# Nephron Nitrile to produce 3 billion nitrile gloves in West Columbia, S.C.

Nephron Pharmaceutical Corp. launched Nephron Nitrile, a new company that will produce three billion nitrile gloves annually at its Saxe-Gotha Industrial Park facility in West Columbia, South Carolina. The $100 million+ investment is expected to create 250 jobs, with production starting by early 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-07-15
- Where: West Columbia, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 250
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 3 billion nitrile gloves per year
- Products: nitrile gloves
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Nephron Pharmaceutical Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/56492.md)
- [CeramTec](https://endata.com/companies/22689.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [scbiz.com](https://scbiz.com/nephron-nitrile-to-help-onshore-ppe-production-in-sc/), 2021-07-15: "This sends a signal to the nation and the world that South Carolina can be ground zero for the effort to onshore domestic manufacturing of PPE."

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