Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Engineering

Mar 2, 2022

Developers move forward with Piedmont riverfront community

Developers of a green townhouse community on the banks of a Saluda River mill dam plan to break ground this spring after a two-year pause. Plans originally called for hydropower, but now ...

Feb 22, 2022

Manufacturing and engineering founder program begins in March

An Upstate entrepreneurship mentor program prepares for its fifth cohort of local engineering and manufacturing startups over the next few weeks. The course concludes with a pitch competition on

Feb 21, 2022

Arial Mill developer leases Shaw Flooring facility

Chicago-based developer Farpoint Development purchased Clinton’s former Shaw Flooring Facility and recently leased the property to the Swedish fiber

Jan 24, 2022

Lithuanian lithium battery company comes to Greenville

Greenville’s first Lithuanian company, which first began as a hobby and mushroomed into an international business, moved to the Upstate to …

Jan 19, 2022

Austrian mechanical engineering company lands in Upstate

It began life as a locksmith shop and later made refrigerator compressors. Now, the mechanical engineering corporation is bound for 500 Hartness Drive in …

Jan 14, 2022

Furman to commence largest project to date

Furman University will break ground in February on a $70 million project to build a new residence hall and update four others in the South Housing complex for first-year students

Jan 13, 2022

Researchers make gains on batteries made from potassium

An Upstate physicist has made covered new ground in forwarding potassium-ion battery technology able to serve as a backup resource for the nation's power grid. Potassium is not only much more prevalent and cheaper than lithium, it also

Dec 14, 2021

Flurry of fleet EV investment hits Southeast

Auto companies unable to adjust to the coming tide of change — electrification, autonomy and connectivity — will likely not survive the next decade. That was the message Qad's electric vehicle account manager picked up from

Dec 8, 2021

S.C. electric vehicle manufacturer invests in battery plant

After two major investments in the region, a U.K.-based manufacturer will build a battery module assembly plant to serve its Southeastern facilities. Proprietary tech will allow the company to replace one battery module at a time

Nov 29, 2021

Duke Energy offers scholarships for next generation nuclear engineers

In an effort to diversify the talent pipeline for nuclear engineers, Duke Energy will offer 15 students scholarship money at a historically Black university in South Carolina.

Nov 24, 2021

State agencies, employees protest federal vaccine mandates

Since publication, a circuit appeals court blocked OSHA vaccine requirements for employers over 100 people. The Biden Administration filed a request for a federal appeals court to lift the block Tuesday.

Nov 16, 2021

Spartanburg mill to be transformed into multi-use community

A Greenville developer and Spartanburg County will partner to rebuild the former site of Clifton Mill No. 2 into a public park, retail space and 239-apartment complex.