Manufacturing

Fitesa Simpsonville Inc., a company that processes polypropylene resin pellets into fabrics and fibers, recently announced a $50 million dollar remodel to its existing facility that will create at least 32 new jobs.

On Monday, Manfred Erlacher, an employee of BMW for 29 years, officially assumed responsibility of BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg.

Greenville Technical College announced this week that its new Center for Manufacturing Innovation enterprise campus will be located at the Millennium Campus adjacent to the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).

Mergon Corporation, an international plastic blowing and injection molding company, recently announced that it would invest $4.4 million to expand its current Anderson County facility, which will generate 22 jobs.

Consumer products giant Colgate-Palmolive announced plans this week to convert an existing building into a new 525,000-square-foot production facility in Greenwood, adding 300 jobs in the process.

ZF Transmissions Gray Court, in conjunction with Human Technologies Inc., will host a job fair to fill more than 200 openings on Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m

General Electric announced Monday that it won three contracts totaling $2.7 billion, most of which is for gas turbines produced in Greenville.

A 59-year-old handcrafted canoe company will soon be putting down roots in downtown Travelers Rest.

Greenville-based Proterra recently sold 12 of its battery-powered, zero-emission buses to California-based Foothill Transit, which was the company’s largest U.S. sale.

Manufacturing is making a comeback in the United States with an increasing number of companies investing in domestic manufacturing facilities.