4-8. South Carolina'S Major Manufacturing Employers, Based on Number of Employees: 1997
NUMBER
COMPANY NAME LOCATION EMPLOYEES
1 Westinghouse Savannah River Company Aiken 11,000
2 Sonoco Products Company Hartsville 2,254
3 Bi-Lo Incorporated Mauldin 2,100
4 General Electric Company Greenville 2,000
5 BMW Manufacturing Corporation Greer 1,877
6 Springs Industries Incorporated- Lyman Complex Lyman 1,824
7 Robert Bosch Corporation- Automotive Group Charleston 1,800
8 Hoechst Celanese Corporation Rock Hill 1,675
9 WR Grace & Company- Cryovac Division Simpsonville 1,650
10 Coats & Clark Incorporated Greenville 1,600
11 EI Dupont de Nemours & Company- May Plant Lugoff 1,505
12 Michelin Tire Corporation- Manufacturing Division Sandy Springs 1,500
13 Westvaco Corporation- Kraft Division North Charleston 1,430
14 Michelin Tire Corporation- Manufacturing Division Spartanburg 1,400
15 Louis Rich Newberry 1,400
16 Ryobi Motor Products Corporation Pickens 1,380
17 Wellman Incorporated Johnsonville 1,335
18 AlliedSignal-Fibers Columbia 1,332
19 Torrington Company- Clinton Bearings Plant Clinton 1,315
20 Hoechst Celanese Corporation Spartanburg 1,280
21 Nestle USA- Food Division Gaffney 1,268
22 Michelin Tire Corporation- Manufacturing Division Lexington 1,250
23 Perdue Farms Incorporated Dillon 1,250
24 Monsanto Chemical Group- Fibers Greenwood 1,250
25 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Aiken 1,230
26 Michelin North America Incorporated Greenville 1,220
27 JPS Automotive LP- Parket Plant Greenville 1,200
28 Michelin North America Greenville 1,150
29 BASF Corporation- Fibers Products Division Anderson 1,135
30 Bowater Coated Paper & Pulp Division Catawba 1,125
31 Springs Industries Incorporated- Grace Finishing Plant Lancaster 1,100
32 Robert Bosch Corporation Anderson 1,100
33 BMG Entertainment Duncan 1,100
34 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Beech Island 1,100
35 NCR West Columbia 1,100
36 Springs Industries Incorporated- Grace Fabrication Plant Lancaster 1,094
37 Clinton Mills Incorporated Clinton 1,091
38 Galey & Lord Incorporated- Society Hill Plant Society Hill 1,055
39 Duracell North Atlantic Group Lancaster 1,031
40 Bayer Corporation Goose Creek 1,013
41 Cone Mills Corp- Cone Fin Company- Carlisle Fin. Carlisle 1,010
42 Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA) Incorporated Greenville 1,010
43 Kemet Electronics- Fountain Inn Plant Fountain Inn 1,000
44 Dixie-Narco Incorporated Williston 1,000
45 The TImken Company Gaffney 1,000
Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, 1997-98 South Carolina Industrial Directory, pp. B-9 to B16.
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