ANNUAL REPORT

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1 ANNUAL REPORT

2 WELCOME Welcome to the Central SC Alliance Annual Report. As you will discover in the following pages, 2011 was a record year for our region. For this we celebrate! As we consider our current and future prospects, pent up demand, global economic forces, reshoring of labor, and the return of manufacturing to the US all bode well for us. As last year s record demonstrates, Central SC is well positioned for continued success. Congratulations to all! It is our time indeed! MIKE BRIGGS President & CEO JIM APPLE Chairman

3 MARKETING JANUARY 2011 MAY 2012: 95 GO TO MEETINGS WITH COMPANIES WHO HAVE THE POTENTIAL OR HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND. THE LEAD GENERATION PROGRAM COMPLETED 7,962 CALLS AND REACHED 689 DECISION MAKERS WITH PROSPECTIVE COMPANIES GO TO MEETINGS 181 OUTBOUND DIRECT CONTACTS 21 INBOUND DIRECT CONTACTS Go-To-Meetings Outbound Direct Contacts Inbound Direct Contacts MARKETING TRIPS & CONFERENCES: New York Marketing Mission Charlotte Developer Luncheon Charlotte, NC Canadian Marketing Mission Toronto and Montreal Paris Air Show Paris, France Detroit and Windsor, Canada Marketing Mission Northwest and Canadian Marketing Mission Seattle, Portland and Vancouver Washington Marketing Mission Washington DC National Business Aviation Association Las Vegas, NV 2011 & 2012 Palmetto Economic Development Corporation Hilton Head, SC 2011 & 2012 South Carolina Economic Developer s Association Myrtle Beach, SC Site Selectors Guild Orlando, FL SmartState Conference Charleston, SC Dallas Marketing Mission Dallas, TX 2012 National Coffee Association Convention Charleston, SC Spring Prospect Event INTERPHEX Trade Show New York City 2012 SEUS Cananda Myrtle Beach, SC Aviation Week Charlotte, NC Expansion Management Roundtable in the South Palm Coast, FL We ve been on a roll. Following the lead of Michelin, two additional major global tire companies have now located in the Central South Carolina region, making our state the biggest tire manufacturer in the United States. A superior logistics and transportation network and a business-friendly cost effective environment continue to help this region attract new capital investment and jobs. It s a win-win opportunity that defines Central South Carolina as one of the preferred business locations in the state and in the nation. Contact us at for more information on how we can assist you with your site selection needs or visit Central South Carolina Alliance 1201 Main Street Suite 100 Columbia, SC Today, we are in a global competition for jobs and must continue to find innovative ways to get an edge. Our lead generation program has elevated the Central SC Region to a new level in economic development marketing and has created opportunities that we have never experienced. We are not only knocking on more doors, we are getting into the offices of C-level executives. It s an exciting time for our team and we are confident that we shall continue to see measurable results from this program. DAVID KING Vice President of Marketing

4 METRICS & PROJECTS OCONEE PICKENS 85 ANDERSON GEORGIA GREENVILLE ABBEVILLE MC CORMICK SPARTANBURG LAURENS GREENWOOD EDGEFIELD CHEROKEE UNION 26 NEWBERRY SALUDA AIKEN BARNWELL YORK Columbia Metropolitan LEXINGTON 20 ALLENDALE CHESTER FAIRFIELD BAMBERG HAMPTON JASPER 77 LANCASTER RICHLAND Columbia CALHOUN ORANGEBURG COLLETON BEAUFORT KERSHAW 95 DORCHESTER CHESTERFIELD LEE SUMTER CLARENDON 26 DARLINGTON 20 NORTH CAROLINA MARLBORO FLORENCE WILLIAMSBURG BERKELEY Charleston International C H A R L E S T O N 95 DILLON MARION GEORGETOWN HORRY Myrtle Beach International ATLANTIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN METRICS Since 1994, the Central SC Alliance has worked directly with companies who have invested over $9.6 billion and created over 58,000 new jobs in the Central SC Region. Over the last 18 years, every dollar invested in the Central SC Alliance returned to the region: $449 in capital investment, $65 in New Property Taxes, $95 in Annual Payroll, and $852 in TOTAL economic benefit. FOR EVERY $370 INVESTED IN THE CENTRAL SC ALLIANCE BETWEEN , ONE JOB HAS BEEN CREATED was truly a record year for the Central SC region. The Central SC Alliance generated $1,106,455,000 in total announced capital investment and 3,533 announced jobs in 2011! 147 new projects were generated and we hosted 177 visits from prospective companies over the past 18 months in our region. Overwhelmingly, manufacturing operations accounted for the largest share of new projects logged. Since January 2011, 75% of our announced projects have been expansions of existing industry. We continue to see existing companies further invest in our region due to the strong business climate, strategic location, strong workforce and training programs, and ease of transportation they have experienced. While various global trends such as the right-shoring of jobs to the US, greenfield expansions, and the rebirth of American manufacturing have allowed us the opportunity to capitalize on recruiting our newest companies to the region. ORIGIN OF ANNOUNCED PROJECTS ANNOUNCED PROJECTS BY INDUSTRY TYPE Central SC Alliance 12% Central SC Alliance County Developer 12% County Developer Other Ally 18% Other Ally 18% 44% 44% SCDOC SCDOC 23% 26% 26% PROJECTS BY FACILITY TYPE PROJECTS BY AVERAGE WAGE Manufacturing 9% 3% 3% Manufacturing 9% 6% 3% 3% Office 11% 6% Office 11% 37% Distribution 37% Distribution 68% Warehousing 68% 14% Warehousing 14% Other Other 29% 29% Automotive Parts Mfg. Aerospace Component Mfg. 3% 3% Finance Accounting, Back-Office, Customer Service Food & Beverage Processing, Distribution Tool, Equipment, Metal Mfg. Pharmaceutical 11% Other Manufacturing/Distribution YEAR INVESTMENT JOBS 1994 $218,250,000 3, $524,300,000 4, $293,500,000 3, $342,980,000 2, $642,144,000 3, $756,204,000 4, $681,489,000 6, $469,600,000 2, $260,800,000 1, $149,000,000 1, $723,495,929 2, $591,329,000 2, $510,405,000 1, $730,345,000 3, $560,549,000 2, $358,943,450 1, $474,780,000 4, $1,106,455,000 3, $293,080,000 1,418 Total $9,687,649,379 58,099

5 2011 INVESTMENTS ANNOUNCED COMPANY NAME NEW/EXPANSION INVESTMENT JOBS PRODUCT/SERVICE 12/29/11 Spirax Sarco Expansion $10,000, Steam Systems Components 12/16/11 Koyo Corp. Expansion $20,000, Ball bearings 12/13/11 Mars Pet Care Expansion $128,640, Dry Dog and Cat Food 11/22/11 GKN Aerospace New $38,000, Aerospace Component Manufacturing 11/16/11 TD Bank Expansion $0 200 Banking Services 11/09/11 Kiswire Expansion $2,500,000 0 Wire Products 10/31/11 Alucoil America Corp. New $5,000, Mfg. Aluminum Products 10/31/11 Sensor Electronic Technology Inc. Expansion $20,000, Mfg. Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) 10/28/11 Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. New $313,000, Pharmaceutical Mfg. 10/06/11 Pure Power Technologies Expansion $25,000, Engine Testing, R&D 10/05/11 Universal Trade Solutions New $10,000, Metals Import/Export 09/07/11 Innovative Composites International, Inc. New $9,300, Plastics (Composites) 08/22/11 Aflac Expansion $0 80 Supplemental Insurance Services 07/26/11 LOGANEnergy LLC New $1,000, Manufacture Mobile Fuel Cells 05/10/11 Michelin Expansion $200,000, Passenger and Earthmover Tires 04/27/11 Interstate Resources, Inc. New $13,795, Waterproof Corrugated Boxes 02/15/11 Aflac Expansion $0 140 Supplemental Insurance Services 02/03/11 Verizon Expansion $0 500 Call Center Operations 01/24/11 Mars Pet Care Expansion $9,376,000 0 Dry Dog and Cat Food 01/24/11 Mars Pet Care Expansion $7,548,000 0 Dry Dog and Cat Food 01/24/11 US Food Service Expansion $10,000,000 0 Food Distribution 01/13/11 DHL Expansion $0 140 Customs Brokerage Facility Confidential Investments 283,296, TOTAL $1,106,455,000 3,533 COUNTY Orangeburg Newberry Clarendon Orangeburg Orangeburg Orangeburg 2012 INVESTMENTS (TO DATE) ANNOUNCED COMPANY NAME NEW/EXPANSION INVESTMENT JOBS PRODUCT/SERVICE COUNTY 6/11/12 McEntire Produce Expansion $5,000, Fresh Produce Processing 5/23/12 Avtec Inc. Expansion $6,100, Manufactures Communication Systems 5/22/12 WNS Holdings New $4,250, Business Process Outsourcing 5/22/12 Federal Mogul Friction Products Expansion $7,000, Extended-life brake friction products Orangeburg 4/10/12 Michelin Expansion $250,000, Earthmover Tires 4/12/12 Aflac Expansion $0 400 Supplemental Insurance Services 4/10/12 Accuride Expansion $8,730, Aluminum Wheels Kershaw 3/26/12 Starbucks Expansion $7,000,000 6 New VIA Coffee Packaging Line Calhoun 2/21/12 Diversified Information Technologies, Inc. New $5,000, Secure Document Storage Kershaw TOTAL $293,080,000 1,418 $1,399,535,000 3,533 NEW JOBS CREATED IN 2011 FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CENTRAL SC REGION

6 PEOPLE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTORS Advanced Disposal Aerotek Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc. Alliance Consulting Engineers Allied Barton Security Apartment & Corporate Relocation Services Arnold Companies AT&T B.P. Barber & Associates Baker, Ravenel, & Bender L.L.P. Bank of America Bank of Clarendon Bauknight Pietras & Stormer, P.A. BB&T Blue Marlin Restaurant & Catering BlueCross BlueShield of SC Buchmaier Law Firm LLC Carlisle Associates, Inc. CB Richard Ellis Chernoff Newman Coldwell Banker United Realtors Colliers International Colonial Life Columbia Metropolitan Airport Cox Industries, Inc. Cyberwoven Delta Dental Diversified Development, Inc. Duke Energy Eastman Chemical Company Elliott Davis, LLC Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A. Fairfield Electric Cooperatives First Citizens First Community Bank Fisher & Philips Fitts & Goodwin, Inc. Florence & Hutcheson Food Service, Inc. Fuss & O Neill, Inc. Gallman Personnel Services Glenn Associates Surveying, Inc. Grace Outdoor Grubb & Ellis / Wilson Kibler Hahl, Inc. Haynesworth Sinkler Boyd Homeowners Mortgage/CoastalStates Bank Hood Construction, Inc. KBR Building Group KeenanSuggs KershawHealth LCK Construction Services LLC Medical Center M.B. Kahn Mashburn Construction McCrory Construction McNair Law Firm McWaters, Inc. Mead & Hunt, Inc. Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative Miller-Valentine Group NAI Avant NBSC Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP Newberry County Hospital Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc. Nexsen Pruet, LLC Ogletree Deakins O Neil, Inc. Palmetto Economic Development Corp. Palmetto Health Alliance Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP PNC Bank Progress Energy Providence Hospital Recruiting Solutions Regions Banks Richardson Construction Company Rick Smoak Photography Robert Half International Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC Roedl Langford de Kock, LLP Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Russell & Jeffcoat Realtors, Inc. S&ME, Inc. Santee Cooper (c) SCANA Corporation Shelco, Inc. Snelling Staffing Services Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc. Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. Southern Way Catering Spirit Communications Stevens & Wilkinson, Inc. Sun Printing, Inc. TD Bank The Blencowe Group, Inc. The Boudreaux Group The Climatic Development Company, LLC Wells Fargo Willoughby & Hoefer, PA PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTORS Calhoun County City of Columbia Clarendon County Fairfield County Kershaw County County McCormick County Newberry County Orangeburg County County University of South Carolina!!! CALHOUN COUNTY LEE PRICKETT County Administrator lprickett@calhouncountysc.org CITY OF COLUMBIA JIM GAMBRELL jgambrell@columbiasc.net CLARENDON COUNTY JOHN TRULUCK jtruluck@sc.rr.com FAIRFIELD COUNTY TIFFANY HARRISON tharrison@fairfieldsc.com

7 BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE HONORABLE VINA ABRAMS Chair, Central Midlands Regional Planning Council SCOTT R. ADAMS General Counsel & Vice President, External Affairs Prysmian Group-North America JIM B. APPLE Chairman & CEO, First Citizens Bank HON. WILLIAM B. BANNING, SR. Chairman, County Council HON. STEPHEN K. BENJAMIN Mayor, City of Columbia MARK K. BENNETT Senior VP, Bank of America Merrill Lynch MICHAEL R. BRENAN President, BB&T G. MICHAEL BRIGGS President & CEO, Central SC Alliance GEORGE J. BULLWINKEL, JR. President & COO, SCANA Corporation MARK COX VP, Commercial Relationship Manager, Capital Bank TED CREECH Director of External Affairs, AT&T South Carolina HON. DAVID L. FERGUSON, SR. Chairman, Fairfield County Council C. W. CHUCK GARNETT President & CEO, NBSC JOHN J. GARRISON VP, Colonial Life STAN F. GIBSON EVP, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. J. BARRY HAM President, Bank of Clarendon WILLIAM L. HART CEO, Fairfield Electric Cooperative, Inc. JAMES E. HAZEL, JR. COO, Elliott Davis, LLC HON. CHARLES T. JENNINGS, JR. Chairman, McCormick County Council HON. HENRY H. LIVINGSTON, III Chairman, Newberry County Council JOHN MCALLISTER ALC, Broker in Charge, John McAllister Realty Consulting DR. HARRIS PASTIDES President, University of South Carolina DAVE PETERSON Plant Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company ANNE M. SINCLAIR Chiar, Airport Commission HON. DWIGHT L. STEWART Chairman, Clarendon County Council HON. HONORABLE DAVID K. SUMMERS Chairman, Calhoun County Council HON. KELVIN E. WASHINGTON, SR. Chairman, County Council DR. MARSHALL WHITE, JR. President, Midlands Technical College HON. GENE WISE Chairman, Kershaw County Council MICHAEL A. WOLFE Division Executive, First Citizens Bank HON. JOHNNIE WRIGHT, SR. Chairman, Orangeburg County Council EXECUTIVE COMITTEE JIM B. APPLE Chairman HON. JOHNNIE WRIGHT, SR. Vice Chairman JAMES E. HAZEL, JR. Funding & Finance Chairman GEORGE J. BULLWINKEL, JR. Development Chairman G. MICHAEL BRIGGS President & CEO HON. STEPHEN K. BENJAMIN TED CREECH C. W. CHUCK GARNETT HON. DWIGHT L. STEWART STAN F. GIBSON HON. DAVID K. SUMMERS, JR. DR. HARRIS PASTIDES HON. KELVIN E. WASHINGTON, SR. CENTRAL SC ALLIANCE STAFF MIKE BRIGGS President & CEO ANN BROADWATER Senior Project Manager ANNETTE BURRELL Office Manager AZAD KHAN Director of Research DAVID KING Vice President of Marketing TRACY MCMILLIN Senior Project Manager CALLISON RAWL Director of Public & Investor Relations STEPHEN RODDEY Senior Project Manager ERIN SAVITZ Marketing Associate SANDRA WALLACE Director of Committee of 100 KERSHAW COUNTY PEGGY MCLEAN LEXINGTON COUNTY CHARLTON L. CHUCK WHIPPLE MCCORMICK COUNTY COLUMBUS STEPHENS County Administrator NEWBERRY COUNTY TERESA POWERS ORANGEBURG COUNTY GREGG ROBINSON Executive Director RICHLAND COUNTY NELSON LINDSAY

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