(Columbia-AP) Oct. 29, 2003 -- State commerce
officials say a Japanese textile company plans to create
130 jobs and invest $30 million when it locates its
first American automotive subsidiary in Gaffney.
Suminoe Textile Company will make seat covers,
headliners and carpeting at the facility. The company
makes interior textile products.
The agreement was announced in Osaka, Japan, where
Governor Mark Sanford and Commerce Secretary Bob Faith
are on a two-week trade mission. The Commerce Department
says Suminoe chose Gaffney over sites in Georgia and
North Carolina because of the area's manufacturing
climate and "considerable Japanese presence."
Suminoe received a $500,000 grant from the Commerce
Department to upgrade infrastructure.
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