BMW’s biggest plant in the world is about to get a little bigger. The German automaker said Monday it will add another 1,000 jobs and invest $600 million in the plant as part of a plan to boost annual production to as many 450,000 vehicles.
“It’s a great day for us here in Spartanburg and South Carolina and for the BMW group,” said Harald Krueger, chairman of BMW. “The workforce will be well above 10,000 people, which is, in my view, clearly a symbol of success.”
BMW’s facility in Spartanburg is already the company’s largest final assembly plant in the world, employing more than 9,000 workers and building more than 411,000 SUVs and crossovers last year.Krueger marked the 25th anniversary of announcing plans to build the South Carolina plant by unveiling the newest version of the X3 crossover utility vehicle.