Pickens County will be the site of a new plant from an expanding manufacturing company, a Denmark-based precision components manufacturer, KP Components. It is a $16 million investment that intends to create 47 jobs, according to a statement from the state’s Department of Commerce. The company already employs about 65 people in South Carolina. The company will build a 50,000-square-foot…
U.S. Waffle Company recently announced a $22.1 million investment, moving into the former NCR building off U.S. Highway 123 in Liberty and expecting to create at least 114 new jobs. “We’re so proud that U.S. Waffle Company is choosing to make Pickens County your new home,” county council chairman Roy Costner said. Costner said Pickens…
LIBERTY — U.S. Waffle Company announced on Thursday plans to launch a new frozen food processing facility in Pickens County. The company’s $22.1 million investment is projected to create approximately 114 new jobs, according to the S.C. Department of Commerce. “We’re excited for our new Pickens County facility to come online, as it will allow…
PICKENS COUNTY — Alliance Pickens, in partnership with the School District of Pickens County, announced Jacob Campbell of the Pickens County Career and Technology Center and Pickens High School as the winner of the 2019 Pickens County Scholar Technician of the Year Award. Sponsored by Alliance Pickens, The Scholar Technician of the Year is an…
LIBERTY — A Greenville-based waffle and pancake manufacturer is moving its entire operations to Liberty. U.S. Waffle Company’s $22.1 million investment in the former NCR building is expected to create at least 114 new jobs, county officials announced Thursday evening. “We’re so proud that U.S. Waffle Company is choosing to make Pickens County your new…
Liberty, SC – IN4.0S US in partnership with DMG MORI, one of the world’s largest and most respected machine tool builders, announced at the Alliance Pickens STEM “Evening of Celebration” held on May 21, a gift of a state-of-the-art DMG MORI 5 axis machining center to the Pickens County Career and Technology Center. Thanks to…
LIBERTY — IPSUM Technologies announced plans to invest $19.2 million to build what one company official calls a “factory of the future” at the Pickens County Commerce Park. The announcement was made Wednesday morning at the Alliance Pickens office. It is expected to create 55 new jobs. “We are really, really excited for the future that…
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Career and Technology Center is working to provide students with work experience that goes beyond the average after-school job and is partnering with area industry and local businesses to do so. The center is working with Alliance Pickens and the district’s middle and high schools to provide “career discovery and…
LIBERTY — A business that began in the trunk of a car is moving to a 52,000-square-foot building as the first tenant in a newly created multi-county industrial/business park in Easley. Hal and Angel Rice announced the expansion of leisurewear company Under the Carolina Moon and its parent company Advertising Authorities during a joint meeting…
Alliance Pickens would like to congratulate the Clemson Tigers on their 2019 National Championship win! Clemson University, which is located in Pickens County, is one of many attractions to our area. Read more about Clemson’s win below: For the second time in three years, Clemson is on top of the college football world, crushing Alabama…