Below are just a few businesses that demonstrate how making Florence County home can lead to success.
Advanced Manufacturing and Assembly
Build Your Future in Florence County
As our manufacturing and assembly industries continue to grow, Florence County’s commitment to advanced technical institutions has resulted in a highly-skilled workforce that will help your business move forward. This new generation of talent is prepared to ensure global companies meet the needs of customers and partners around the world.
- Florence-Darlington Technical College offers degrees and advanced certificates in a variety of fields, creating a talented workforce prepared to build and assemble any given product.
- Over 12,000 workers are employed in the manufacturing and assembly industries within 60 miles of Florence County.
Existing Businesses Made to Last in Florence County
For almost 40 years, GE Healthcare's Florence facility has been the only GE MRI manufacturer in the country. In 2013, GE expanded their economic footprint by adding a $17 million helium liquefaction facility to their investment. An essential asset to the Florence County economy, GE Healthcare represents the area’s seventh largest industrial employer.
The world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturer, Otis products transport 2 billion people a day. With an emphasis on sustainability and innovation, Otis creates products that change the way we move through the world. Though found in many famous buildings worldwide, their main US manufacturing facility is here in Florence County.
ABB works with utility, industry, transportation, and infrastructure customers to boost efficiency and increase productivity with industrial digitalization. ABB’s Florence facility provides aftermarket support and service for electrical equipment including switchgear and breakers, servicing and upgrading electrical infrastructure to ensure reliable power delivery across the nation.
Field Fasteners is a data-driven, full-service fastener supply and engineering partner that works with companies like Otis to eliminate waste, ensure product availability, and reduce labor costs and overhead. Headquartered in Illinois, Field expanded to the south in 2019, choosing Florence as their new location due to its proximity to I-20, which allows Field to service both current clients and new business.
A global leader for differentiated paper and packaging solutions, WestRock is an expansive operation with a kraft linerboard mill in Florence, South Carolina. In 2017, the company worked with FCEDP and the South Carolina Department of Commerce when making a $410 million investment over two years in the facility in a bid to increase the mill’s efficiency and quality, while also contributing to the local economy.
