When JBE Inc. opened in Hartsville in 1982, the “old school manufacturing company” was mainly working with metal — clinging it, grinding it, whatever the manufacturing companies the subcontractor served needed. More than 40 years later, the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ForgePoint Partners Launches to Help Manufacturers and Industrial Businesses Strengthen Leadership, Culture, Process, and Performance CHARLESTON, S.C. – ForgePoint Partners, a new executive-led advisory firm, today...

CordenPharma, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical and biotech products, broke ground this week on a $200 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in North Augusta, South Carolina. Gov. Henry McMaster attended the groundbreaking for the...

IEB Americas, Inc. (IEB Americas), a producer of battery charging and power supply solutions, has announced its selection of Charleston County for its first major production operation in North America. The company’s $1.5 million investment will...

Growing SC’s Defense Sector Economy By David Dykes At the 2026 SC Competes Spring Summit, officials launched SC Defense, a new statewide initiative designed to strengthen South Carolina’s role in the national defense economy. SC...

Hagood S. Morrison II, John Beam, Brooks Courtney, and Graham Meisel of Bridge Commercial have announced the successful lease of a 200,000-square-foot facility at 2725 W. 5th North Street in the Charleston region. Bridge Commercial represented...

Bushy Park, a premier industrial utilities company and multi-tenant manufacturing site located in Berkeley County, South Carolina, has been selected as the location for a significant new U.S. production facility by Alzchem Group AG, a global...

Thirty-two years after the first BMW produced in South Carolina rolled off the assembly line, the automaker introduced the next generation of its X5 at an event on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at its Upstate plant. The new vehicle, which BMW Group CEO...

The Upstate has become a nexus of automation companies over the last couple of decades, serving an assortment of South Carolina’s industries. Manufacturers in the textile, automotive, and other industries have turned to Industry 4.0 tools such as...

Although manufacturing’s direct employment base alone represents 10.9 percent of all jobs in South Carolina, after accounting for the additional impacts resulting from all economic multiplier effects, this percentage jumps to 30.2 percent. Put...

When South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed Executive Order 2022-31 in 2022, it was designed to lure manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) and their batteries to the state. Four years later, companies are taking the state up on its...

While the term "additive manufacturing" may not be familiar to the average person, some of the products of this new technology are already present in our day-to-day life. Dental care items like Invisalign and crowns, athletic shoe inserts,...

From the early days of the industrial revolution, there was one way to make steel: blast furnaces that pumped toxins into the air while producing the metal that forms the backbone of buildings, bridges, and vehicles. But in recent years, a...

South Carolina’s economy requires highly skilled workers who can help make the automobile engines, aircraft parts, tires, and other products integral to the Palmetto State’s manufacturing ecosystem. As the state has enjoyed rapid manufacturing...

South Carolina’s life sciences industry has taken flight in recent years, with more than 1,000 life sciences companies either headquartered or doing significant business in the Palmetto State. These companies face unique challenges and...

South Carolina’s manufacturing economy has long been defined by what it makes: cars, tires, aircraft components, textiles, chemicals, machinery, and more. But the next phase of the state’s growth will be defined not only by what companies make,...

Red Metals, a next-generation copper manufacturer, has announced it is establishing its first copper manufacturing operation in Charleston County. The company’s $70 million investment is expected to create at least 45 new jobs. Copper is a...

The BMW Group and Mistral AI are partnering to advance the use of AI in crash simulation. The aim, officials said, is to improve quality, accuracy and speed in complex engineering tasks. The collaboration marks a first step towards scaling...

Fifth District manufacturing activity was flat in March, according to the most recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond that includes South Carolina. The composite manufacturing index increased to 0 in March...

BMW Manufacturing confirmed that it led the nation in automotive exports by value during 2025, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Last year, the South Carolina plant exported nearly 200,000 BMW X models with a total...