About Us

SCMA is the manufacturing industry’s association in South Carolina, serving as its government liaison. The Alliance also provides educational forums through committee and division conferences. SCMA maintains constant contact with state government agencies, the South Carolina General Assembly, educational institutions and the media.

SCMA QUICK FACTS

  • The South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance, formerly known as the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association, provides a unified voice for the South Carolina manufacturing community for its 95+ member companies. The SCMA seeks to preserve and promote the economic health of manufacturing industries in South Carolina by seeking positive action in state government.

  • The management and control of the Alliance and its affairs are vested in a board of directors. Directors are elected from the SCMA membership and are persons who currently exercise an active executive function in a member company. SCMA annually elects a chairman, first vice chairman and second vice chairman. These are industry executives and serve without pay. Staff officers are the President/CEO and the secretary to the board.

  • South Carolina manufacturing has the highest rate of productivity in the Southeast and the third highest in the nation. In 2003, manufacturing industries provided 19 percent of all jobs in South Carolina. One in every five South Carolinians is employed in manufacturing. Manufacturing is the leading sector for both investment and job creation, representing 72% of the state’s capital investment and providing 82% of the state’s employment opportunities in 2003.

  • South Carolina has a diverse manufacturing economy, producing everything from high-tech electronics, software and plastics, to cars, boats and textiles. Machinery, vehicles (automobiles, trucks, tractors, etc.), electrical machinery, plastics, and rubber rank among our largest export categories. In 2003, the leading manufacturing sector in South Carolina was metals and equipments with $234.4 million in capital investment and 1,439 new job creations. South Carolina companies exported $11.7 billion worth of products to 188 countries in 2003.

  • Manufacturing accounts for 14 percent of the United States GDP and provides 11 percent of American jobs. The manufacturing sector generates 10 cents more per dollar of GDP on final demand spent for manufactured goods than non-manufacturing sectors.