# IFA Group opens $60M auto parts plant in Summerville, South Carolina

IFA Group opened a new $60 million manufacturing campus at the Charleston Trade Center near Summerville, South Carolina. The plant will add 120 jobs and produce 10,000 propshafts and 4,000 constant velocity joints per day when fully operational in early 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-03-15
- Where: Charleston Trade Center near Summerville, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $60.0M
- Jobs: 120
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 10,000 propshafts and 4,000 constant velocity joints per day
- Products: propshafts, constant velocity joints
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [IFA Group](https://endata.com/companies/2167.md)

## Sources

- [postandcourier.com](https://www.postandcourier.com/business/german-auto-parts-maker-beefs-up-charleston-presence-with-new-plant/article_fe8d34a2-2871-11e8-8eec-f7c833e27bb9.html), 2018-03-15: "Even as they cut the ribbon on a new manufacturing campus near Summerville, executives with German auto parts maker IFA Group said they're worried about how tariffs and a potential trade war could affect their cost of doing business."

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