-Bridgestone has about 40 company-owned automotive retail/service stores across South Carolina, employing over 400 people.
-International nameplate automakers and auto dealers contributed $9.8 billion (4.5%) to South Carolina's Gross State Product (GSP) in 2017.
-Bridgestone’s Aiken County Passenger and Light Truck Tire Plant produces 15”-20” rim diameter tires. This plant produces an average of 36,000 tires per day, or about 1 million per month.
-Etihad Airways connects the U.S. to Abu Dhabi and beyond, serving Washington, D.C., New York's JFK, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Our flights provide access to new markets in the East and new opportunity for the U.S. economy.
-The second generation XC90 will be produced in South Carolina starting in 2021. Volvo Cars' plant in South Carolina has the capacity for 150,000 per year and is a 1.1 billion investment in the U.S.
-Annually, Michelin hires and trains about 150 skilled reliability technicians across the U.S. who earn an entry-level salary comparable to graduates with a four year college degree.
-Colonial Life is the arena sponsor for the University of South Carolina.
-In 2018, Duke Energy helped recruit more than $1.8 billion in capital investment and more than 3,900 new jobs to South Carolina.
-Unum is the parent company of Colonial Life, which is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina and is one of the nation's leading providers of supplemental benefits.
-For more than 40 years, Duke Energy has safely operated our nuclear fleet to cost-effectively power homes, businesses and communities. Nuclear energy is the only electricity source that can reliably and efficiently produce power 24/7 with no greenhouse gas emissions.
-There are 8,448 international nameplate dealership jobs in South Carolina with an average salary of $54,000.