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Fountain Inn company buys Ohio packaging operation
IPS Packaging & Automation, a Fountain Inn-based industrial packaging distributor and automation provider, has acquired Day-Pak Inc., based in Dayton, Ohio.
VIEWPOINT: Goodwill Industries program matches senior workers, employers
We’re all familiar with the thrift stores. What many people don’t know? Those great deals fuel an enterprise that provides career training and job placement services for thousands
Buy American Act changes enhance reshoring trend
Some South Carolina-based suppliers are feeling a burst of demand as domestic content percentages for materials used in public projects are set to go into effect in October. Local industries are
Midwest firm breaks ground in Upstate industrial park
Kansas City-based firm Hunt Midwest is building the first industrial facility in Anderson’s new Evergreen Logistics Park as part of the company's expansion across South Carolina.
Fedex invests in Upstate sorting facility
The 251,000-square-foot, built-to-suit new facility, located at the corner of Highway 81 and Evergreen Road, will help the company increase regional sortation capacity and improve distribution
Methodical Coffee, climbing gym to open shared space in Upstate
A nonprofit climbing gym that closed its doors in 2018 will reopen its walls to the public within a warehouse purchased from Grace Church by
Department stores evolve, consolidate in digital age
Three years into a pandemic some feared would bring death to the department store, behemoths of former Sears properties still litter the state’s shopping malls, empty and silent after shuttering in 2018 and 2020. But not everything is
Upstate spec property meets sandwich company needs
Supplier of the Deli Express, Market Sandwich, San Luis Burritos and Simply Delicious Bakery brands, the company plans to invest $38 million in
Ports system has another record month for container volume
The S.C. Ports Authority reported the biggest April ever for containers handled, marking the 14th consecutive month of cargo records at the Port of Charleston. Strong volumes are driven by sustained retail imports, which were up 34% in A
SCEDA honors Newsome for distinguished service
The S.C. Economic Developer's Association awarded the outgoing president and CEO of the S.C. Ports Authority, Jim Newsome, its Distinguished Service Award during the 2022 SCEDA Annual Conference last week at the
New design spurs on innovation at Magna plant
With a shift to narrow aisle design in its new manufacturing facility, Magna Mirrors will be able fit 2,700 storage racks where there once 1,200. The set up will help prepare the auto supplier for a new contract with Volvo and for
Ohio developer breaks ground on 1.5M square feet across Upstate
Speculative industrial development across the Upstate has been more than worth the risk for the Ohio-based developer, especially as demand for Class A distribution centers is at an all-time high and vacancy rates are
