South Carolina Department of Commerce released its list of top 11 accomplishments for 2011:
- Continental Tire the Americas – $500 million investment to generate 1,700 new jobs over the next 10 years.
- TD Bank – $17 million investment creating 1,400 new jobs.
- 5-STAR USA – investing $25 million and creating more than 1,000 jobs over the next five years.
- Bridgestone – $1.2 billion investment, which will result in more than 850 new jobs.
- Amazon – investing $25 million and creating 750 jobs.
- Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s – $313 million investment to generate 707 new jobs.
- TIGHITCO Inc.- $30 million investment that will generate 350 new jobs.
- ZF Group – investing an additional $80 million and adding 300 new jobs.
- Bosch Rexroth Corporation – $80 million investment and creating 160 new jobs over the next five years.
- Gestamp South Carolina – investing $51 million and creating 100 new jobs.
- BMW added a $100 million investment and committed to create 100 new jobs.
Note that half of these announcements are in the Upstate.