When JBE Inc. opened in Hartsville in 1982, the “old school manufacturing company” was mainly working with metal — clinging it, grinding it, whatever the manufacturing companies the subcontractor served needed. More than 40 years later, the...
CordenPharma, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical and biotech products, broke ground this week on a $200 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in North Augusta, South Carolina. Gov. Henry McMaster attended the groundbreaking for the...
Greenville Technical College celebrated the official opening of the Center for Welding & Automation Excellence (CWAE), cutting ribbon on the 44,000 square foot facility with the help of college and community leaders, elected officials, faculty...
Growing demand for consistent, professional-grade packaging is pushing more operations toward chamber vacuum sealer equipment, with manufacturers like Promarksvac responding across market segments.
UFP Packaging, an industrial packaging solutions and services provider, has announced it is growing its South Carolina footprint with a new Cherokee County operation. The company’s $5.31 million investment will create 136 new jobs. Headquartered...
The Bosch Community Fund has awarded a $31,980 grant to the Greenville Tech Foundation to support advanced manufacturing education for students at Greenville Technical College and help strengthen the region’s workforce pipeline. The funding will...
Fortified Solar, a U.S. solar manufacturer of custom steel roofing systems with building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) technology, has announced it is expanding its operations in Greenville County. The company’s $22.75 million investment will...
Upstate South Carolina is a global leader in manufacturing — a reputation earned through decades of innovation, investment, and a highly skilled workforce. But maintaining this leadership position hinges on attracting and preparing the next...
Growing SC’s Defense Sector Economy By David Dykes At the 2026 SC Competes Spring Summit, officials launched SC Defense, a new statewide initiative designed to strengthen South Carolina’s role in the national defense economy. SC...
Detpak USA (Detpak), a global packaging supplier supporting quick-service restaurant (QSR), food service, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and retail customers, has announced it selects Spartanburg County for its first U.S. manufacturing...
Airsys, a global leader in mission-critical cooling and infrastructure solutions headquartered in Woodruff, South Carolina, has announced a corporate partnership with Greenville Triumph SC, the state’s premier USL League One professional soccer...
Bushy Park, a premier industrial utilities company and multi-tenant manufacturing site located in Berkeley County, South Carolina, has been selected as the location for a significant new U.S. production facility by Alzchem Group AG, a global...
ES Foundry, an American company advancing U.S. solar by onshoring crystalline solar cell production, has announced the completion of a 2 gigawatt (GW) expansion and the first solar cell coming off the new production line at its Greenwood, South...
Thirty-two years after the first BMW produced in South Carolina rolled off the assembly line, the automaker introduced the next generation of its X5 at an event on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at its Upstate plant. The new vehicle, which BMW Group CEO...
Carolina Handling, the exclusive Raymond Solutions and Support Center for North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida’s Central Time Zone, is continuing to strengthen its commitment to innovation through a strategic partnership...
BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) recently recognized its seventh cohort of apprentices who successfully completed the North American BASF ECMS Apprenticeship Program on June 25 at Tri-County Technical College’s (TCTC) Oconee...
The Upstate has become a nexus of automation companies over the last couple of decades, serving an assortment of South Carolina’s industries. Manufacturers in the textile, automotive, and other industries have turned to Industry 4.0 tools such as...
Although manufacturing’s direct employment base alone represents 10.9 percent of all jobs in South Carolina, after accounting for the additional impacts resulting from all economic multiplier effects, this percentage jumps to 30.2 percent. Put...
When South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed Executive Order 2022-31 in 2022, it was designed to lure manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) and their batteries to the state. Four years later, companies are taking the state up on its...
While the term "additive manufacturing" may not be familiar to the average person, some of the products of this new technology are already present in our day-to-day life. Dental care items like Invisalign and crowns, athletic shoe inserts,...