# Miwon Specialty Chemical breaks ground on $20M US plant in South Carolina

Miwon Specialty Chemical Co. USA broke ground on a $20 million, 65,000-square-foot production facility at Pineview Industrial Park in Richland County, South Carolina. It will be the company's first U.S. plant, producing raw materials for UV and electron beam markets, and is expected to create 25 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-07-01
- Where: Richland County, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $20.0M
- Jobs: 25
- Starts operating: Q1 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 65,000 sq ft
- Products: raw materials for UV and electron beam markets used in food packaging inks, coatings, adhesives
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Miwon Specialty Chemical Co. Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/36764.md)

## Sources

- [scbiz.com](https://scbiz.com/chemical-company-begins-construction-on-20m-richland-county-facility/), 2020-07-01: "This is a very important step for us, as this will be the first production plant in the United States invested by Miwon Specialty Chemical of Korea."

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