
State-of-the-art ladder frame plant will create nearly 400 new jobs; groundbreaking ceremony set for December 8, 2025.
Orangeburg, South Carolina — December 2, 2025 — The newly formed SODECIA AAPICO Joint Venture (SODECIA AAPICO JV) is pleased to announce that it will invest $120 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, to produce ladder frames for Scout Motors. The 400,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art plant will create nearly 400 new jobs.

On September 10, 2025, AAPICO Forging Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of AAPICO Hitech PLC, was honored with a Recognition Award, presented by Assoc. Prof.
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