Loud music, 27 hours on a bike, and a crowd-sourced translation of a giant ancient dictionary. The easiest way to listen to podcasts on your iPhone, iPad,.

A 117-year-old New York bicycle manufacturer announced Wednesday that the company will expand to Horry County and hire nearly 50 workers. Worksman Cycles, which makes bikes and industrial tricycles, is renovating a 100,000-square-foot building just north of Conway on Bulk Plant Road. Company President Wayne Sosin said he expects to begin hiring employees later this year and will start ramping up his workforce next year. Average pay for the jobs is $15 per hour. “It’s going to be a slow roll out, but we plan on having some operations up and running first quarter of 2016,” he said.

“And we hope it’ll be a full-fledged operation by the third quarter of 2016.”. We’ve always recognized that bicycles and tricycles can be used for business applications, not just for recreation. An industrial tricycle is an adult vehicle that is capable of hauling heavy people and heavy loads in factories, college campuses, oil refineries, chemical plants. Where there’s a need for personnel movement, currently a lot of these facilities use golf carts or motorized vehicles or their employees walk from task to task. So instead of that, Worksman tricycles are a good, green way to do it. Wayne Sosin, president, Worksman Cycles “We’ve always recognized that bicycles and tricycles can be used for business applications, not just for recreation,” Sosin said. “An industrial tricycle is an adult vehicle that is capable of hauling heavy people and heavy loads in factories, college campuses, oil refineries, chemical plants. With

Where there’s a need for personnel movement, currently a lot of these facilities use golf carts or motorized vehicles or their employees walk from task to task. So instead of that, Worksman tricycles are a good, green way to do it.” Sosin, who has been with the company since 1979, bought Worksman in 1987 with a partner, whose father-in-law sold them the firm. Although business has been good, Sosin said the manufacturer needs to expand and there’s no room at the New York facility.

“We’ve used every square inch,” he said. “We’ve really run out of space.”. Sosin found the cost of New York real estate too high, so he began looking outside the area for a second location. He knew about Myrtle Beach from golf vacations he’d taken there, and South Carolina was among the states Worksman leaders visited.

“The choice of Horry County was easy, as it stood head and shoulders above every other location we visited,” Sosin said. “It was the friendly business environment of South Carolina with its great access to sea, rail and highway transportation as well as low-cost energy, and the climate which will ease the strain that Northeast winters placed on our operation. And finally the quality of life for our workers with affordable housing options, low cost of living and good schools.”. This is a true manufacturing operation. It’s a company that has been in business for a very long time. They have business to business relationships with Fortune 500 and Dow 30 companies. Fred Richardson, chairman, Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp.

Another selling point was the area’s proximity to some of Worksman’s major customers, including Wal-Mart, Ford, Exxon, Michelin, GE, Home Depot and Boeing. Company officials project they will be able to ship and process orders much faster from the Conway area factory.

Download full version. For local leaders, the Worksman decision is beneficial, too. “This is a true manufacturing operation,” said Fred Richardson, chairman of the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. “It’s a company that has been in business for a very long time.

They have business to business relationships with Fortune 500 and Dow 30 companies.” EDC leaders began recruiting Worksman about a year ago and on Wednesday they celebrated the announcement, hailing it as a sign of the industry recruitment agency’s success. Worksman is the third company to announce a move to Horry County this year. Combined, the three businesses will eventually account for 120 jobs, officials said. “Worksman Cycles will be a great addition to the manufacturing industry in the community, and we are proud that they have selected Horry County to expand their business,” Horry County Council Chairman Mark Lazarus said. Sosin agreed that the EDC was instrumental in the company’s decision. “Everybody's been very welcoming,” he said. $2.5 million Worksman Cycles investment in Conway area facility He added that the financial incentives offered to the company were helpful, too.