Western South Carolina has pulled in hundreds of millions from manufacturers like Rolls-Royce and Kimberly-Clark. Four counties, Aiken, Edgefield, Saluda, and McCormick, have turned into hotspots for business growth over the past few years.
Rolls-Royce pledged $75 million to grow its Aiken County plant, which started operations in 2010. Sixty jobs will arrive. The facility will balloon by 60,000 square feet across two construction phases.
“This latest $75 million investment is to expand our machining capabilities to support the tremendous production ramp-up of our mtu Series 4000 diesel engines that power our mission-critical diesel generator sets for data center applications,” said Philipp Steinle, vice president of operations at the Graniteville campus, according to Livability…