# Teijin breaks ground for carbon fiber facility in Greenwood, South Carolina

Teijin Ltd. celebrated the groundbreaking of its new carbon-fiber production facility in Greenwood, South Carolina, through its subsidiary Teijin Carbon Fibers Inc. The facility is expected to create 220 jobs with $600 million investment around 2030.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-06-01
- Where: Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $600.0M
- Jobs: 220
- Starts operating: Q3 2020
- Status: under construction
- Products: carbon fiber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Teijin](https://endata.com/companies/19925.md)
- [Teijin Carbon Fibers, Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/28575.md)

## Sources

- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2018/06/teijin-breaks-ground-for-carbon-fiber-facility-in-south-carolina/), 2018-06-01: "We look forward to this new chapter of Teijin's expansion in the U.S."
- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/teijin-breaks-ground-for-carbon-fiber-facility-in-south-carolina), 2018-06-04: "This new facility will produce the most significant manufactured material of our generation."
- [news.textileexcellence.com](https://news.textileexcellence.com/a-carbon-fibre-cluster-grows-in-south-carolina), 2018-07-20: "On June 1, Teijin broke ground for its US$ 600 million carbon fibre plant in Greenwood, S.C."

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