This new manufacturer will bring 180 jobs, and two business sites, to Chester County
A roofing product maker will invest big in Chester County.
IKO has announced plans to create 180 new jobs with its first South Carolina operations site. The $363 million investment involves two facilities less than a mile apart in the S.C. 9 industrial corridor.
Company CEO David Koschitzky said in an announcement Wednesday the glass and glass mat facilities are the latest among several significant investments made in the U.S. market.
“We are tremendously gratified by the warm welcome we have received from the state and local governments, and as a family run business, we look forward to joining the Chester County business community family for many years to come,” Koschitzky.
An existing facility will be remodeled to make fiberbglass. A new 325,000-square-foot plant on Cedarhurst Road will make fiberglass mats used for production at shingle factories. Operations should begin in late 2025.
Chester County Council Chairman Joe Branham said PPG and then Nippon were part of the community since 1996 and he was sad to see the plant there shut down in early 2020.
“We are delighted that IKO selected Chester County to not only reopen the fiberglass production plant, but to also build a new mat plant here,” Branham said.
Christopher Finn, interim president and CEO with the I-77 Alliance, called IKO a great fit for existing manufacturing work in Chester County.
“One of the advantages is the strategic location along the I-77 corridor that allows companies to tap into both the Charlotte and Columbia metros, providing a labor shed of more than 1.3 million people,” Finn said.
IKO began in 1951. The company supports residential and commercial markets. It has more than 35 manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe.
