Charleston Regional Development Alliance

Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Counties

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Location & Expansion Log

For a detailed list of CRDA-facilitated projects, please visit our company announcements page.

Downsizing

Archive: 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995

Hill Rom

12/21/2012
Specialty medical equipment manufacturing
Layoff with 29 jobs affected

Welded Tube Berkeley

09/21/2012
Electric resistance weld (ERW) tubing products & pipes manufacturing
Closure affecting 50 jobs; moved operations to headquarters in Canada due to struggling construction business sector in the US economy

Asahi Kasei Spandex America

08/20/2012
Spandex filaments manufacturing
132 jobs affected when the Bushy Park plant operations are discontinued in Oct 2012 due to Asahi Kasei's worldwide restructuring in response to increased competition and a "crowded global market"

Force Protection

02/28/2012
Blast-protected wheeled vehicles, blast technology & counter-IED research
Acquired in 2011 by General Dynamics and made part of its Land Systems division, Force Protection announces a layoff of 155 workers to streamline resources company-wide globally. This will leave approximately 600 workers in the Charleston area operations.


Source: Center for Business Research, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce

*Charleston-N. Charleston-Summerville MSA is comprised of Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties in S.C.