Seven Upstate auto parts makers pledge to hire 200 South Carolinians as they expand production to meet the needs of Scout Motors.
The companies — Spartanburg Steel, Magna DRIVE, KV Final, Röchling Automotive, Magna Mirrors, Cooper Standard and Bant Boru — announced Wednesday they would invest a total of $82 million in their existing facilities across Spartanburg, Duncan and Piedmont.
“Building Scout vehicles in South Carolina means building more of our supply chain here, too,” Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh, said in a statement. “These supplier expansions are another step toward reshoring American manufacturing, creating good jobs, and developing the domestic capabilities needed to support production for decades to come.”
The companies, which already supply parts to other South Carolina-based automakers, such as BMW, also will manufacture for and deliver to the Volkswagen subsidiary’s electric vehicle assembly plant under construction in Blythewood…