The South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SCMEP), The South Carolina Department of Commerce, and the South Carolina Manufacturer’s Alliance (SCMA) are making a US supply chain platform available for free for manufacturers in South Carolina in July 2023. The database, CONNEX Marketplace, allows manufacturers to create company…
Many manufacturers still question the effectiveness of lean manufacturing and whether it brings tangible benefits to a company’s bottom and top lines. However, during a recent OpExChange plant tour hosted by SixAxis in Andrews, SC on May 16th, 2023, these doubts were addressed. The primary focus of…
The OpExChange plant tour in Duncan on May 9, 2023, was anything but ordinary. Not only did members witness firsthand how AFL Conductor Accessories has skyrocketed on-time delivery and sales with very little capital investment, but they also had the privilege of being taught how to do…
Carolina Handling is supporting Ronald McDonald House Charities in six Southeastern cities with a donation of more than $25,000 to the Adopt-A-Room programs in Greenville, SC, Birmingham, AL, Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, Durham, NC and Winston-Salem, NC. This year, Carolina Handling has designated children with critical illness…
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Corporation (RASCO), the leading global supplier of fire safety products, recently hosted a plant visit for the OpExChange in Liberty, South Carolina to showcase their implementation of Training within Industry (TWI), a training technique that has been successful for multiple decades. RASCO has been…
April Allen, Director of Government Relations for Continental, was today named the 2023 South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA) Woman of the Year at the annual Palmetto Women’s Manufacturing Forum hosted at the Milliken & Company Headquarters in Spartanburg. The award was created by SCMA to honor an…
Baths & Surfaces In Columbia Baths and countertops are widely used in the building industry. Whether it is residential or a commercial property, these products are essential in any construction project. Micalline in Columbia, South Carolina offers a wide range of bath and surface solutions to meet…
Carolina Handling has been named a World’s Best Sales Organization for the first half of 2023 by RepVue, the global leader among sales organization ratings platforms. Winners of the World’s Best Sales Organizations (The Reppys) were selected from almost 20,000 sales organizations tracked by RepVue and determined…
A VIP view of the BMW Charity Pro-Am, a simulated drive on a Raymond lift truck and the chance to win a trip to the nation’s capital all will be on tap in the Carolina Handling Military and First Responders Skybox during the 2023 BMW Charity Pro-Am…
The South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA) has awarded Max Metcalf, Manager of Government and Community Relations of BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, and Ross Turner, South Carolina State Senator of District 8, as the 2023 recipients of the Roger Milliken Defender of Manufacturing Award. Established in 2006, the…