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| December 3 – Production begins on X6 Sports Activity Coupe |
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| September 20 – BMW Manufacturing ships 100,000th "Next Generation" X5 |
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| January 8 – BMW Manufacturing has been named a ‘2006 Top Plant’ by Plant Engineering Magazine |
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| September 28 – First "Next-Generation" X5 comes off assembly line |
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| September 22 – Production of the original X5 ends |
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| September 21 – BMW becomes the world's first "green" automotive paint shop utilizing recycled methane gas to power its ovens |
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| May 2 – BMW Announces that it will use recycled landfill methane gas to power ovens in its paint shop becoming the world's first "green" automotive paint shop |
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| April 4 – Z4 Coupe and M Coupe production begins |
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| February 28 – 1,000,000th vehicle rolls off the line |
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January 8 – Updated Z4 production begins
M Roadster production begins |
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| June 9 – 500,000th X5 produced |
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| November 8 – 100,000th Z4 rolls off the line |
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| April 1 – X5 4.8is High performance model production begins |
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| November 12 – Groundbreaking on 400-acre Clemson University Automotive Research Campus (CUICAR) |
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| September 26 – Production begins on the 2004 X5 |
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| October 22 – First Z4 Roadster – Joe Marchese becomes the first person to own BMW's newest vehicle |
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| September 30 – BMW Manufacturing celebrates its 10th Anniversary in SC |
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| September 26 – BMW Invests $400 million; adds 400 jobs |
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| July 11 – Production reaches the half-million mark |
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| June 28 – The last Z3 Roadster is produced |
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| April 29 – The second annual BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs raises over $515,000 for Carolina charities |
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| August – Production numbers for the X5 reach six figures |
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| April 30 – The inaugural BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs raises $500,000 for local charities |
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| February – The 250,000th roadster is shipped |
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| January – Production of the 50,000th X5 is reached |
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| December – BMW Manufacturing is recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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| June – A $300 million plant expansion is announced |
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| September – Production of the X5 gets underway and the 200,000th roadster is completed |
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| August 12 – The Plant announces additional 108,000 square foot expansion |
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November 4 – ISO 14001 environmental certification is awarded to the South Carolina facility
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| May 12 – A plant expansion to accommodate the production of the X5 is announced |
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| January – Z3 and M coupe begins production |
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| October 28 – The plant produces the 100,000th roadster |
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| January – The M roadster starts production |
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February – BMW Manufacturing expands investment in South Carolina
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September 20 – The first Z3 Roadster comes off the line
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| July 12 – BMW Manufacturing is awarded ISO 9002 quality certification |
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| March 2 – First BMW 318i assembled in S.C. is shipped. The 23-month span from groundbreaking to the first shipment is considered the fastest automotive start-up in history |
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September 8 – The first American-made BMW, a 318i, rolls off the line
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| July 11 – Associates begin work in the new facility |
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| January 4 – BMW hires associates for production |
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| April 6 – Construction begins on a 1,039-acre site adjacent to Interstate 85 |
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September 30 – The groundbreaking ceremony for the first and only American BMW factory takes place
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| June 22 – Plans to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County, South Carolina are announced |
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