Posted on 05/11/2015 7:12:26 PM PDT by PROCON
Another foreign automaker plans to create American jobs by making cars in the United States.
Volvo said Monday that it will build a new manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
Located in Berkeley County, it is expected to create 2,000 new jobs over the next decade, and up to 4,000 jobs by 2030. Construction will begin later this year and Volvo expects to begin rolling out cars from the factory in 2018.
Volvo, which was bought by the Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group in 2010 from Ford Motor (F), makes cars in Sweden, Belgium and China. It first announced plans to build a U.S. plant in March.
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Boeing Aircraft also moved there to enjoy the non-union environment, despite objections and law suits from the NLRB.
Berkeley county isn’t too much beyond where I go now to the mines. Have to keep it in mind.
We’re building a brand new and heavily automated factory and expect about half the staff to be cut by next year.
Ping.
A Small Miracle,,,but I’ll take that!
Also, Mercedes will build a Sprinter plant in SC:
That should work out well for them.
Volvo (Geely Holding Group) is building a factory in South Carolina for the same reason Ford builds a factory in Mexico.
CHEAP LABOR.
Funny how that works isn’t it?
Volvo; very reliable car, but uncomfortable as ‘H’.
Yup, right-to-work Americans just doing the work the labor unions would love to have.
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