Rite Aid Corporation announced today plans to build a 900,000-square-foot distribution center in Spartanburg, S.C. The new distribution center is expected to employ nearly 600 people after it becomes fully operational and will support the inventory and fulfillment needs of approximately 1,000 Rite Aid stores in the…
IDC Manufacturing Insights asserts that the Internet of Things (IoT) is on track to dramatically transform manufacturers’ products, services, and operations in 2015. While the hype persists around IoT, IDC Manufacturing Insight notes there are many signs that show confidence in IoT is with good reason. The…
Amcor, a leading global packaging producer, joins Coca Cola, Alcoa, and other industry partners today as the Recycling Partnership, a collaborative, industry-funded effort designed to boost residential recycling in the U.S., officially awards its first public grant to the City of Columbia, S.C. The funding will support…
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in the manufacture, sale and service of construction and transport machinery, is establishing operations in Spartanburg County. The $41 million investment is expected to generate 131 new jobs in Moore, S.C. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Japan,…
PecTec Corporation, a supplier of top-quality semi-finished and finished metal products for the automotive industry, is establishing its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County. The $2 million investment is expected to create 15 new jobs in Spartanburg, S.C. Founded in the summer of 2014 in Spartanburg,…
SCRA Technology Ventures today announced the acceptance of five new companies into its SC Launch Program. Charleston-area companies GreenTex Solutions and Job Market Maker, and Greenville-area companies Accessible Diagnostics, Aptus and Constructis became client companies this month. GreenTex Solutions is an advanced materials composite manufacturing company that…
Blue Earth, Inc. a renewable/alternative energy and energy efficiency services company, announced today that it expects to complete its initial combined heat and power (“CHP”) energy plant in the first quarter of 2015. The energy plant will be located at the Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (“Pilgrim’s Pride”) poultry protein…
IDC Manufacturing Insights today announced a new report, Business Strategy: Spare Parts Planning for Service Excellence. The report examines the subject of spare parts planning and service parts management for manufacturers and the current role spare parts planning is playing in the move toward more strategic aftersales…
The German American Chambers of Commerce (GACCs) presented high school senior Nigeria Williams with the Trainee of the Year award. Williams is a student at South Carolina’s Aiken County Career Center and South Aiken High School, and is the first female participant in the MTU Aiken Plant…
For a third straight year, South Carolina posted a gain in manufacturing employment, reports the 2015 South Carolina Manufacturers Directory®, a manufacturers database and directory published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI). According to data collected by MNI, South Carolina manufacturers added 5,848 jobs, or 2.2%, from September…