BMW Plant in Greer Turns In Banner Year

As each year passes, BMW's production site in Spartanburg County continues to become more productive.

According to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, the Greer plant produced some 270,000 vehicles during this calendar year — the most ever manufactured at the location.

That success came on the heels of a $1 billion expansion in 2010. The automaker giant announced in August that it plans to increase the facility's output to 300,000 vehicles in the coming year.

Over the summer Harald Krueger, BMW Group board member responsible for human resources, made the announcement Wednesday morning at BMW's assembly division of the plant that the company would be hiring 100 more people to fill new positions in the fields of engineering, IT and production. The production jobs will include positions assembly, paint shop and body divisions.