Growth and Expansion Abound at SCTAC

Greenville, S.C. – Less than four months after unveiling its new name, strategic direction, and economic development and marketing objectives, The South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center (SCTAC), is abuzz with activity.

No less than eight projects are underway or in the completion stages at the former Donaldson Center, including:

• 3M just received a Certificate of Occupancy on recent $150 million expansion
• Vetroresina just received a Certificate of Occupancy on their new facility
• Several upgrade/expansion projects are underway at Lockheed-Martin
• Southeastern Dock and Door is adding a new warehouse
• Cytec $250 million expansion is underway, no less than 12 building permits have been issued thus far
• Army National Guard will break ground this year on $45 million Center of Excellence
• Greenville County School District is constructing a new School Bus service and maintenance center
• The new SCTAC Facilities Management office will open on the airfield in early Spring

"This is very positive for SCTAC and for Greenville, especially considering the current economic climate,” said Jody Bryson, president and CEO of SCTAC. “We are on the forefront of economic development for leading international and high-tech companies because we have the space, the infrastructure, and a well-educated technical workforce that companies can capitalize on. Ninety percent of jobs and direct economic impact of this facility come from companies that use cutting-edge technology in their operations, have research labs and/or facilities onsite or supply products and services to high-tech industries.”

The South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center is unique to the state of South Carolina. It is the largest general aviation park in S.C. with more than 50,000 flights annually. No other business facility in the state has a fully-operational general aviation airport, a state-of-the-art control tower, an 8,000 ft. runway capable of handling large aircraft, and a second, 5,500 ft. runway that is already built and can be activated.

SCTAC is a hub for industrial, technological and aviation facilities, and provides direct access to an airport infrastructure that contains an aircraft maintenance and modification center suited for air cargo, air freight services, and aviation-related businesses.

Strategically situated along the I-85 corridor in Upstate South Carolina, two hours south of Charlotte, N.C., two hours north of Atlanta, Ga., and three hours northwest of the historic port city of Charleston, S.C., the South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center is also within 30 minutes of some of the country’s best colleges and universities, including Clemson University, Furman University, Wofford College, and Greenville, Spartanburg and Tri-County Technical Colleges.

The South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center opened in 1942 as Greenville Army Air Base. When the Air Force decided to close the base in 1962, the city and county of Greenville purchased the property and named it after Greenville native, Captain John O. Donaldson, a World War I flying ace, and it became known as Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park. The name was changed to the South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center in 2008 and currently employs more than 4,000 people from more than 80 local and international companies and organizations, including 3M, Lockheed-Martin and Michelin. For more information, please visit the center’s website at www.sc-tac.com.