In the wake of GKN Aerospace’s $20 million expansion announcement to build inlet lip skins for the Boeing 737 Max and the 777-X, the company’s VP and General Manager sat down with the editors of South Carolina Manufacturing to discuss his background and GKN’s success in Orangeburg….
When American businesses outsource their engineering, especially to lower cost offshore service providers, are those companies increasing current profits at a significant future cost? Businesses continually look for ways to reduce their costs to enhance profits. Large corporations reward their executives and managers when they find ways…
In the 1960s Star Trek television program, crew members would head into the cafeteria and push a couple of buttons on a “replicator” and within seconds they would reach into the box and pull out their meal. This was great science fiction, but could it ever be…
Chuck Spangler has more than 30 years of experience in a variety of different industries, including Milliken & Company, Michelin, Willis Hosiery, and the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SCMEP). He has been with SCMEP for 22 years, first as a Manufacturing Specialist, then Field Manager, Chief…
Sea Pac LLC, a company that specializes in transloading, warehousing, packaging, and logistics of plastic resins, will establish operations in Charleston County after naming the Palmetto State’s international capabilities as a motive for site selection The transport company’s $32 million investment is expected to create 50 new…
As the Palmetto state starts to process the devastating effects of 1000-year record level of flooding, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) contributed to aid efforts by directing all of its South Carolina resources to helping people affected by the storm. On Sunday evening, CCBCC reached out the…
With the strong possibility negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will conclude this week after the latest round of talks in Atlanta, Ga., the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) renewed its call for ambitious outcomes that embrace manufacturing priorities. “This week, TPP negotiators have the opportunity to…
Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 2.0 percent in August for a total of 27,755 – a new August record – compared to 27,213 vehicles sold in August, 2014. Year-to-date, BMW brand sales are 223,348 vehicles, a 5.9 percent increase from the same period last year. “Even…
The second annual South Carolina Aerospace Conference and Expo announces that National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Robert Sumwalt will be one of the keynote speakers for the conference, which will be held on Aug. 26-27, 2015. Sumwalt, a native South Carolinian and inductee in the South…
KBR Building Group, a subsidiary of KBR, Inc. for the past seven years, has been acquired by global construction firm Pernix Group, Inc., of Lombard, Illinois. The acquisition completed financial close on June 30, 2015. Moving forward, the company will once again operate under its original name,…