An international car company will invest $280 million in a South Carolina facility to convert it to a “state-of-the-art” manufacturing plant that will create more than 700 jobs, officials said. Isuzu -- one of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial trucks -- bought a one million-square-foot facility that sits on over 200 acres of property along Augusta Road in the Piedmont area of Greenville County.

Two companies in recent days have disclosed plans for significant investments in South Carolina that will deliver a wealth of manufacturing jobs to the Upstate area. Isuzu North America Corp. today announced that it will establish a new U.