Bearings 85Triumph Fabrication Orangeburg Metal Fabrication for Aerospace & Military 40GKN Aerospace Orangeburg Aerospace Components 28Nasmyth Precision Products Newberry Aerospace Electrical Connector Components 22

*announced job creation

MANUFACTURING GDP & EXPORTSManufactured products account for nearly 97% of all goods exported from South Carolina. The Central SC Region exports $1.5 billion in goods annually; top five export categories include: Machinery, Plastics & Rubber Products, Chemicals, Computer & Electronic Products and Transportation Equipment.

In Central SC, 11% of the workforce is employed in manufacturing, which contributes $3.5 billion annually towards the economy—roughly 11% of the region’s total gross domestic product. Comparatively, at the national level, manufacturing accounts for 8.5% of the total gross domestic product.

According to the US Dept. of Commerce, South Carolina had the fastest growing manufacturing GDP on the East Coast between 2011-2012. Manufacturing GDP in South Carolina grew by 8.5% during this period; comparatively, the national manufacturing GDP growth rate was 7.8% for the same period.

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*announced job creation