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Manufacturers
Ranked by No. of Employees in the Charleston Area Purchasing Manager
Top Local Official(s) / Year Founded
10,000 60,000 200,000
Produce and maintain engines
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Jeff Conrad, Alex Saveilli 1919
843-789-8270 www.boeing.com
6,000 6,000 170,000
Fabrication and assembly of major 787 airplane components; final assembly and delivery of 787 commercial airplanes
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Jack Jones 1916
843-760-7000 www.bosch.us
1,700 4,000 315,000
Automotive parts and accessories
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Larry Lautenschlager 1974
843-216-6200 www.blackbaud.com
1,281 1,299 2,800
Nonprofit software and services
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Marc Chardon 1981
Santee Cooper 1 Riverwood Drive Moncks Corner, SC 29461
843-761-8000 www.santeecooper.com
1,154 1,812 1,812
South Carolina's state-owned electric and water utility and the state's largest power producer
Pamela Williams
Lonnie N. Carter 1934
KapStone Charleston Kraft LLC P.O. Box 118005 Charleston, SC 29423
843-745-3000 www.kapstonepaper.com
1,030 1,135 2,755
Kraft papers, kraft containerboard, DuraSorb saturating kraft, kraftpak
Terence T. Jenkins Jr.
Bruce W. Hoffman 1937
Nucor Steel 1455 Hagan Ave. Huger, SC 29450
843-336-6000 www.nucor.com
900 1,900 20,800
Steel manufacturer
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Giff Daughtridge 1986
General Dynamics Land Systems - Force Protection 9801 U.S. Highway 78 Ladson, SC 29456
843-574-7000 www.gdls.com
842 842 90,000
Blast- and ballistic-protected vehicles for military use in reconnaissance and urban operations; protects occupants from land mines, hostile fire and improvised explosive devices
Robert DeFazio
Mark C. Roualet 1997
Alcoa Mt. Holly 3575 U.S. Highway 52 Goose Creek, SC 29445
843-572-3700 www.alcoa.com
600 600 61,000
Primary aluminum smelter
Michele Maidman
Mike F. Rousseau 1980
Detyens Shipyards Inc. 1670 Drydock Ave., Building 236, Suite 200 North Charleston, SC 29405
843-308-8000 www.detyens.com
500 500 500
Manufactures steel and aluminum for the ship repair industry
Roy Caraway
Loy Stewart Jr. 1962
Evening Post Publishing Co. 134 Columbus St. Charleston, SC 29403
843-577-7111 www.evepost.com
450 640 1,350
Newspaper publishing, TV broadcasting, commercial offset printing, computer typesetting services
Tammy Webb
John P. Barnwell, Pierre Manigault 1803
JW Aluminum Co. 435 Old Mt. Holly Road Mount Holly, SC 29445
843-572-1100 www.jwaluminum.com
430 430 890
Specialty flat-rolled aluminum product, metals manufacturer
Carl Hebert
Lee McCarter 1980
IFA Rotorion North America LLC 9770 Patriot Blvd., Suite 100 Ladson, SC 29456
843-486-5400 www.ifa-rotorion.com
380 400 1,500
Drive shafts
Rob Rode
Felix von Nathusius 2003
Behr Heat Transfer Systems Inc. 4500 Leeds Ave. Charleston, SC 29405-8521
843-745-1233 www.behrgroup.com
375 375 INP
Engine cooling systems for heavy-duty trucks
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Peter Birk 1993
843-745-3000 www.meadwestvaco.com
375 INP INP
Paperboard, specialty chemicals, land management and forestry
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Ken Seeger 1937
843-881-5232 www.bp.com
350 350 85,000
Petroleum refining and manufacture of inorganic chemicals
Michelle Ho
Mark E. Fitts 1908
C.R. Bard Inc. 428 Power House Road Moncks Corner, SC 29461
843-761-8300 www.crbard.com
341 341 12,000
Medical devices
Brad Stevenson
Mac Yeomans 1907
Albany International Corp. 300 Albany St. St. Stephen, SC 29479
843-567-3243 www.albint.com
308 315 4,800
Custom-designed engineered fabrics for the paper-making process
Stacey Smith
Ken Walker, Mark Overstreet 1895
Caterpillar Reman Powertrain Services 175 McQueen Blvd. Summerville, SC 29483
843-875-0150 www.cat.com
300 INP 132,000
Remanufacture of transmissions, engines and components
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Greg Lockner 1979
TorqTek Design & Manufacturing LLC 4500 Leeds Ave., Suite 112 Charleston, SC 29405
843-745-1352 www.torqtekusa.com
300 300 300
Diesel engine gears
Bahman Haghshanas
Friedemann Strasser 1996
843-797-9000 www.dakamericas.com
250 610 1,200
Organic fiber and fiber products, plastics materials and resins and broadwoven fabric mill
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Antonio Garza 2001
843-740-8244 www.hill-rom.com
225 225 6,000
Respiratory and health care information technology
Joseph Gentry
Steve D. Gray 1933
843-554-0660 www.northsafety.com
200 INP INP
Safety gloves, personal respiratory protection equipment, first aid, snake bite and burn kits and respirators
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Edwin Wenz 1973
843-552-8682 www.uec-electronics.com
200 200 200
Engineering, systems integration and complex assembly for missile programs, airborne communication systems, command control communications and intelligence, and green technologies
Judy Stafford
Rebecca A. Ufkes 1995
843-486-7400 www.americanlafrance.com
190 190 INP
Manufacturer of emergency and vocational vehicles
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Torben von Staden 1832
843-569-6100 www.berchtoldusa.com
188 190 400
Operating room and ICU equipment
Alex Griffin
Matthew W. Weismiller 1988
843-745-0022 www.cmci.com
175 250 250
Manufactures containers, shelters, intermodal, modular intermodal, and specialty container systems for U.S. military and commercial customers nationwide
Dennis Pankop
Cody Baker 1996
800-441-7515 www.dupont.com
140 INP INP
Produces the high-strength fiber used in ballistics protection technologies and Kevlar, Crastin polybutylene terephthalate polyester resins, Hytrel polyester elastomer
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Jerry Good 2008
Phone / Website
Cummins Inc. 4500 Leeds Ave., Suite 202A Charleston, SC 29405-8538
843-554-6700 www.cummins.com
Boeing 5400 International Blvd. North Charleston, SC 29418 Robert Bosch LLC 8101 Dorchester Road North Charleston, SC 29418-2906 Blackbaud Inc. 2000 Daniel Island Drive Charleston, SC 29492
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Products Manufactured
Company
BP Chemical Co., Cooper River Plant 1306 Amoco Drive Wando, SC 29492
DAK Americas LLC 3350 Cypress Gardens Road Moncks Corner, SC 29423-8028 Hill-Rom Co. Inc. 4349 Corporate Road Charleston, SC 29405 North Safety Products LLC 4090 Azalea Drive Charleston, SC 29405 UEC Electronics LLC 5914 Howard St. Hanahan, SC 29410 American LaFrance LLC 1090 Newton Way Summerville, SC 29483 Berchtold Corp. 1950 Hanahan Road Charleston, SC 29406 Charleston Marine Containers Inc. 2301 Noisette Blvd. Charleston, SC 29405 DuPont Kevlar Plant 3300 Cypress Gardens Road Moncks Corner, SC 29461
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