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The OpExChange recently experienced one of their marquee plant visits of the year. The BMW factory in Spartanburg hosted 48 participants from 33 manufacturing and distribution companies across South Carolina. This experience provided a firsthand look into the cutting-edge processes and methodologies that drive one of the most innovative automobile manufacturing facilities in the world. […]
The SC Automotive Council (SCAC), a council of the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA), is hosting its 12th Annual SC Automotive Summit from February 14-16, 2023. Industry attendees will gather to discuss the state’s growing automotive sector, its continued transition to electric vehicle manufacturing, as well as state, national, and global insights and highlights. The Summit provides the […]
South Carolina Manufacturing Introduction: Gretchen Philyaw is an industry CEO and noted columnist for a variety of global publications including Innovation & Tech Today and Plastics News. South Carolina Manufacturing is proud to announce our invitation to include her global column, Fabric of America, to our list of SCMFG resources and content. Below is one of her latest: Fabric […]
Alongside South Carolina ETV, SCMFG will produce compelling videos aimed at students around the state to encourage careers in manufacturing. When I attended middle school in the Palmetto State, our science classes and eighth grade history studies were steeped in all-things South Carolina. From Rudy Mancke and NatureScene to Mary Long’s Yesteryear, when SCETV was on, every student’s eyes […]
Over the last quarter century, and with a big fat “Thank You” going out to BMW, there has been a flurry of global manufacturing brands and their host of tiered suppliers descending upon South Carolina, and to the Upstate in particular. And with the Charleston Harbor being deepened as I write these words, the ocean’s […]
Walking under the trees along Main Street in Greenville and into the sun again down near the Poinsett Hotel and City Hall, one could close their eyes and transport themselves to stations around the world. The digital storefront and globalization of commerce has positioned South Carolina as a gatekeeper for the world’s marketplace, and the […]
TransitWorks, the nation’s largest upfitter of commercial wheelchair accessible vans, announced late last month, the company is starting a new production line in Ladson, South Carolina. The new facility, which officially opened in January, is located on the Mercedes-Benz North Charleston Campus and is phase one of TransitWorks’ expansion into additional product lines and product offerings. […]
For growing manufacturing operations, every aspect of the underlying infrastructure needs to be reconsidered. SCMFG talked with Thomas Koehler, General Manager of Berrang Inc. Greer plant, about a decision 10 years ago to upgrade their enterprise resource management, dramatically increasing the ability to respond to market pressures, capitalize on in-house knowledge, and streamline processes for […]
According to the International Federation of Robotics, the first industrial robot entered a U.S. automotive factory in the early 1960s. Used on a GM assembly line in Trenton, New Jersey, where parts for automotive interiors were produced, the robot was capable of obeying step-by-step commands, sequencing and stacking pieces of metal. A few years later, […]
Across the state, manufacturing companies are quiet as to what kind of an impact a proposed “bathroom bill” could have in South Carolina. With eyes toward what happens to North Carolina’s recently passed legislation that limits which bathroom one can use to one’s birth gender, manufacturers here had little or no comment on similar legislation […]
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