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Molly Hulsey
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About Molly
Molly Hulsey is a staff writer for GSA Business Report. A native of the Upstate, she is a graduate of Covenant College, where she majored in international studies, with a French concentration, and minored in writing. Her interests include business advocacy and economic development.
Apr 08, 2021
Hughes Investment and the city of Mauldin may have broken ground today on Phil Hughes’ vision for an expansive European-style village a leap away from Interstate 385 and the Swamp Rabbit Trail, but they have been laying the groundw... Read More
Apr 07, 2021
CEO Sam Konduros calls his time with SCBio a “four-year honeymoon,” but new opportunities for the life science lynchpin lie on the horizon. Starting in May, Konduros will pass the torch to COO and Vice President Erin Ford,... Read More
Apr 06, 2021
Thirty universities from Indiana to India will converge on the Indianapolis Speedway this October amid the simmer of hot rubber and squeal of tires in pursuit of the gold and a $1 million purse. But in this race, only a computer is in... Read More
Apr 02, 2021
Last year, data center DC Blox committed to the largest Greenville County investment in five years when the Atlanta company selected an 8.5-acre Global Business Park property for its next 54,000-square-foot data center. According to c... Read More
Apr 01, 2021
As the result of a longtime push among S.C. officials for reshoring the medical supply chain, Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order he said will strengthen the S.C. Commerce Department’s efforts to recruit and foster life s... Read More
Mar 31, 2021
After 18 years with Lockheed Martin Corp., Greenville Site Director Mike Fox is stepping away from the post he has held since 2018, turning the position over to Walt Lindsley, a sustainment operation director at the company. Lindsley,... Read More
Mar 22, 2021
Synnex Corp. and Tech Data, a Clearwater, Fla.-based Fortune 500 company, agreed to merge today in a transaction valued at approximately $7.2 billion including net debt. And to assuage all fears that the combined company, still named ... Read More
Mar 19, 2021
Almost a year after buying sprees in the toilet paper section of grocery stores across the country, the executives of an Anderson towel and tissue manufacturer have yet to take a breather, with plans to install an additional through-air ... Read More
Mar 17, 2021
Patrons of Greenville’s original sky club, in mourning after hearing their favorite haunt would close on Friday, received some hopeful news today. When Steve Craig, CEO of SC Premier Signs and a Commerce Club regular, caught win... Read More
Mar 16, 2021
Harvest Hope CEO Erinn Rowe may be stepping into her new role for the first time, but she’s been lending her leadership to the food bank distributor since 2015 when she joined the board of directors. Since then, Rowe became the ... Read More
Mar 11, 2021
It all started with shipping containers, fresh off the cargo boat, turned into concession stands. A few years later, it was medic units built to relieve Georgia’s maxed-out hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now &mdas... Read More
Mar 10, 2021
When the nation welcomed the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine with headlines and jubilation in December, few knew that the box keeping the vials viable at subzero temperatures came from Greenville, the site of Softbox’s growing North Americ... Read More
Mar 10, 2021
As the U.S. Small Business Administration continues to widen the eligibility pool for Paycheck Protection Program participants, financial advisors and tax professionals are scrambling to notify clients of new financing opportunities &mda... Read More
Mar 04, 2021
As the Palmetto State arranges to roll out Phase 1b vaccine access on March 8, manufacturers across the state are navigating a workplace landscape where most employees on the floor will qualify for the vaccine while some executives may n... Read More
Mar 01, 2021
Wind farmers face a colossal quandary that is only growing with the size of turbine blades, some that are now almost the length of a football field. Turbine blades have a maximum life span of 25 years, according to Russell Gentry, dir... Read More
Feb 24, 2021
The German-owned discount grocery chain Aldi may have a smaller physical footprint than other supermarket competitors in the Upstate, but that could work in the company’s favor as it aims to become one of the most widespread grocer... Read More
Feb 23, 2021
Through a $20 million investment, BMW Manufacturing wants its future workforce to quite literally think outside of the box — and the classroom. BMW broke ground today on a 67,000-square-foot training center on its campus in Gree... Read More
Feb 22, 2021
Pall Corp. is as comfortable weaving filters for ventilators and submarines for the Department of Defense as it is with making stabilization systems for breweries. So when the company announced its intention to support the development... Read More
Feb 19, 2021
Even as the United States edges into the 12-month mark of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines are being deployed across the nation, job participation still remains leagues below pre-COVID levels, according to Laura Ullrich, regional econo... Read More
Feb 17, 2021
In anticipation of a preventative cancer test launched by Charleston-based Vikor Scientific and California company Quantgene Wednesday morning, Gov. Henry McMaster, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. William proclaimed Feb. 15-19 as South Caro... Read More
Feb 17, 2021
Starting this March, a South Carolina lab will become ground zero for a preventative test that can detect cancer-causing mutations, risks or tumors in advance through a quick blood sample taken at home or a physician’s office. S... Read More
Feb 11, 2021
Greenville's AC Hotel readies itself to open at the end of February. Hotel operators this week gave previews of seven dining concepts unique to the hotel, which includes 10,000 square feet of event space and 196 guest rooms and ... Read More
Feb 10, 2021
Samsung’s plant floor may seem to be a world away from the barn of a dairy farm in Belgium. But maybe they aren’t that different after all. Both use an ultra-wide band real-time locating system from a company that has j... Read More
Feb 08, 2021
This story originally appeared in the Feb. 8 edition of GSA Business Report and was updated online after publication. When The Beach Co. commissioned Australian mural artist Guido van Helten to add local flair to what would become the... Read More
Feb 02, 2021
While some fear that greater automation on the factory floor will replace the human employee, at Greenwood County’s biotech supplier Lonza, the company’s $53.7 million investment in an automated production line is expected to... Read More
Jan 27, 2021
Greenville, Spartanburg and Richland counties counted the highest numbers of COVID-19 deaths in the state since March 2020, according to a recent report from the S.C. Institute of Medicine and Public Health and the S.C. Department o... Read More
Jan 26, 2021
Four years after launching a penny sales tax, public construction projects in Spartanburg appear to be going strong despite potential COVID-19 interruptions, according to the Spartanburg County Council. One of the projects is the $120... Read More
Jan 25, 2021
Although the auto industry held its breath last spring as car sales bottomed out, Colliers International’s Dillon Swayngim says demand for nearby industrial speculative and warehousing space has been on the upswing in the Upstate. ... Read More
Jan 21, 2021
Timothy Bush stepped to the helm of One Spartanburg Inc.’s tourism department only a handful of months after the lifeblood of Upstate tourism — business travel, particularly through Greenville-Spartanburg International Airpor... Read More
Jan 12, 2021
State Education Superintendent Molly Spearman pressed for the return of safe in-class instruction and the recruitment of quality teachers during today’s announcement of the department’s 2021 legislative priorities. “... Read More
Jan 11, 2021
Minor League Baseball may have fielded a season of reconfiguration, but Greenville’s Fenway Park look-alike isn’t breaking ties with the Boston Red Sox anytime soon, verified Greenville Drive General Manager Eric Jarinko. ... Read More
Jan 04, 2021
National staffing employment reached its highest peak in 10 months last month with at least 48% of staffing companies in the American Staffing Association reporting an increase in assignments each week. According to the ASA’s la... Read More
Dec 22, 2020
Frontline workers at Prisma Health received the first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine last week, but to some extent, the shipment was simply returning home to the Upstate. Greenville is the North American headquarters for ... Read More
Dec 21, 2020
As COVID-19 cases explode in the Upstate, leaders from five Upstate health care systems addressed fears of exceeding hospital capacity at a joint press conference today. Leadership from AnMed Health, Bon Secours St. Francis, Prisma He... Read More
Dec 14, 2020
Following the announcement of a $900 million U.S. Air Force contract on Friday, Lockheed Martin’s Greenville facility will become the only corporate F-16 sustainment and support depot in the country. According to a news release,... Read More
Dec 10, 2020
Real estate consulting company Armada Analytics Inc. has had a presence in Greenville for about 10 years, but a $1 million investment in a new facility at 104 S. Main St. will make it a national hub for employees and clients. Needing ... Read More
Dec 03, 2020
Just more than a year after a $13 million expansion of its Garlington Road facility, Greenville’s Accurate Brazing is doubling its capacity to serve the aerospace and medical industries. Last year’s upgrade included the in... Read More
Dec 02, 2020
While some businesses are just now recovering from the blows that 2020 brought their way, others were in the right place at the right time. Fitesa, a Brazilian nonwoven fabric manufacturer, plans to invest about $100 million at its Si... Read More
Nov 24, 2020
When Karen Alayne McCullough came into the world, the doctor told her parents she would never walk. McCullough was born with spina bifida, meaning split spine, but would be climbing trees only a few years later. Still, the idea of ... Read More
Nov 20, 2020
As 2020 comes to a close, Ten at the Top exchanged its annual Celebrating Successes Luncheon for a virtual Celebrating Upstate Unsung Heroes gala to honor the individuals and businesses that put their time, and sometimes lives, on the li... Read More
Nov 19, 2020
JP Morgan Chase and Co. may be headquartered in New York, but as the bank expands its market portfolio with a second office in the Upstate today, its bankers want to drive home the company’s commitment to establishing local roots. ... Read More
Nov 17, 2020
When Upstate unemployment numbers bottomed out at 2.7% during April 2019 and industries struggled to recruit enough workers to keep up with the demand, Upstate SC Alliance launched Move Upstate SC, an online nexus for professional worker... Read More
Nov 16, 2020
Vocal crowds may have stretched out the latest Anderson County Council meeting with concerns over a countywide mask ordinance and relocation of a Confederate monument, but the council made headway on the budget and several economic devel... Read More