One of Chester County’s biggest employers just announced plans for another SC site
A company that employs hundreds in Chester County will add a new South Carolina site.
Boise Cascade Company makes and distributes building materials. The Idaho-based company has more than 50 locations and 6,800 employees nationwide. Its initial South Carolina facility, a regional headquarters site, is in Chester.
The company announced a second South Carolina site, and first distribution facility, in Colleton County. The $9 million investment in Walterboro will create 30 new jobs.
“This investment demonstrates our commitment to a terrific customer base in a growing market,” company vice president Jeff Strom said in an announcement Monday.
The company serves residential and industrial construction retail yards, manufacturing wood products and distributing wholesale materials.
Boise Cascade acquired plywood maker Chester Wood Products in 2013. Two years later the company invested $23.5 million and added dozens of jobs. The regional headquarters site in Chester County employed about 300 people at 1445 Lancaster Highway by mid-2019, when Boise Cascade announced a new $17.5 million investment there.
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce lists Boise Cascade among its top 20 employers by employee count in Chester County. Chester County Economic Development lists Boise Cascade as the second largest employer in the county at 400 employees, behind on Giti Tire.
