BMW operates one plant in the U.S., in Spartanburg, South Carolina. SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - BMW Manufacturing says production at its plant in Spartanburg will resume at the beginning of May amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Greenville store is set to reopen on Monday, May 18. BMW Manufacturing has extended the shutdown of its Greer plant by three additional weeks. Eight coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Spartanburg County, health officials said. BMW wants to restart production at its Spartanburg facility in South Carolina next week on Monday, following a month-long shutdown.. With more than 25 years of world class manufacturing experience, our associates take pride in building premium quality vehicles.
Despite reports to the contrary, BMW confirmed Wednesday it will continue to operate its Spartanburg plant for now amid the coronavirus outbreak. The B-shift will start May 18, Foster said. The Spartanburg plant is the BMW Group producer of the BMW X3, X3 M, X5, X5 M and X7 Sports Activity Vehicles and X4, X4 M, X6 and X6 M Sports Activity Coupes. That plant, which builds SUVs including the X5 and X6 , returned to production on May 4. About 11,000 people work at the plant that was shut down on March 29, with the original intent of reopening two weeks later. As of this writing, BMW’s largest production facility, located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has been idled for one full month. BMW Manufacturing announced Monday it would no longer reopen its 7 million-square-foot plant in South Carolina on April 13. Closed since March because of the coronavirus pandemic, the BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina is scheduled to reopen in May. A month has passed since the shutdown of the BMW Plant in Spartanburg – due to the COVID-19 outbreak – but now the German automaker is ready to gradually reopen its production lines. “The safety and well-being of both our customers and our employees are at the foundation of our plans,” said Lisa Cooper, president of the family of stores. BMW Manufacturing announced today it is extending its shutdown at the Spartanburg plant by three additional weeks. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles BMW will continue to follow these and other CDC-recommended procedures. The manufacturer announced Monday its plans to … Mast General Store has announced that its stores will re-open in phases. The BMW facility in Greer will reopen on May 4 for the A-shift only, according to the company's Plant Spartanburg Communications Manager Sky Foster. The manufacturing site halted production back on April 3 in response to the novel human coronavirus outbreak, and has been quiet ever since, with planned restart dates pushed from an initial time line of April 20, then to April 30, and now to May 4. BMW Manufacturing employs 11,000 people at the seven million square-foot campus. SPARTANBURG, S.C. — BMW manufacturing will keep their South Carolina plant closed through the month of April.