Manufacturing

I own a Shake Weight

I tell you that to establish early on in this tale that I am a sucker. With childlike wonderment, I have always been transfixed by good advertising and product placement, by loud proclamations of efficacy and spokespeople with unjustifiably-white teeth proffering items and services that just *might*…


Murder in Muscadine Season; Fox Hunting (Part 3)

The best fox hunting happens at night, as Ed Gerren knew. Canines are nocturnal, so the chance of bagging one of the clever creatures increases with the setting of the sun and the onset of darkness. Ed Gerren had decided he was willing to forgo sleep the…


National Real Estate App launches in Greenville

GREENVILLE, S.C. – An app designed to streamline the home buying and selling process has launched exclusively with listings from the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors. Quitchet allows buyers to access accurate direct data while choosing basic or the most extensive filters for home features available anywhere,…


BASF names Elba Lizardi new Seneca Site Director

SENECA, S.C. Oct. 13, 2020 — BASF has named Elba Lizardi as the Site Director for its Seneca manufacturing facility in Oconee County. Lizardi has been in the manufacturing industry for more than 25 years. She previously served as Global Product Manager for Battery Recycling at BASF’s…


BASF Receives 2020 Cummins COVID-19 Outstanding Supplier Award

SENECA and CONVERSE, SC, Oct. 5, 2020 — BASF has been recognized with the 2020 Cummins COVID-19 Outstanding Supplier Award for its work and customer support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indiana-based Cummins is a multinational corporation that designs, manufactures and distributes engines, filtration and power generation products….


Are you short on time? Not enough hours in the day?

Business Advantage! Proven Business Practices!  To Achieve Enhanced Results Join FocalPoint Coaches Jerry Pilewski and Mike Ungar for their next Business Advantage free webinar on September 22nd from Noon to 1 PM for: Eat That Frog – Time Management You can do anything . . . But…


FREE Webinar: Testing for COVID-19 – Lessons Learned

DATE/TIME: Wed Sep 16, 2020 @ 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT Heather Collins, MS, has spent her career assuring optimal lab results were provided to her patients for the betterment of their health and happiness.  Prior to coming to Abbott Diagnostics, Heather specialized in Reproductive Medicine…


In Manufacturing Supply Sales, Its Not All About Price

The majority of sales people who operate in the highly competitive field of manufacturing supply have internalized the fallacy that “it just comes down to price.”  These are sales people who have accepted that they will bid on all (or most) opportunities and cross their fingers that…


Her Name Was Nellie, (Part 2)

Last week, you were introduced to Nellie Chapman McDonald – wife, mother, grandmother, and  force of nature. This week we look back at a young Nellie, lovely and ambitious, and determined to rise above her station. We begin with her time working at Fork Shoals Mill… I have…


Using “Digitally Published Content” to help grow your business

South Carolina Manufacturing wants to help you grow your business through published content such as thought leadership, client testimonials, case studies, company profiles, how-to-videos, production-videos and much more to help support your marketing and sales teams find and retain business. At SCMFG, we utilize our digital magazine…