IKO, a leading, global manufacturer of roofing products, today announced plans to establish its first South Carolina operations in Chester County. The company\u2019s $363 million investment will create 180 new jobs.<\/p>\n
Established in 1951, IKO is a worldwide leader in the roofing, waterproofing and insulation industry for residential and commercial markets. With over 35 manufacturing facilities throughout North America and Europe, IKO offers a broad range of products for commercial and residential roofing and waterproofing, in addition to rigid insulations for roofing and walls.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the population growth projections for the southeast U.S.,\u201d Chester County Economic Development Director Robert Long said, \u201cChester County is geographically well-positioned to assist IKO\u2019s expansion goals.\u00a0 With direct flights from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport where IKO\u2019s corporate headquarters are located also made us a natural fit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Located less than one mile apart along the S.C. Highway 9 industrial corridor in Chester, IKO\u2019s South Carolina operations will consist of two facilities. The company is remodeling an existing facility on Lancaster Highway to manufacture fiberglass. Concurrently, IKO is building a new 325,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on Cedarhurst Road to produce fiberglass mats that will be used for production at its United States\u2019 shingle factories.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Operations are expected to be online by late 2025. Individuals interested in joining the IKO team should visit the company\u2019s careers page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved job development credits related to this project.<\/p>\n \u201cIKO\u2019s announcement is a strong endorsement of the assets and potential of not just Chester County but all of rural South Carolina,\u201d Gov. Henry McMaster said. \u201cThis major $363 million investment and 180 new jobs will greatly strengthen the Chester County economy and set the stage for a brighter future. We look forward to growing our relationship with IKO for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IKO, a leading, global manufacturer of roofing products, today announced plans to establish its first South Carolina operations in Chester […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1663,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions\/1663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}