New Signage Goes up at SCTAC

Center a Hornet’s Nest of Activity

Greenville, S.C. – New entranceway signage was installed today as the South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center reached another milestone in its comprehensive rebranding effort that began last October. The new signage will denote the five main entrances into the 2600-acre park.

“These new entranceway signs mark another step toward solidifying our new brand identity,” President and CEO of SCTAC, Jody Bryson said. “The focus of our new brand is economic development, job creation, and the attraction of new, high-tech businesses to the center.”

And focus they have. SCTAC has been a hornet’s nest of activity lately. Just recently Bryson announced project updates at SCTAC including:

• 3M receiving a Certificate of Occupancy on its recent $150 million expansion
• Vetroresina receiving a Certificate of Occupancy on their new facility
• Several upgrade/expansion projects underway at Lockheed-Martin
• Southeastern Dock and Door is adding a new warehouse
• Cytec’s $250 million expansion is underway, with no less than 12 building permits having been issued thus far
• The Army National Guard will break ground this year on a $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

The South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center is unique to the state of South Carolina. It is the largest general aviation airport 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 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. It changed its name 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 SCTAC website.

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