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NK Newlook Bringing 200 Jobs To Blackville, SC

The product display case maker will invest $5 million and create 212 new jobs according to Gov. Nikki Haley.

BLACKVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Product display case maker NK Newlook is bringing more than 200 new jobs to South Carolina.

Gov. Nikki Haley said Wednesday that Miami-based NK Newlook is locating a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Blackville. The company will invest $5 million and create 212 new jobs.

Officials say the company is taking over a building previously occupied by Allied Air.

Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt says NK Newlook chose South Carolina in part for the state's workforce training programs.

The Commerce Department is providing the company with a Rural Infrastructure Fund grant worth $200,000.

Hiring is to start next month.