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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
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GREER -- BMW has taken another step in expanding its plant near Greer to build about 240,000 vehicles a year by 2010. The company has obtained a building permit from Spartanburg County to expand its paint shop by at a cost of $26.9 million, said to Mike Padgett, head of the county's building permit office. BMW told the state officials in October that it planned to expand the paint shop's capacity to more than 240,000 vehicles.
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008 |
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SPARTANBURG -- Fisher Barton South Carolina Inc. will invest $3.5 million to expand its operations in Fountain Inn. Fisher Barton South Carolina makes precision metal stampings, welded assemblies and heat-treated products. The company provides low- to high-volume metal components for automotive uses, industrial uses, lawn and garden, material handling, hand power tools, transportation, outdoor products, and agricultural uses.
Read more at The (Anderson) Independent-Mail...
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Friday, 21 December 2007 |
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After more than 40 years in the egg business, the monks of Mepkin Abbey plan to phase out egg production, which has been their livelihood and main source of income. People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals has pressured Mepkin Abbey for months about the practice of keeping its chickens in small wire cages, which the organization deems cruel but which is the most common method of egg farming. PETA said its latest protest was organized because the abbey has not changed its practices.
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007 |
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BERKELEY COUNTY -- A DuPont official called the company’s plans to build a new $500 million facility next to its existing plant in Berkeley County “the largest DuPont investment in the world.” Building the plant, which will employ 100, is part of the company’s global effort to meet the demand for Kevlar-brand fiber used in airplane parts and in military and police protection vests. The company plans to break ground adjacent to its existing site on the Cooper River in January.
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007 |
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GREER -- Production of BMW's new X6 sports activity coupe at the company's Greer plant has begun with about a dozen cars assembled daily, with the vehicle to be unveiled to the public at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. It will join more than 50 new models being shown to the world for the first time at Detroit, according to NAIAS. BMW said the plant began building cars about a week ago.
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