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Pirelli Cable to Move North American Headquarters to South Carolina. (Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 1993 by Warren, Wendy

Sep. 16--Pirelli Cable said Wednesday it will move its North American headquarters to Lexington County, clinching a deal economic developers say required unprecedented cooperation between businesses and area governments.

Pirelli will build its new headquarters on nine acres of land near it Lexington County fiber-optic cable plant. The company will bring about 50 Pirelli executives to the Midlands from Florham Park, N.J.

Italian-owned Pirelli will spend about $3 million on the headquarters, said officials with the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce.

But getting the headquarters here took a full-court press from officials in Columbia and Lexington and Richland counties.

"I've never seen this type of cohesiveness (between governments) as...

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