From Oct. 24-26, the South’s manufacturing industry participated in the region’s largest biannual manufacturing event when SOUTHTEC 2023 returned to the Greenville Convention Center.
Following a record-setting $10 billion in new investment in 2022, South Carolina expects to enjoy another banner year for economic development in 2023.
Former South Carolina Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt often said, “We make things in South Carolina.”
The South Carolina automotive industry is rapidly growing. Learn about the region’s new manufacturing facilities and new automotive-based educational opportunities.
It has been a year since Wake Technical Community College dedicated the $42 million Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence in north Wake County. Since then, Wake Tech has tripled the number of students in its automotive systems technology program and added a new degree program in collision repair.
Three recently announced advanced manufacturing projects — one in the carbon fiber bicycle and two in the lithium-ion battery industries — will create a total of over $1.6 billion in investment and more than 700 jobs in Spartanburg, Chester, and Richland counties, South Carolina.
The South’s fast rise as a leader in the building of electric vehicles and the batteries to power them is helping drive Clemson University’s decision to form a new school that brings together its mechanical and automotive engineers, according to a news release from the school.
Are you a Southeast manufacturer looking to improve operations and productivity at your company? Learn how attending a Southeast manufacturing trade show can help.
Greensboro College in North Carolina has launched a new online program to train students for aerospace and manufacturing jobs as demand for workers in those fields increases, an announcement last week from the university said.
More than 50 years after scientists first coined the term "hydrogen economy," the movement to make hydrogen a predominant global fuel source could be gaining traction thanks to research led by one West Virginia University.