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Business & Industry

Business & Industry

The Grand Strand’s economy flourishes year- Environmental Technologies, Ltd, in support Airport, and proximity to deepwater ports. We are
round thanks to an influx of more than 16 of a healthy and safe environment, Integra within a five-hour drive of Charlotte and Atlanta,
million tourists, mostly during the summer Fabrics, which does heat-transfer contract and about two hours from Charleston.
months. Millions of dollars are poured into printing of fabrics for the hospitality and
the local economy through dining, shopping, healthcare industries, and Metglas, the world’s Myrtle Beach International Airport offers daily
accommodation costs, attractions, and venues, leading producer of amorphous metals. Other non-stop flights to New York, Chicago, Detroit,
which greatly contributes to the Grand Strand’s large manufacturing employers include 3V and dozens of other cities. Thousands of people
outstanding fiscal success. However, the Grand Chemical Company, AVX Corporation, Conbraco pass through its newly constructed terminals
Strand is also perfect for and home to several Industries, Inc., International Paper, New South, each day, traveling to destinations around the
industrial-focused businesses as the community’s Precision Southeast and Wolverine Brass. world. Sixty miles to the south is Charleston
economic backbone. International Airport, offering a full schedule
Location/Transportation of daily commercial flights, along with U.S.
In addition to the thriving tourism market, Customs services and protected Foreign Trade
businesses from around the world have relocated The Grand Strand is strategically located in Zone areas.
and expanded their companies to the Myrtle the northeast corner of coastal South Carolina,
Beach area because of the pro-business climate, between the port cities of Charleston, S.C., and Businesses that rely on importing raw materials
low tax rates, low utility rates and competitive Wilmington, N.C., and halfway between New and/or exporting their finished products find
wages. This expanding pool of manufacturers York and Miami, Fla. The Grand Strand enjoys the Myrtle Beach area to be ideally situated
and other industries includes a successful convenient access to interstates 95 and 20, U.S. near the ports that facilitate those trade
and innovative manufacturer, Integrated Highway 17, the Myrtle Beach International activities. The Port of Georgetown is the oldest

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