Isuzu subsidiary to build $280M truck plant in SC, create more than 700 jobs. Here are the details

Isuzu North America Corporation will convert a 1-million-square-foot building in Greenville County for a $280 million truck assembly plant.

The facility, expected to be completed in 2027, is located on 200 acres on Augusta Road in Piedmont. More than 700 jobs will be created.

In a news release, the subsidiary of Isuzu Motors Limited said Isuzu has sold commercial vehicles in the United States and Canada since 1984. In the last fiscal year, a record 44,000 units were sold.

The plant will make N-Series Gas, N-Series Electric and F-Series Diesel trucks. It expects to make 50,000 units annually. The South Carolina Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved job development credits and provided Greenville County with a $7 million grant for site preparation and building construction.

“We found everything that we wanted and more in the State of South Carolina and Greenville County: a supportive business environment, excellent access to transportation, proximity to the Port of Charleston, an excellent labor pool, a skilled workforce being produced by nearby colleges, and the benefits of joining a large and growing automotive production base,” Noboru Murakami, Isuzu North America Corporation president, said in a news release. Gov. Henry McMaster said the plant “reinforces South Carolina as a top destination for the automotive industry.”

The automotive industry has an economic impact in the state of more than $27 billion, according to the South Carolina Department of Commerce.

South Carolina ranks first in the manufacture and export of tires with 144,000 tires produced each day. More than 75,000 people work in the auto industry in South Carolina, the Commerce Department said.

It began in 1994 with BMW locating near Greer and expanding many times in the years since. Other companies with plants in South Carolina include Mercedes and Volvo as well as 250 suppliers.