Operating CompanySouth Carolina

Nucor Steel Berkeley

Operating Company · Huger, SC

Nucor Corporation's Berkeley County steel mill (Huger, SC), operating since 1996 and having invested $1.3B+ to date, producing carbon/alloy steel, hollow structural tubing, electrical conduit and precision castings for agriculture, automotive and energy customers; a 2022 galvanizing-line expansion added corrosion-resistant product capacity.

Founded

1996

Region

South Carolina

Investors

People

About South Carolina

South Carolina runs on three anchors most coverage treats as separate stories rather than one state's real economy. Boeing assembles the 787 Dreamliner at its North Charleston final-assembly plant, the only 787 line outside Everett, Washington -- a real, hard-industrial counterweight to Charleston's tourism-and-port reputation. BMW Manufacturing in Greer, near Spartanburg, is BMW's largest plant in the world by volume, not a satellite factory -- the Upstate corridor around it has become a real auto-supplier cluster in its own right. Michelin North America is headquartered in Greenville, the same Upstate region, a direct descendant of the textile-mill economy that once defined the Piedmont before advanced manufacturing replaced it. Columbia, the state capital, anchors state government and the University of South Carolina. None of these four -- Charleston, the Upstate, Columbia, and the Rock Hill corridor already counted in Charlotte's own edition -- are the same economy, and this edition doesn't flatten them into one.

Region Stats

Total firms 49

VC / investors 6

Companies 27

Schools 16

Known For

Aerospace

Advanced Manufacturing

Textile Legacy