ST. MATTHEWS – An Orangeburg-based seed production company announced Tuesday it is expanding its services in Calhoun County.
Mixon Seed Service, Inc. has purchased St. Matthews-based L.B. Wannamaker Seed Company.
“We are excited,” Mixon Seed Service Inc. President Robert Etheridge said during a Tuesday ceremony celebrating the purchase. “It is a neat honor to be able to carry on two stored companies that have been in the state over 150 years.
“We are happy to be able to carry that forward.”
As part of the transaction, Mixon Seed will invest about $750,000 over the next five years and create 10 new jobs at its new St. Matthews operation on Mill Street.
The investment will be in facility and equipment upgrades with an eye to increasing capacity.