BMW invests $200M in new press shop.

• Date: 02 March 2022

BMW Plant Spartanburg will expand with construction of a 219,000-square-foot press shop slated for a summer 2024 opening.

The more than $200 million investment, announced at the S.C. Automotive Summit in Greenville March 3, is expected to create 200 jobs in the Upstate. The foundation for the project has already been laid, according to Robert Engelhorn, CEO of BMW Manufacturing.

The press shop located on the BMW Plant Spartanburg campus will take raw coils of steel, cut them into blanks and stamp sheet metal parts for future BMW models, he said during the announcement. These components include hang-on parts such as the vehicles' four doors, fenders, exterior body sides and lift gate.

"The press shop is a big cornerstone for us," Engelhorn told GSA Business Report, adding that the stamped parts serve as the fundament of the car's design.

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