Ritedose Announces South Carolina Expansion
The Ritedose Corporation, a pharmaceutical products manufacturer, is once again expanding its Richland County operations with a $10 million investment. “This new facility represents the Ritedose Corporation’s continued commitment to Richland County, and is indicative of the company’s mission of maintaining our position as a global market leader,” said Ritedose President and CEO Umesh Dalvi….
Bosch Group Announces Expansion in Anderson, SC
Bosch Group, a leading global supplier of technology and services, is expanding its existing Anderson County operations. To accommodate its continued growth, the company is bringing $152 million of additional capital investment and creating 130 new jobs. “Having spent eight years of my Bosch career working as the technical plant manager at our Anderson location,…
NC Governor Cooper Challenges Workforce Leaders to Increase Work-Based Learning Opportunities
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper challenged business and workforce development leaders to increase the number of work-based learning opportunities across the state, part of a broader initiative to help North Carolinians become more job-ready. Governor Cooper offered his challenge today at a meeting of the NCWorks Commission, along with a call for the commissioners to…
Airgas to Open a New Facility in Alamance County, NC
Airgas USA, LLC will open a new facility in Alamance County that is expected to create 35 jobs over five years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases will invest approximately $47 million to open an air separation facility in Mebane capable of producing liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon….
Fresenius Kabi to Increase Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Wilson, NC
Fresenius Kabi, a German global health care company that specializes in medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition, will expand its manufacturing operations in Wilson, North Carolina, creating 445 new jobs there over five years and investing more than $1oo million. The company, which currently employs more than 100 people in Wilson, will…
South Carolina Economic Development Institute Announces Graduates
The S.C. Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce) and S.C. Economic Developers’ Association (SCEDA) today announced that approximately 45 state and community leaders have graduated from two statewide economic development training programs. Five individuals completed the S.C. Economic Developers’ Advanced Symposium (Advanced Symposium), while more than 40 graduated from the S.C. Economic Development Institute (Institute). “It’s…
McCall Farms Expanding in Florence, SC
McCall Farms, the South Carolina-based manufacturers of Margaret Holmes, Glory Foods, Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts and Bruce’s Yams, is investing $35 million to expand its existing Florence County operations. This investment is expected to bring 150 new jobs to Effingham, S.C. “Leading brands like Allens fit perfectly with our heritage of making authentic, southern-style vegetables…
North Carolina Highlights Innovations to Attract Companies, including Amazon, to Be its Next First
North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Anthony Copeland recently announced an initiative to attract business by highlighting the world-class, inventive, and forward-thinking nature of North Carolinians through the NC Next Firsts campaign. The North Carolina Department of Commerce and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, the state’s public-private economic development organization, are implementing the effort….
Global Cities Initiatives “Wins”
South Carolina Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SCMEP). Business incubators and entrepreneurial support networks. At any given time, these organizations are likely to call upon businesses area to offer services, support and expertise. Today, these organizations each are better equipped for questions about export activities and to encourage international engagement…
IndustryWeek Focuses on Business and Innovation Strengths of the Triad Region
The business and innovation strengths of the Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem area featured prominently in three website articles published in October by IndustryWeek, a print and online trade magazine focusing on U.S. manufacturing. The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina set up IndustryWeek blogger Michele Nash-Hoff‘s media tour to North Carolina for an itinerary…
