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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 […]
You might have noticed that South Carolina took center stage recently in the ongoing controversy over the national Export-Import Bank, or EXIM. The EXIM Bank is a relatively small government agency that offers financing to help U.S. companies export products and services. but has the ire of some political actors who’ve seen it as a […]
ISO 14001 is the international standard used by organizations designing and implementing an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released the 2015 edition of ISO 14001 in September of 2015, with the previous edition having been released in 2004. This new edition marks the culmination of input from experts from […]
In a recent release, Greer State Bank welcomed Paul Pickhardt as the new Senior Vice President and SBA Lending Manager. Paul joins the bank bringing a wealth of experience in SBA program business development, originations and packaging. A leader in the industry, Paul was ranked the top SBA 7a loan producer for the state […]
Every week, the Greenville Area Development Corporation works with companies who echo the same sentiment, “Our employees are our most important asset!” But the evolution of industrial processing mirrors the advances in technology. Today’s rapid increase in production levels are rarely the result of adding more staff, but rather the implementation of state-of-the-art equipment and […]
The Charleston Metro Chamber has identified urging legislature to either fully fund an aeronautics training center or allowing construction of the facility to start, as one of its priority issues for this legislative session. In its legislative agenda released in January, the chamber called for the legislature to fund the last $16 million of […]
The Upstate economy has made great strides coming out of the “Great Recession” thanks to a vibrant manufacturing base that calls our ten-county region home. As this large sector continue to hum along, one theme to watch for in 2016 is the idea of “Industry 4.0” within our manufacturing base. Industry 4.0 is where manufacturing […]
Despite remarkable growth of developing economies in China, Brazil and India, the United States has seen more foreign investment than any country in the world over the last five years, according to the United Nations. IBM’s annual report on international investment showed that South Carolina was the top state in the US for attracting jobs […]
The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was released in November 2015 and includes over 6,000 pages, plus side agreements. It has ramifications for numerous industries, from cybersecurity to pharmaceuticals. If the TPP is adopted by all 12 member countries – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and […]
Estimating Your Retirement Income Needs You know how important it is to plan for your retirement, but where do you begin? One of your first steps should be to estimate how much income you’ll need to fund your retirement. That’s not as easy as it sounds, because retirement planning is not an exact science. Your […]
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