US-Stevia, LLC locating new operations in Chesterfield County
April 4, 2018
US-Stevia, LLC announced that it is establishing new agribusiness operations in Chesterfield County. The company’s $21 million investment is projected to create 50 new jobs.
US-Stevia and its partners will grow, extract and sell stevia, a natural, no-calorie sweetener solution. The company’s vertically-integrated approach includes a unique, natural extraction and purification process, as well as direct, hands-on involvement in every step of the supply chain, from seed and crop production to the finished product.
Located at 70 Carolinas Centre Lane South in Cheraw, S.C., US-Stevia’s Chesterfield County operations are projected to come online by the fourth quarter of 2018. Hiring for the new positions should begin in the third quarter of 2018, and interested applicants should contact [email protected].
“We are pleased to be able to locate our operations and new facilities in Chesterfield County. The location itself aligns perfectly with our crop and product expansion plans for the coming years, and we are quite excited to find ourselves in a place where we can both tap into a wealth of agribusiness resources, while at the same time adding value to those resources as we expand our operations. We look forward to our partnership with Chesterfield County and the State of South Carolina, as well as the opportunity to add value to the agribusiness industry in the state,” said US-Stevia LLC President Hal Teegarden.
The Coordinating Council for Economic Development has approved job development credits, as well as a $100,000 Rural Infrastructure Fund grant to Chesterfield County to assist with the cost of building improvements.
