Parsippany Company Moves Jobs to S. Carolina for 'Better Business Climate'

Kent International, based in Parsippany, a bicycle company, is moving its manufacturing back to the United States after spending 23 years in China.

According to my9nj.com, those jobs won't be coming to New Jersey, however. CEO Arnold Kamler is going to ship those manufacturing opportunities to South Carolina, where the business climate is much better, the report said.

Prior to moving the operations overseas in 1991, Kent International's manufacturing was based in the Garden State, the report said. Kalmer said bringing the operations back to New Jersey was just too expensive.

The report also said a training program for residents there to work in the manufacturing facility has already been launched.