# Meidensha's Meiden America Switchgear to build $8M circuit breaker plant in Laurens County, SC

Meiden America Switchgear, a unit of Japan-based Meidensha, will invest $8 million to build a 60,000-square-foot high-voltage vacuum circuit breaker facility in Fountain Inn, Laurens County, South Carolina, expected to create 41 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-04-16
- Where: Fountain Inn, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $8.00M
- Jobs: 41
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 60,000 sq ft facility
- Products: high-voltage vacuum circuit breakers, vacuum interrupters, switchgear
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Meiden America Switchgear](https://endata.com/companies/6374.md)
- [Meidensha](https://endata.com/companies/6335.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [upstatebusinessjournal.com](https://upstatebusinessjournal.com/manufacturing/meiden-america-switchgear-announces-laurens-county-manufacturing-facility/), 2020-04-16: "Japan-based Meidensha Corporation announced that Meiden America Switchgear will expand its high-voltage vacuum circuit breakers production with a $8 million investment to build a 60,000-square-foot facility in Laurens County."

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