South Carolina Department of Commerce To 11 Accomplishments in 2011

South Carolina Department of Commerce released its list of top 11 accomplishments for 2011:

1. Continental Tire the Americas - $500 million investment to generate 1,700 new jobs over the next 10 years. 
2. TD Bank - $17 million investment creating 1,400 new jobs. 
3. 5-STAR USA - investing $25 million and creating more than 1,000 jobs over the next five years. 
4. Bridgestone - $1.2 billion investment, which will result in more than 850 new jobs. 
5. Amazon - investing $25 million and creating 750 jobs. 
6. Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s - $313 million investment to generate 707 new jobs. 
7. TIGHITCO Inc.- $30 million investment that will generate 350 new jobs. 
8. ZF Group - investing an additional $80 million and adding 300 new jobs. 
9. Bosch Rexroth Corporation - $80 million investment and creating 160 new jobs over the next five years. 
10. Gestamp South Carolina - investing $51 million and creating 100 new jobs. 
11. BMW added a $100 million investment and committed to create 100 new jobs.

Note that half of these announcements are in the Upstate.