Fraenkische Industrial Pipes today announced that it will expand its existing operations and North American headquarters in Anderson County. The $5 million investment is expected to generate 50 new jobs over the next few years.  “We are very happy to be expanding again in Anderson. We have grown from 20 employees in 2009, at the […]

Spartanburg-based holding company Synalloy Corp. has acquired the business assets of Color Resources LLC and its plant in Fountain Inn. The purchase price for the facility at 300 International Blvd. was $3.45 million. Synalloy – a producer of stainless steel pipe, fiberglass and steel storage tanks and specialty chemicals – plans to relocate its headquarters […]

Santee Cooper said Monday its board of directors approved $7.5 million in loans to help construct a substation to serve the S.C. Inland Port in Greer, as well as industrial spec buildings in Anderson and Dillon counties. The funding is part of $15.5 million in economic development loans approved under the utility’s 14-month-old infrastructure development […]

Told they won’t have to raise taxes, Greenville County Council members voted Monday to fund a $25 million bond issue for Greenville Technical College to build an industrial job training center. Greenville Tech President Keith Miller said the funds will pay for the campus, which he said will include a 62,500-square-foot-building, an energy plant and […]

Heiche US Surface Technology, which specializes in surface treatment for metal automotive components, will locate its new production facility and U.S. headquarters in Spartanburg County, with a $4 million investment expected to generate 38 new jobs, state officials said. Heiche will establish its U.S. headquarters and new production operations in an existing building, located at […]

Scientists and engineers from around the world are expected to attend a conference hosted by Clemson University to discuss advances in polymers and its increasing role in technology. The biennial conference is set Aug. 13-16 at the Hyatt Regency Greenville downtown. The 15th International Conference on Macro Molecular Complexes is the third time that a U.S. […]

Edgewater Automation, a maker of custom machines, will invest more than $3 million to establish its new facility in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, with plans to generate 53 jobs. The firm makes custom machines, primarily robotic assembly and testing, for industrial clients across the country. The company will locate its operations in the former Somet […]

Laurens County has been designated a certified Work Ready Community, one of three in South Carolina. Laurens County established a comprehensive program at the elementary level in districts 55 and 56 teaching work ethic. It also engaged educators through its Educators in Industry course, and SC Works has helped seek and assist the transitioning workforce. […]

A next-generation Mazda concept vehicle conceived and engineered by automotive engineering students at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research has been shown for the first time in its finished form. The Deep Orange 3 was unveiled Monday at the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Mich. Read the full article from GSA […]

Officials with Spartanburg Community College gave a behind-the-scenes tour of the school’s new downtown campus Friday as crews worked to prepare the building for students later this month. SCC President Henry C. Giles Jr. walked a small group through the halls of the three-story Evans Academic Center, which will house SCC, Spartanburg High School’s Viking […]