Cloud-based IT solutions provider

Greenville, SC-based Green Cloud provides virtual server, unified communications and business continuity solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses in any industry sector. They chose Charleston as part of their nationwide expansion plan.

Nexans

03/21/2012
This global expert in cables and cabling systems will locate its new high voltage power cable manufacturing operation at the Bushy Park Industrial Complex in Berkeley County.

Hannah Solar Government Services

02/07/2012
Hannah Solar Government Services announced the relocation of its company headquarters from Atlanta to Charleston's Digital Corridor Flagship2 facility in downtown Charleston. In choosing Charleston for relocation, the company cited the region’s large military presence, available workforce and quality of life.

Key Logistics Solutions

01/31/2012
Key Logistics will provide supply chain services in support of The Boeing Company’s North Charleston plant. Key Logistics Solutions provides a variety of supply chain services including warehousing, inventory management, transportation, delivery, sequencing, and light assembly work.

ModernTech

01/23/2012
ModernTech is a reseller of 3D CAD and engineering technology and supporting services for manufacturers in the Southeast including Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. The company provides its services to the aerospace, defense, medical and manufacturing industries, and many others. They chose the Charleston area to expand to due to the high-tech manufacturing economy expanding rapidly.

Sportsman Boats Manufacturing

12/21/2011
Sportsman Boats Manufacturing is a start-up company that will initially lease space in the East Point Industrial Park in Dorchester County. The company will produce boats ranging in size from 20 to 25 feet and will initially build deep “v” center consoles and bay boats.

TWL Precision

12/21/2011
The expansion of the facility in the Palmetto Commerce Park will double the company’s current manufacturing space and bring total employees to 90.

Cargo Composites

12/08/2011
The company plans to relocate its headquarters and assembly facility to the Charleston region. Their products are used by world's leading airlines to safely and securely transport cargo around the world.

Agilex Technologies Inc.

11/19/2011
Chantilly, Va.-based Agilex Technologies Inc. is opening an office at the Lowcountry Innovation Center in North Charleston. The software company serves the health care, defense and public sectors, and the new local office will support projects at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center and other clients.

Streit USA Armoring, LLC

11/17/2011
Streit will establish a new facility in the Charleston region which will allow the company to add four new production lines, greatly increase its output and more than double the manufacturing space to 75,000 square feet.

Cummins Technical Center

11/16/2011
The expansion of Cummins Technical Center will nearly double capacity at the North Charleston site with state-of-the-art facilities to enable testing on diesel, natural gas and biofuel engines and help the company in its drive to be the innovation leader in the automotive industry

Sunoco Recycling

10/26/2011
Sonoco Recycling, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hartsville-based Sonoco and one of the largest packaging recyclers in North America, is establishing a materials recovery facility in Charleston County. Sonoco Recycling operates four materials recovery facilities and serves more than 125 communities with processing of curbside-collected residential and commercial materials.

PeopleMatter

10/25/2011
North Charleston human resources technology firm PeopleMatter will invest $18.8 million in a new King Street headquarters in downtown Charleston and will create 265 jobs during the next five years. PeopleMatter also has offices in Atlanta and San Francisco.

Mesco

10/10/2011
The new Ladson firm will take shipments of engine parts and other supplies, check their quality and repackage them for regional companies like Navistar, Cummins and WABCO.

TIGHITCO

09/14/2011
The company will locate a new aerospace manufacturing facility in North Charleston to meet its growing demand for products. The company is part of locally-headquartered The InterTech Group, a global investment firm.

Immedion

08/19/2011
The first dedicated data center and managed services provider in South Carolina, Immedion currently operates two 15,000 square foot, fully redundant facilities servicing businesses across the Southeast - one at its headquarters in the Upstate and one in the Midlands area. This center will be their third in the state and is expected to open in May 2012 and add 12 to 15 employees to the firm's total.

Fantzer

08/16/2011
Software company Fanzter Inc. is relocating its headquarters from Collinsville, Conn., to Charleston due to its business-friendly environment, according to CEO Aaron LaBerge. The five year old company, which designs and develops consumer-focused mobile and Web products, will, at first, be based in the Charleston Digital Corridor's Flagship2 incubator.

Coastal Corrugated Inc.

07/25/2011
Coastal Corrugated Inc. will spend $1.5 million to add 40,000 square feet to its facility. With this expansion, the firm will also add 26 additional jobs due to a new contract with Robert Bosch to make packaging for specialized parts that Bosch makes for “just in time” delivery.

Tire International

06/29/2011
A tire recycler and maker of rubber products is closing down their manufacturing facility in China and moving all operations to a new Berkeley County facility.

Cooper BioAG LLC

06/25/2011
Cooper BioAG's mission is to develop innovative biological-based technologies that will lead to the creation of the next generation of products required by production agriculture. The firm hopes to eventually manufacture biological products for agricultural use at its site in the Bushy Park Industrial Complex.

PeopleMatter

06/25/2011
PeopleMatter's targeted industries are currently convenience stores, hospitality-related, retail and food services. With 45 employees currently, PeopleMatter plans to grow to 100 by the end of 2011 and double its staff again in 2012. The software company is also opening an office in San Francisco this summer (2011), but 80% of the firm's workforce will remain based in North Charleston.

Southeast Renewable Energy

05/01/2011
Roswell, Ga-based Southeast Renewable Energy will build a 15-megawatt biomass energy plant in Dorchester County that will be fueled using virgin wood residues. The company will sell the green power to Santee Cooper, and the plant is expected to be completed in late 2012. It is expected that the new plant will also create many indirect jobs in the logging, trucking and forest product industries.

TAM Energy

04/21/2011
TAM Energy expects to add between 75 and 100 jobs by the end of 2011 as it begins assembling wind turbines as a supplemental energy producer. Company officials said that the turbines are good for residential uses with the capability of providing about 20% of the power needed for an average-size home. They pointed to the turbines as "not a power source to replace...but a power source to supplement.” TAM Energy is an affiliate of New York-based Titan Atlas Manufacturing.

Interwrap, Inc.

03/08/2011
The company looked at sites in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida when considering an expansion in the Southeast. Available tax incentives and access to the Port of Charleston drove the decision to expand its facility in Charleston County.

Le Creuset of America

02/14/2011
The new headquarters site in Charleston will serve as the base for marketing, new product development and global resource staffing. The center will house a state-of-the-art test and demonstration kitchen, and Le Creuset will use the facility to host global retail partner visits. In addition to its 50 company-owned stores across the U.S., including one on King Street in downtown Charleston, Le Creuset sells its products through more than 1,000 stores in such national upscale shops as Williams-Sonoma, Bloomingdales and Sur La Table and locally owned merchants such as Coastal Cupboard in Mount Pleasant and Charleston Cooks in downtown Charleston.

Showa Denko Carbon

02/09/2011
A principal supplier of graphite products to the global steel industry, Showa Denko Carbon plans to significantly expand its Dorchester County operations.

New Breed Logistics

01/31/2011
Headquartered in High Point, N.C., New Breed will receive, store, provide inventory control, kit, package, distribute and transport 787 parts, tools and supplies to designated locations within Boeing’s North Charleston assembly facility. The company already provides support for other Boeing airplane programs, including logistical support for several defense industry aircraft and for the 787 in Everett, Wash.

Odfjell Holdings

01/04/2011
A Norwegian shipping company, Odfjell will build a distribution facility with deep draft marine, rail and truck accessibility to be located along the Cooper River shipping channel.

Geocent

01/01/2011
New Orleans-based information technology company, Geocent, works with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, and is opening their first Charleston area office with 40 employees. The company’s work for SPAWAR includes application development, data conversion and integration, service-oriented architecture, and systems engineering and security.

Dannecker Fine-Tec LLC

12/30/2010
Dannecker Fine-Tec will establish its first North American operations in the Charleston region with a $3 million capital investment and 40 new jobs over the next few years, according to company president, Denise Dannecker. The German company has produced precision parts for high-tech companies in a range of business sectors, including for the aerospace, medical, semi-conductor and hydraulic markets. Dannecker Fine-Tec has become a specialist in materials traditionally considered hard to work with, such as titanium.

High Purity Standards

12/06/2010
High Purity Standards will turn warehouse space on Pepperdam Avenue into a laboratory featuring manufacturing and testing rooms and a space for specialty products, adding 8 jobs over the next several years.

Robert Bosch LLC

12/03/2010
Bosch will add personnel and equipment to support production of its latest passenger car diesel and gasoline fuel injectors, and next generation anti-lock brake and electronic stability control systems for the North American automotive market. The company expects to begin creating new jobs based on this investment beginning in the second half of 2011.

Gildan Activewear

10/08/2010
Company is adding retail management and administrative functions to current retail distribution center facility.

Maverick Equipment Manufacturing Inc.

08/18/2010
Maverick Equipment Manufacturing Inc. brings $1.5 million in capital investment and up to 70 jobs to its new Dorchester County location over the next five years.

Avista Solutions, Inc.

08/02/2010
CEO Mark Phlieger, company founder, said he moved his firm's headquarters to Charleston from Columbia because he wants to live in Charleston and also due to the area’s growing technology community. The software firm produces its product for community banks, credit unions and independent mortgage bankers nationwide. Of the firm's 40 current employees, about 20 work in Charleston with the remainder still at a satellite office in Columbia. Phleiger plans to grow the firm to about 80 to 100 workers over the next several years, with the majority of the growth occuring at the Charleston headquarters.

Blue Bell Creameries

07/20/2010
The 2000-square-foot center at 7396 W. Spartan Blvd. in the Ashley Industrial Park will serve coastal South Carolina, where Texas-based Blue Bell has cultivated a strong following over the last five years. The company has experienced double-digit growth every year since entering the Charleston market in 2005. Eight employees will be based out of the new facility. Jay Cooke, territory manager for the area, and other officials emphasized the new center will enable the company to "... ensure that you purchase a quality product every time."

Behr Heat Transfer Systems

07/16/2010
The North Charleston manufacturer of automotive air conditioning and engine cooling systems will expand its product portfolio to include two new products made at its Leeds Ave plant: exhaust gas recirculation systems and charge air coolers.

Boeing Co.'s Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina

07/15/2010
Boeing will site its new fabrication facility just 10 miles (16 km) from its 787 final assembly operation in North Charleston. Construction of the facility is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2010, being operational with 150 employees the following year.

Gedore Tools Inc.

07/01/2010
German-owned Gedore, the largest tool manufacturing conglomerate in the world, does business in more than 70 countries; has manufacturing plants in Germany, Austria, South Africa and Brazil; and employs more than 3,000 worldwide.

Regal Logistics

06/21/2010
Supports new import-export business at its Charleston facility from American Marketing Enterprises Inc. American Marketing will use Regal's services to import and ship children’s sleepwear to Walmart distribution centers. This marks the first time American Marketing Enterprises will use a U.S. Southeast port, citing supply chain efficiencies which are gained by using the most direct distribution route, the Port of Charleston.

ArborGen Inc.

06/15/2010
The company will expand its global headquarters and R&D center in the region. Its new facility will be located on a 13.5 acre campus and will house its laboratories, production and administrative functions, as well as a 35,000-square-foot greenhouse.

Southwest Airlines

05/20/2010
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has announced its intent to serve the state of South Carolina through the cities of Charleston (CHS) and Greenville-Spartanburg (GSP) in 2011. beginning March 13, the low-fare airline will make seven nonstop daily flights between Charleston International Airport and four cities: Chicago, Baltimore/Washington, Nashville, Tenn., and Houston. Southwest currently serves 68 cities in 35 states and is the largest U.S. carrier, based on domestic passengers carried. The company currently operates more than 3,200 flights a day and has more than 35,000 employees.

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation

04/22/2010
Company will acquire International Forwarders Inc. and will utilize their current facility for its operations. The employees working for International Forwarders will become part of the Odyssey team immediately and the addition of new positions is expected over the next several years.

Schuchart Corp.

03/19/2010
Opened local office to work with Boeing's on new 787 assembly line operations and maintenance projects, tenant improvements, equipment relocations, and other construction and infrastructure projects. Firm representatives "found Charleston to be a booming business environment with a lot of opportunity" in addition to Boeing.

Moulton Logistics Management

03/11/2010
Moulton will open a new distribution center in a facility that was chosen to reduce the firm's freight costs and transit times by providing better access to its East Coast and overseas customers.

IMO Group USA

03/09/2010
German-based company plans to open its first U.S. operation in the region. The company will utilize the Port of Charleston for both importing materials and exporting products and will service multiple markets from its Dorchester County operation including the U.S., Europe and Asia.