The Boeing Company’s selection of South Carolina for its final assembly and delivery facility in 2009 cemented the state as a top destination for the aerospace and aviation industry. South Carolina’s growing network of more than 200 aerospace manufacturing companies and suppliers across the state includes aerospace engineering companies, design firms, service providers and distributors.
South Carolina has a rich manufacturing tradition and today remains strong in materials and manufacturing engineering. Its manufacturing industry, along with synergy with the South Carolina automotive industry, supports a thriving industry for aerospace and defense companies.
More than 22,000 people work for aerospace manufacturing companies and other aerospace-related businesses in South Carolina.
South Carolina’s principal aerospace companies include:
| 3D Systems 3M Co AAI Corporation AGY Ahlstrom Nonwovens Alcoa Mt. Holly Apex Tool Group ATI Allvac Atlanco BAE Systems Boeing | Burnstein von Seelen Precision Coatings CH2M Hill Champion Aerospace Contec Inc. Creform Corp. Cytec DeRoyal Industries Inc. Eagle Aviation Inc. Eaton Corporation EMS-CHEMIE North America Inc . Flexible Technologies | General Electric Goodrich Hawthorne Services Highland Industries Inc. Honeywell Imperial Die Casting Co. JPS Composite Materials Corp. Leatherwood Manufacturing Lockheed Martin LPA Group | Michelin Mohawk Industries Morgan Advanced Materials & Technology Parker Hannifin SKF Steven Aviations Inc. Southern Air Repair, Corp. Trelleborg Coated Systems US Inc. UEC Electronics Woven Electronics Zeus Industrial Products |
See a full list of South Carolina aerospace companies.
The 2011 Milken Institute Best Performing Cities Index noted that Boeing’s new assembly plant is “clearly generating positive ripple effects” in aerospace related employers.
Business Facilities ranked the Charleston MSA second as an Aerospace/Defense Manufacturing Center on its 2011 Metro Rankings Report.
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