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Honda Marks Global Production of 300 Million Motorcycles

Achieving a milestone more than 65 years in the making, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced production of its 300-millionth motorcycle. The milestone bike is a Honda Gold Wing produced at the company’s Kumamoto Factory in Japan. Honda will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic Gold…


Michelin Opens Tweel Airless Tire Manufacturing Plant in South Carolina

Michelin today marked the opening of its newest plant in North America, which will produce the innovative MICHELIN® X® TWEEL® Airless Radial Tire™ for commercial applications. An idea first conceived by Michelin research engineers in the United States, the TWEEL is a revolutionary non-pneumatic tire that changed…


SCRA Celebrates Opening of New Facility

SCRA today held the official dedication and ribbon cutting ceremonies for its “Applied Technologies Center” located at Nexton in Summerville, S.C. Construction began on the 78,000 square foot facility, which houses SCRA’s Charleston-area operations, last October. The longest-serving and newest SCRA associates held the ribbon for the…


Nexans Opens New Plant in Goose Creek

Two years after breaking ground for the construction of a new plant in South Carolina, Nexans today, officially celebrates the opening of its Goose Creek facility. The plant will produce high voltage power cables and is expected to create 200 manufacturing jobs over the next few years….


Moss & Associates Progressing on Design-build Project for Plastic Film Plant

Moss & Associates, a Greenville construction services firm, has recently started the steel erection for Uniscite Inc.’s manufacturing plant located in Gray Court, S.C. The facility will produce a high-quality, biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film, which is used in a wide variety of food packaging. In 2012, Moss…


Boeing Plant Contractor Recognized with Excellence in Construction Award

KBR/Turner Joint Venture recently was recognized by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas with an Excellence in Construction Award for its exemplary work and outstanding safety record in constructing The Boeing Company’s South Carolina 787 Final Assembly Building inNorth Charleston. KBR/Turner was formally presented…


BMW Adds Solar for Zentrum Museum

BMW Manufacturing has completed the installation and commissioning of solar panels that are providing solar energy to fully power the 24,000-square-foot Zentrum Museum, the plant’s heritage museum and visitors center. In addition to the new solar panels, the plant also installed three new electric vehicle charging stations…