Bosch Rexroth announces expansion in Greenville County
November 14, 2011
COLUMBIA, SC – November 14, 2011 – Bosch Rexroth Corporation today announced plans to expand its existinghydraulics manufacturing operations in Greenville County. The $80million investment is expected to generate 160 new jobs over the nextfive years.
“We are very pleased to announce this expansion in our Fountain Innoperations,” said Berend Bracht, regional president – Americas BoschRexroth Corporation. “With this investment, our expanded manufacturingcampus here will become Bosch Rexroth’s primary facility for mobilehydraulics and the business’s largest manufacturing facility in theAmericas. We will be able to strengthen our business, invest in ourfacility and associates, and meet the growing demands of our customersdue in large part to partnership with our colleagues in the state ofSouth Carolina and Greenville County.”
Bosch Rexroth will expand its manufacturing operations in FountainInn with the addition of a new building and land. The company haspurchased the former GlaxoSmithKline building near its current facility, creating a manufacturing campus for its operations in GreenvilleCounty. The additions will also create room for the company to grow inthe future.
“We celebrate a great South Carolina partner Bosch Rexroth expanding and creating 160 new jobs in our state. We look forward to a continuedsuccessful relationship with this great company,” said Gov. Nikki Haley.
Since the beginning of the year, South Carolina has recruited more than$3.3 billion in investment and more than 11,000 new jobs in themanufacturing sector.
“Our state’s manufacturing sector continues to grow, as today’s announcement shows. South Carolina has long had areputation for making things – for manufacturing, and Bosch Rexroth’sdecision to expand in Greenville County builds on that reputation,” said Bobby Hitt, Secretary of Commerce.
The current operations manufacture a many types of hydraulic pumpsand motors used in construction, agriculture, mining, material handling, and oil and gas exploration. The new building will allow them tomanufacture higher volumes and eventually different types of hydraulicpumps and motors. In addition to the new building and land, a bridgewill be built to connect the two sites. A ravine currently separates the two properties and the bridge will enable the two facilities to operate more efficiently.
“It says a lot about a community when a respected internationalcompany such as Bosch Rexroth decides to make yet another majorinvestment here,” commented Butch Kirven, Greenville Area DevelopmentCorporation Board director and chairman of Greenville County Council.“Greenville County provides the skilled workforce, business-friendlyenvironment and all other necessary attributes to support Bosch’sadvanced manufacturing initiatives. We’re proud to be home to BoschRexroth and its approximately 600 associates who work here.”
The Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved thecompany for job development credits, which will be available when hiring targets are met. The S.C. Technical College System will providepre-employment training.
The company will begin hiring for the new positions by year end andwill receive help in the hiring process from ReadySC. Anyone interestedin job opportunities with the company should contact Human TechnologiesInc. (HTI) at 864-263-4401.
About Bosch Rexroth
Bosch Rexroth AG is one of the world’s leading specialists in thefield of drive and control technologies. Under the brand name of Rexroth the company supplies more than 500,000 customers with tailoredsolutions for driving, controlling and moving machinery used inindustrial and factory automation as well as in mobile applications.Visit http://www.boschrexroth-us.com/ for more information.
