MOLLY HULSEY PROFILE

Duke Energy seeks to diversify the talent pipeline for nuclear engineering through a grant program at South Carolina State University, a historically Black university. The $150,000 grant will be used by the school as a scholarship for... Read More

Charleston-based KOR Medical launched its cannabinoid physical and mental wellness product line across the United States today. Products include sprays, strips and transdermal creams made with cannabidiol, cannabinol and cannabigerol ... Read More

Eleven stories of thousands of windowless bedrooms, complete with TV-monitors designed to emulate natural light — all designed by a 97-year-old billionaire without any architectural experience. If it sounds like a prison from 20... Read More

In March, Kevin Pahl was already thinking about Christmas trees, but this year, instead of buying a fir for his living room, he wanted to sell them. So he enrolled in the Greer Development Corp.’s The Platform at Greer Bootcamp ... Read More

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in the Nov. 15 print edition of the GSA Business Report. Since publication, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans put a block on OSHA vaccine or testing requirements for emplo... Read More

Greenville chiropractor Daniel McCollum pled guilty earlier this month to engaging in conspiracy to pay illegal kickbacks and defrauding health care programs by billing for unnecessary medical services. The plea was entered in U.S. Distr... Read More

Columbia-based RL Solutions LLC, a logistics and transportation company, will invest $1 million in its Greenville facility, creating a slated 27 jobs. “Greenville County congratulates RL Solutions on expanding its base of operat... Read More

A Dorchester County court has ruled unanimously in favor of Greenville-based Michelin North America following a $66 million product liability case born out of a 2017 motorcycle crash. Plaintiffs in the case, Ron and Rose Nash, cl... Read More

Furman University’s Anthony Herrera said he doesn’t want to be cliché, but he believes we’re headed into a new world order. “The pandemic accelerated what was happening, but what it’s done is in a ... Read More

The Draxlmaier Group, a tier one auto supplier, began its first apprenticeship program at its U.S. headquarters in January 2020. As 2021 nears its end, the program is still going strong in Duncan and, with an ongoing talent drought, e... Read More

This story first appeared in the Nov. 15 print edition of GSA Business Report. If Greer Station is the compass rose of the city’s redevelopment plan, Project Homecoming would be its needle. Where the $42 million, 275-family p... Read More

The Riley Institute at Furman University has recognized S.C. Sen. Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, and Roland Gardner, CEO of Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services for their leadership across the state. Alexander wil... Read More

Bon Secours St. Francis has relocated its emergency department to a renovated area five times the size of its previous space. The hospital celebrated the grand opening of the 45,000-square-foot unit Thursday following the completion o... Read More

BMW Manufacturing will expand its Upstate operations with a $100 million logistics center built across from the Spartanburg plant off Interstate 85. Once the nearly 1 million-square-foot logistics hub opens in mid-2022, it will allow ... Read More

This story first appeared in the Nov. 15 print edition of GSA Business Report. The U.S. Commerce Department expected players from across the semiconductor supply chain to put in a word on data gaps and bottle necks by Nov. 8. The j... Read More

At the first S.C. Manufacturing Conference and Expo to go live since 2019, workforce concerns loomed large but they were far from being an elephant in the exhibit hall. “The professionals that we’re churning are top notch ... Read More

Seed money from Hughes Investments Elevate Upstate Grant has helped more than 30 different initiatives launch across the Upstate over the last decade. Today, Ten at the Top added two more to that list at its Celebrating Successes event, ... Read More

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. M Peters Group, known for its redevelopment projects at Newry Mill... Read More

Sword International Inc., a small arms and defense equipment manufacturer based in Nevada, may not yet hold the brand name recognition of Smith & Wesson and Remington, but the company is doing what some of the better-known brands hav... Read More

Before leaving his post at Louisiana Economic Development, South Carolina native James Chappell was a skeptic. “Every state thinks they are going to succeed in life sciences,” Chappell said, unsure whether the Palmetto Sta... Read More

While almost all of South Carolina’s trading partners saw a dip in S.C. exports in 2020, those containers headed to Belgium — the fifth largest export partner based on value — were still going strong.  The Europ... Read More

Some blame it on protests against mandatory vaccination requirements. Others on existing staff shortages as season traffic picks up. Or maybe it’s bad weather. Whatever the reason, American Airlines’ flight schedules acro... Read More

Following the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s finalized COVID-19 testing requirements announced Nov. 4, another Upstate testing player is setting its sights on new horizons. Luxor Scientific is expected to create... Read More

Ten at the Top will host its 11th Celebrating Successes Event Nov. 17 at the Greenville Convention Center to recognize organizations and individuals invested in bolstering the Upstate business community. During the event program, star... Read More

Marketing and branding company Katazoom’s goal is to help businesses get noticed through vehicle and architectural wraps, according to the firm. And now, the company, established in 2010, is on the move itself, according to owne... Read More

In May, Sam Konduros stepped away from what he called a “four-year honeymoon” at the helm of SCBIO to lead the private cannabis treatment startup KOR Medical. Since then, the life science development group has scoured the ... Read More

Select Dining owner Jeffrey Gossett had made the right kind of headlines before. But this time he’s making headlines for pleading guilty to fraudulent use of coronavirus relief funds. After purchasing property at 112 T... Read More

Applications are open for the Greenville Chamber’s 2022 Upstate Minority Business Accelerator program. The accelerator supports and scales high-potential minority-owned firms through targeted training, access to busine... Read More

Highland Brewery may be based in Asheville, but the company’s flagship amber Gaelic Ale can be found on shelves in five states across the Southeast. And as leisure and hospitality unemployment rates exceed the national rate for ... Read More

Greenwood’s Impresa Modular has not yet begun operations but the company already landed a contract to build more than 100 homes a year for a McCormick County development. The development, Savannah Lakes ... Read More

In a spate of recent investments in university-based business accelerators, Furman alumni Robert and Margaret Hill, class of 1983, have thrown their financial support into an endowment fund at their alma mater’s Institute... Read More

Since 2015, the South Carolina Manufacturing Conference and Expo has linked state players and piqued discussion on industry’s hot topics. In 2020, that meant connecting in a virtual conference hall and tuning into speakers from ... Read More

DeMint Law Firm and Dodson Law have taken on the mantle of another Greenville-based firm, Parham Smith and Archenhold. All three firms share the same focus in litigation practice, including medical malpractice, wrongful death, motor v... Read More

After a flurry of Upstate construction projects, New South Construction Supply, a Greenville-based distributor of construction products to commercial and residential contractors, has acquired a Florida concrete construction material... Read More

Two Clemson graduates hope to invest in numerous Upstate businesses and nonprofits through the creation of a $2.5 million accelerator. The program, designed to help students, faculty, staff and alumni succeed in constructing maintaina... Read More

Like a lot of people in town, long-time Travelers Rest resident John Carroll didn’t know his hometown was named after the Victorian-era pad of a late neighbor. At least until the Green Build executive took on the job of transfor... Read More

Ultra-rare flowers, haunting fireflies, bilingual ghost towns and the home of Mount Vernon’s savior are just a few of the treasures protected by the S.C. Conservation Bank’s recent Upstate investments.   GREENVILL... Read More

It all started with Valley Suppliers and its blueprint toners around the turn of the last century. The more popular the New Jersey company became with engineers and architects, the more its founders realized the potential offered by t... Read More

One Spartanburg Inc. saluted more than 20 of the community’s movers and shakers and toasted its title as the 2021 U.S. Chamber of the Year at its Annual Celebration Tuesday. The event, hosted at the Chapman Cultural Center, also... Read More

Carolina COVID-19 testing labs are scaling up for enhanced demand as the Palmetto State’s largest employers anticipate rollout of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Some report that the industry is dealin... Read More

Vendor claims during this year’s Bank of America’s Fall for Greenville festival that it was the largest thus far were not an exaggeration.  The city of Greenville reports that a record 3 million ta... Read More

Transcom, a 30,000-employee call center company, was at the vanguard of the work-from-home trend long before COVID-19. And like so many call centers over the past few decades, the Stockholm-based firm withdrew its brick-and-mortar pre... Read More

Lockheed Martin is hiring 300 mechanics, technicians, engineers and other positions for F-16 production and sustainment by the end of 2022. Select roles are eligible for new hire incentives, including up to $2,000 sign-on bonuses and ... Read More

The Greenville Chamber elected Cal Hurst, chief banking officer at Southern First and current chamber board treasurer, to serve as the chair of its board of directors in 2023. The chamber also elected eight new board members. Hurst ha... Read More

The Upstate has made it to the top of another list — this time ranked by LinkedIn as the fastest growing metro area for entrepreneurs in the United States. The population of new companies in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson a... Read More

Furman University’s Riley Institute celebrated its 17th round of Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards Wednesday. For the first time the awards were presented at the Greenville Chamber’s annual Diversity, Equity and I... Read More

Arthrex, an orthopedic technology company, will expand operations in Anderson County with a $100 million investment set to create another 500 jobs. Founded in 1981, Arthrex is an international life science company in the orthopedic su... Read More

At a time when many companies are downsizing their brick-and-mortar presence, Canal Insurance, among others, are making the most of a tenant’s market.  Canal expects to relocate to new headquarters at 101 N. North Main St. ... Read More

More than 40 restaurants and distilleries from across the Southeast will take part in Greenville’s inaugural Hog & Barrel: A Bourbon, BBQ & Bacon Festival this November. The event will feature bourbon tastings, live musi... Read More

It’s a familiar sight — and during the spring, a familiar smell — across Palmetto State parking lots and neighborhoods: the darling of post-war developers, the Bradford pear. But as anyone with this pear on their pro... Read More

The 720,000-square-foot Walmart distribution center bound for Lyman isn’t your mother’s transport hub. Robots and intelligent tech from AI company Symbiotic will sort, store, retrieve and pack grocery perishables, such as ... Read More

The Grammy-nominated prophet of the Mississippi blues, Cedric Burnside, plucked the sounds of a slow triumph out of his wood-paneled guitar, as at least 100 listeners congregated at the foot of the stage swaying to the electric growl of ... Read More

Affordable housing advocates and civic leaders from across county lines toured Spartanburg’s 500 Northside Station, a 90-apartment complex on the campus of the bygone Spartan Mills for the first time today.  Nonp... Read More

A recent analysis from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis projects that in 2030, South Carolina will be the fourth most impacted state in a crunch for nurses: 10,400 nurses short of the demand. The state tails... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster this week called proposed tax credits for electric vehicles made by unionized manufacturers discriminatory in a letter (.pdf) to U.S. House and Senate leadership. “We are deeply concerned that Congr... Read More

At a time when many companies are scaling back their brick-and-mortar footprint, Delta Apparel is cranking up its in-person presence across the Southeastern coastal market. The Greenville-based company has plans to raise five retail s... Read More

Crappie USA competition at Lake Hartwell Crappie anglers from across the nation will descend on Anderson’s Lake Hartwell shores Friday and Saturday, with amateur and professional division competitions with a payout total of $165... Read More

More than 25 Greenville entrepreneurs vied for a total of $15,000 in small business grants last week in a Shark Tank-style competition in the halls of the old Bank of America building. The Oct. 7 Demo Day pitch event allows graduates ... Read More

Seneca’s Bountyland Petroleum and Food Service gets its fuel from Texas, but now its orders will come from the Lone Star State, too. Kent Kwik convenience stores, an entity of The Kent Companies, has entered into an agreement to... Read More

This story first appeared in the Oct. 4 print edition of GSA Business Report. A scam run out of a Latvian apartment bilked American companies for millions of dollars, but less than $2,000 taken from a Greenville entrepreneur ended the... Read More

Knudt Flor asked a roomful of high schoolers a rhetorical question. “Who loves gaming?” The former BMW Manufacturing president admitted that most parents gathered in BMW’s Zentrum to watch daughters and sons sign ... Read More

Bosch and supply chain partner CHEP USA will be covering new ground in Anderson’s Exchange Logistics Park at I-85. According to VanTrust Real Estate, Bosch will occupy 96,000 square feet in the park’s first building, joine... Read More

Michelin isn’t the only French auto supplier growing its Upstate footprint. Levallois Cedex-headquartered Plastic Omnium plans to invest $17.7 million in its 5100 Pearman Dairy Road location to ramp up for the pro... Read More

PreZero US, a recycling and waste solutions company based in Westminster, will have the capacity to process 40,000 tons of plastic material per year with the company’s plans to invest $11.5 million into a facility expansion. &ld... Read More

In the theme of Hughes Investments’ Italian-inspired village, Belladina’s Italian Market will move into a new home on Bridgeway Station’s Main Street in Mauldin.  The venue will expand upon i... Read More

Few angel investment funds in the Southeast help launch technology companies, according to Greenville-based VentureSouth. Even fewer are rolling funds open to public investors. The Upstate angel investment group, now boasting more tha... Read More

Anderson residents now can catch a private charter flight from their own regional airport. Following the Anderson Regional Airport’s terminal ribbon cutting on Sept. 25 — delayed due to COVID-19 — the airport has add... Read More

Demand from the energy sector began to climb for an auto and aerospace giant, and something had to give. “Globally, everybody is going to clean energy, and the applications we are going after: it saves them about 30% in total co... Read More

AT&T South Carolina has joined the ranks of almost a dozen private donors to Greenville’s 60-acre Unity Park project. On Sept. 27, Amanda Taylor, regional director of AT&T South Carolina, presented a $500,... Read More