Cable manufacturer plans to add 72 jobs to the area
Iowa-based cable manufacturer Zero Connect plans to invest $1.3 million to establish operations in Pickens County. Located in Easley, the renovated 18,000-square-foot manufacturing development will add 72 jobs to the area, and will allow Zero Connect to shorten ground shipment time to “the majority” of its customers, according to leaders.
“Our rapidly increasing fiber optic cable assembly business dictated that we find an area with a dedicated and skilled workforce,” said Zero Connect President Larry Kendall in a statement. “We feel our new Easley facility will allow us to maintain our leadership in the copper and fiber optic cable assembly and data center businesses.”
Zero Connect assembles and distributes fiber optic and copper cables for voice, data and video applications, according to the company’s website. The company manufactures and stocks products from Albia, Iowa.
“Pickens County is delighted to welcome Zero Connect to our local business community,” said Pickens County Council Chairman Jennifer J. Willis. “With a great location, dedicated workforce and wonderful natural resources, we in Pickens County know what Zero Connect will learn – this is a great place to do business and live. We know that Zero Connect will thrive, and we will be watching their continued growth and success for many years to come.”
The project is the second announced for Pickens County this year, following a $23 million expansion project by New York-based Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. that would add 100 jobs in Liberty, S.C.
