# Caterpillar to locate casting facility in Greenwood County, South Carolina

Caterpillar Inc. will locate a casting facility in Greenwood County, South Carolina, investing $13.5 million and creating 85 new jobs. The company purchased an existing 103,000-square-foot building in Hodges, S.C., to produce specialty castings for engines and transmissions.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-10-04
- Where: 108 Corporate Court, Hodges, Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $13.5M
- Jobs: 85
- Starts operating: Q1 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: specialty iron castings
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Caterpillar](https://endata.com/companies/1968.md)

## Sources

- [governor.sc.gov](https://governor.sc.gov/news/2018-10/caterpillar-locating-new-operations-greenwood-county), 2018-10-04: "Caterpillar Inc., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives, will locate a casting facility in Greenwood County."
- [ien.com](https://www.ien.com/operations/news/21025630/caterpillar-to-open-south-carolina-plant-add-85-jobs), 2018-10-04: "Caterpillar is spending more than $13 million for the plant in the Greenwood County town of Hodges that will make casings used in engines and transmissions."

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