In case you’re considering a U.S.-based job or profession creating carbon fiber bikes, you would possibly wish to make your option to Spartanburg County, S.C.

That’s the place high-end bike firm TIME plans to open its second carbon manufacturing facility, it introduced this week.

To land the undertaking, TIME acquired a 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Landrum, S.C. The $6.5 million funding will create 105 jobs and construct the “nation’s largest carbon fiber bicycle manufacturing facility,” TIME mentioned in a press launch.

Landrum is a stopover on the Saluda Grade Path, a newly-envisioned 31-mile linkup between the Carolinas alongside an previous rail route.

“With the robust biking tradition within the Upstate of South Carolina, the proximity to the mountains and now the Saluda Grade Path, this space is a biking paradise,” TIME CEO Tony Karklins mentioned.

It’s one more enterprise by Karklins to find the manufacturing and operations of a biking model within the American southeast. He beforehand introduced Spanish bike producer Orbea to Little Rock, Ark., and based Allied Cycleworks, now primarily based in Rogers, Ark.

“The dimensions and site of this new facility unlocks partnership alternatives throughout the bicycle trade; we see this undertaking as a key constructing block for the expansion of US bicycle manufacturing, meeting, and distribution,” mentioned TJ Karklins, CFO of TIME Bicycles.

TIME’s proprietary carbon manufacturing strategies borrow from aerospace, elite motorsports, and the automotive trade. It’s been some time since TIME bikes have proven up on the professional circuit. They most lately appeared on the defunct ProTour with Fast Step-Innergetic, Cofidis, and Bouygues Telecom.

Strategic elements of its South Carolina transfer embody aligning with Clemson College. The model mentioned it will work “in conjunction” with the college on the new facility, however particulars weren’t obtainable as of this writing.

In the meantime, South Carolina leaders stay up for the financial jolt the manufacturing facility might deliver to Spartanburg County.

“TIME is a globally recognized model, and so they’re bringing some severe expertise to their Landrum facility. Together with the affect of the funding and jobs, this may certainly put Spartanburg on the worldwide map for biking,” mentioned Spartanburg County Councilman and Financial Growth Committee Chairman David Britt. “Many because of all of our companions for serving to us roll out the pink carpet for TIME Bicycles.”

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