Staff Report

Published March 1, 2011

BMW Manufacturing is adding another $100 million investment at the company’s Spartanburg County factory as well as a new X3 program to further streamline the company’s export operation, President Josef Kerscher said Monday night in his keynote speech to the annual meeting of the Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce.

“This new investment in our BMW Spartanburg facility will increase our efficiency, make us more flexible and environmentally friendly,” said Kerscher during the speech. “In addition, with our new export business model, we can open up new markets for the X3.”

BMW Manufacturing is currently putting the finishing touches on a new $750 million assembly line and paint shop alongside the original plant it built 18 years ago at the junction of S.C. highway 101 and Interstate 85.

As part of BMW’s commitment to sustainable, continuous improvement, the new investment will support a variety of new programs, technology and infrastructure, Kerscher said.

BMW’s new X3 “semi-knocked down” operation is based in Duncan, S.C. During the speech, Kerscher said the company’s new logistics partner, Syncreon, will manage the warehousing, kitting and logistics operation to prepare vehicle kits for export to emerging markets.

BMW Manufacturing Co. is a subsidiary of BMW AG in Munich, Germany and is the global producer of the BMW X3 and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity Coupe. In addition to the South Carolina manufacturing facility, BMW North American subsidiaries include sales, marketing and financial services operations in the United States, Canada and throughout Latin America; and a design firm and technology office in California.

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