An Isuzu subsidiary plans to create a $280 million truck assembly plant in South Carolina and generate more than 700 jobs. Here’s what to know.

Isuzu North America Corporation has announced that it is establishing a new production base in Greenville County, South Carolina to expand its vehicle

The new assembly plant will introduce a variable-model, variable-volume production system that produces both internal combustion engine vehicles and EVs. It will be the first facility in the Isuzu Group to use a production line without conveyors or pits.

Isuzu plans to have the site up and running by 2027, aiming to employ more than 700 workers there by 2028 and produce 50,000 vehicles annually by 2030.

Two companies in recent days have disclosed plans for significant investments in South Carolina that will deliver a wealth of manufacturing jobs to the Upstate area. Isuzu North America Corp. today announced that it will establish a new U.

An international car company will invest $280 million in a South Carolina facility to convert it to a “state-of-the-art” manufacturing plant that will create more than 700 jobs, officials said. Isuzu -- one of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial trucks -- bought a one million-square-foot facility that sits on over 200 acres of property along Augusta Road in the Piedmont area of Greenville County.