Four million BMW’s have been made at the BMW Manufacturing Co., in Greer.
While GreerToday has promoted HereInGreer for years and the Greer Chamber proudly boasts its GreerMade initiative, it all adds up to one gigantic economic engine that resonates throughout the world.
BMW Manufacturing announced five new senior management appointments.
• Sherry McCraw has been named the new Vice President of Assembly. McCraw was one of the first BMW Associates hired in 1993. She has worked in several areas of assembly production, planning, engineering and technology. Since 2013, she has served as Vice President of Finance and Compliance. McCraw replaces Dirk Hilgenberg, who will return to Munich as the Head of Production System, Technical Planning, Tool Shop, and Plant Construction.
Greer-produced BMW X vehicles showed a 30 percent decline in August sales compared to August 2016, according to BMW monthly reports. Year to date Greer models show a 4.6 percent increase through August 2016 compared to the same month this year.
Sales of BMW brand vehicles decreased 7.7 percent in August for a total of 23,553 compared to 25,531 vehicles sold in August 2016. Year-to-date, the BMW brand is down 5 percent in the U.S. on sales of 194,604 vehicles compared to 204,744 sold in the first eight months of 2016.
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