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LAURENS, S.C. (AP) -- A Chinese company that makes plastic film often used to package food is building a new plant in Laurens County.
   The state Commerce Department said Tuesday that Uniscite Inc. will invest $70 million in the new plant and hire up to 100 workers.
   The company hopes to open the plant in the first few months of 2014, with the first workers hired about a year earlier.
   Uniscite currently has offices in Greenville.
   General Manager Fang Wang says his company chose Laurens County because of its excellent business climate and work force.
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