Article from GoUpstate.com One of Spartanburg’s leading economic development officials was announced as the winner of a regional award on Thursday for helping the county land more than $2 billion in new investments and several thousand jobs over the past year. Carter Smith, executive vice president of the Economic Futures Group, was named Upstate Economic Developer […]

Mannan Pharmaceuticals LLC, an organization dedicated to developing and delivering effective pharmaceutical solutions to various muscular dystrophies and metastatic cancers, will establish operations at the Institute for Translational Oncology Research (ITOR) of Greenville Health System (GHS) in Greenville County. Mannan plans to expand its research and development team to create up to 34 new positions […]

The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) is displaying its automotive engineering students’ latest concept vehicle at an industry meeting. The fourth generation of the concept vehicle program, called Deep Orange 4, is a BMW Manufacturing Co.-sponsored vehicle and will be shown Monday for the first time to the public in its finished form at the CAR Group Management Briefing Seminar. The […]

In the basement of Clemson University’s Sirrine Hall, a Ukrainian professor and a Russian graduate student are working side by side on a project that could save the world from chemical warfare. Igor Luzinov, a materials science and engineering professor, is leading Clemson’s research on the smart film that can detect banned chemicals. Collaborators from MIT, […]

The Greenville Area Development Corp. has hired longtime York County Economic Development Director J. Mark Farris as its second president and CEO. Farris will start work Sept. 15, succeeding Kevin Landmesser, who has held the positions on an interim basis and will stay on as senior vice president. The organization’s statement said Farris, 51, was unanimously picked from more […]

Oconee County officials are readying an industry site that already has infrastructure in place and rail connections, including a direct link to the S.C. Inland Port at Greer. County Economic Development Director Richard Blackwell said the tract purchased by the county in 2012 offers incentives as a New Markets Tax Credit zone. Blackwell said the county paid $400,000 for the […]

Department store retailer Belk Inc. recently announced a $47 million investment in its Jonesville e-commerce distribution and fulfillment center operations, which is expected to expand the facility’s footprint by 50 percent and add 20 new jobs. The new expansion, which is expected to be completed in January 2015, is the second expansion to the Union […]

Steve Townes has been called a turnaround specialist, an entrepreneur, a champion, a soldier, a cheerleader and maybe, on occasion, even a stubborn mule. But no one’s ever called him a loser. The president and CEO of Louis Berger Services, Townes has a long string of successful businesses on his resume, companies he’s saved from […]

Research money could help nurture state’s medical-technology industry Clemson University has been awarded $11 million to expand a bioengineering center that helps mentor junior faculty members as they research how lab-grown tissue can treat some of the world’s most debilitating diseases, ranging from heart disease to spinal cord injuries. Scientists expect the program will encourage an upward […]

Two 2013 Furman graduates recently raised $10 million from major Silicon Valley investors to fund Yik Yak, a controversial location-based social app that allows users to post messages anonymously to other users in their 1.5 mile radius. CEO Tyler Droll and COO Brooks Buffington – both just 23 years old – launched the app on Furman’s […]