December 4, 2008 - From the Morning News. Assurant Specialty Property announced its Florence hazard insurance service center plans to hire as many as 100 additional employees during the next four to five months to accommodate the growth of its creditor-placed homeowners and insurance tracking business.
December 3, 2008 - From the Morning News. State and local leaders joined Monster.com to celebrate breaking ground on their new 75,000 square foot facility in Florence.
October 23, 2008 - $3 million investment will retain 163 jobs while adding 100 new jobs. An investment group led by J.H. Whitney & Co. will operate Wellman Plastic Recycling and Wellman Engineering Resins. >>
September 29, 2008 - Jill Heiden honored as the Economic Ambassador of the Year for Florence County. >>
June 26, 2008 - From the Morning News with details on the announcement by Monster, the worlds leading online job recruitment and careers resource, to invest $28 million and create 750 jobs at a new customer care center in Florence. >>
June 3, 2008 - From the Morning News. H.J. Heinz Co. will bring 350 jobs to the Pee Dee to staff a new Florence County facility to expand its production of frozen meals. The company will offer full- and part-time positions at a 225,000-square-foot facility on 49 acres in Pee Dee Electric Cooperative’s Touchstone Energy Commerce City, near Interstate 95 and S.C. 327. >>
May 21, 2008 - From the Morning News detailing the second expansion announcement by McCall Farms in the last year. This expansion will result in the addition of 100,000 sq. ft. >>
The Florence County Economic Development Partnership is pleased to announce that Dunline Rubber Products Co., the world's leading producer of endless rubber preshrinking belts, has selected Lake City as the new home of their manufacturing operations. >>
The Florence County Economic Development Partnership (FCEDP) today announced that Zenta, a leading world-class Business (BPO) and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) company, has established a 35,000 square foot operations center in Florence, South Carolina, and will employ up to 250 people. >>
The Florence County Economic Development Partnership (FCEDP) is pleased to announce International Knife & Saw, Inc. (IKS) and UTC Coatings, Inc., in Stuart, Florida, have entered into a strategic relationship agreement which enables both companies, utilizing UCT patented technology, to jointly expand the sale of plated products including industrial saws and knives to various markets throughout the world. >>
From the Morning News the announcement by Pepsi Cola of Florence for their new 155,000 square foot distribution center in the Pee Dee Commerce City. >>
Roche Carolina Inc. outlined its upcoming $60 million expansion, which will double the Florence facility’s manufacturing capacity, during a 3-D presentation Friday at the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology. >>
Florence-Darlington Technical College opened its state-of-the-art Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) at the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing (SiMT) for the public to see “a new era in manufacturing during an open house Thursday. >>
Florence-Darlington Technical College unveiled it's newest addition to the community Tuesday. The Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology is now up and running on the school's campus. The institute will support high tech manufacturing, and features areas such as a virtual reality center, and a training station for robotics. >>
Company to Add 50-100 Jobs in the Expanded 60,000 Square Foot Facility >>
Ambassadors for Economic Development were honored by Gov. Mark Sanford at a ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion Complex on Monday, September 17, 2007. The individuals were recognized for exceptional efforts to further community and economic development initiatives throughout the state. >>
..the largest privately held automotive group in the Pee Dee, to eliminate these captive credit lines and finance their own inventories >>
.An investment in three area newspapers led to an investment in the downtown Florence for Swartz Media publications. >>
QVC, Inc. opens new 1.4 million square foot distribution facility in Florence - 7/11/2007 - .....QVC, Inc. opens it's 5th facility on TV Road near I-95. >>
FCEDP & Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, Inc. host ribbon cutting for McCall Farm's $3.9 million new expansion. >>
With a stately new library already in place, Florence’s arts and cultural district is beginning to flourish as construction begins on a city playhouse and a performing arts center. >>