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INDUSTRY
Food
Textiles
Paper
Electronics
Chemicals
Rubber
Aviation
GREENVILLE
CHEROKEE
PICKENS
YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
SPARTANBURG
Transportation Printing
Machinery
OCON E E
UNION
CHESTER
LANCASTER
CHESTERFIELD
MARLBORO
GEORGIA
AN D E R SO N
E
LAURENS
FA I R F I E L D
KERSHAW
NE WBERRY
AB B E V IL L E
LEE
CO
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PL
GREENWOOD
Mc
SALUDA
RM
CK
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DILLON
DARLINGTON
RICHLAND
MARION
FLORENCE
HORRY
SUMTER
LEXINGTON
EDGEFIELD
CALHOUN
AIKEN
WILLIAMSBURG
ORANGEBURG
SA
some of the products made in South
BARNWELL
Carolina today that were unheard of just 25
BERKELEY
BAMBERG
DORCHESTER
years ago. Improved technical education,
ALLENDALE
communications, transportation, and business
COLLE TON
development policies have encouraged both homeHAMPTON
grown industry and foreign investment. Non-durable
CHARLESTON
goods such as textiles and food processing traditionally
have led the way, but machinery and electronics also are
JASPER
important. Highly visible manufacturers include BMW
(cars), Boeing (airplanes), and Michelin (tires). Shown here
are industries employing more than 500 workers at their
BEAUFORT
facility. Most are located near transportation networks. In
particular a string of facilities follows Interstate 85 and creates
a manufacturing corridor that links Atlanta, Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Gaffney, and Charlotte.
GEORGETOWN
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Tires, airplanes, automobiles: these are
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Steel rebar – reinforcing bar – is one of many industrial items
manufactured in South Carolina. At CMC Steel in Cayce,
rebar is made for residential and commercial construction
and highways. The company has mills in eight other states
and much of their production is from recycled scrap metal.