4-8. South Carolina's Major Manufacturing Employers, Based on Number
of Employees: 1995
NUMBER
COMPANY NAME LOCATION EMPLOYEES
1 Westinghouse Savannah River Company Aiken 15,000
2 Kemet Electronics Corporation Simpsonville 2,500
3 Sonoco Products Company Hartsville 2,254
4 American Yard Products Incorporated Orangeburg 2,000
5 AVX Corporation Myrtle Beach 1,843
6 Bosch Corporation- Automotive Group North Charleston 1,800
7 Clinton Mills Incorporation Clinton 1,800
8 General Electric Company Greenville 1,750
9 Wellman Incorporated Johnsonville 1,699
10 Hoechst Celanese Corporation Rock Hill 1,649
11 Carolina Golden Products Sumter 1,620
12 E I du Pont de Numours & Company- May Plant Lugoff 1,591
13 Michelin Tire Corporation- Manufacturing Division Spartanburg 1,500
14 Ryobi Motor Products Corporation Pickens 1,499
15 Springs Industries Inc.- Lyman Complex Lyman 1,491
16 Michelin Tire Corporation- Manufacturing Division Sandy Springs 1,450
17 W.R. Grace & Company - Cryovac Division Simpsonville 1,450
18 Michelin North America Greenville 1,440
19 Westvaco Corporation- Kraft Division North Charleston 1,430
20 Nestle Frozen Foods Company Gaffney 1,352
21 Allied-Signal Columbia 1,332
22 Hoechst Celanese Corporation Spartanburg 1,315
23 Kemet Electronics Corporation Mauldin 1,300
24 Springs Industries Inc.- Grace Finishing Plant Lancaster 1,300
25 Michelin Tire Corporation- Manufacturing Division Lexington 1,300
26 Pepsi South Columbia 1,300
27 AT&T Global Information Solutions West Columbia 1,275
28 Monsanto Chemical Group Fibers Greenwood 1,250
29 BASF Corporation- Fibers Corporation Division Anderson 1,250
30 Carlisle Finishing Plant Union 1,233
31 Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation Aiken 1,230
32 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Aiken 1,230
33 JPS Automotive Products Corp.-Parker Plant Greenville 1,200
34 Tupperware Manufacturing Hemingway 1,200
35 Torrington Company- Clinton Bearing Plant Clinton 1,190
36 Bowater Incorporated- Carolina Division Catawba 1,152
37 Kemet Electronics Corporation Fountain Inn 1,100
38 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Beech Island 1,100
39 Santee Print Works Sumter 1,100
40 Springs Industries Inc.- Grace Fabrication Plant Fort Lawn 1,094
41 Ryobi Motor Products Corporation Anderson 1,003
42 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Hampton 1,000
43 Perdue Farms Incorporated Dillon 1,000
44 The Timken Company Gaffney 1,000
Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, 1996 South Carolina Industrial
Directory, p. B-8 to B14.
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