A German sensor company new to Indian Land continues to grow area manufacturing base
A German electronics maker is the latest area addition, in a growing manufacturing scene.
The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance reported sensor technology company Captron has relocated its U.S. headquarters, sales and service from New York to a site in Indian Land, S.C. Captron makes products for food and beverage, pharmaceutical, engineering, traffic, robotic and other industry applications.
The company began its relocation search last spring. Last summer Captron announced Sean Walters would head North American operations as general manager, and the planned move to the Charlotte region.
In November, the company announced the location at 9499 Old Bailes Road. It’s a Fort Mill address, but in the Indian Land panhandle of Lancaster County.
According to the business alliance, the Charlotte Region is home to more than 1,000 international businesses from more than 40 countries. Germany is the foremost, with 215 German companies in the region as of 2020.
The new business also grows a South Carolina manufacturing base. Already this month brought announcements of 405 jobs and $443 million of investment with silicon carbide wafer maker Pallidus in Rock Hill, and the $18.5 million and 25-job PDM US expansion.
Statewide, the South Carolina Department of Commerce announced a 6% annual increase in export sales, as the state remains the top passenger motor vehicle and tire exporter in the country. The department announced a new website to serve the growing electric vehicle industry. All those announcements came in a 10-day span.
According to the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, the tri-county region of York, Lancaster and Chester counties employs more than 200,000 people and has an unemployment rate through December of 3%. Only retail workers outnumber manufacturing in total employment in the region, by industry. The area has almost 17,000 manufacturing workers. The average annual wage for manufacturing is more than $64,000.
