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Kiawah Island Golf Resort reaping ranking

Travel + Leisure Golf magazine names Kiawah No. 1 Resort in U.S.; GOLF magazine names The Ocean Course No. 3 in latest “Best Places to Play” ranking; Golf Digest magazine awards The Ocean Course perfect 5 stars and the resort’s other four courses a near-perfect 4½ stars in latest “Best Places to Play” ratings. Continue reading

Charleston-based DLO among Inc.’s fastest-growing companies

Charleston-based Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) has been ranked No. 3 among Inc. magazine’s top 500 fastest-growing private companies for 2006. DLO is a valuable contributor to the region's creative cluster. Continue reading

ASC Process Systems Completes the Autoclave for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner

ASC Process Systems has announced the completion of the world's largest autoclave, which was fabricated on-site at the new Vought Aircraft facility in Charleston, SC. The giant autoclave will cure composite fuselage sections of the revolutionary Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft. Continue reading

Lafarge announces major expansion, modernization, at Harleyville site

Lafarge announced its plans to expand and modernize its Charleston-area cement production facility, with plans to invest up to $291 million. The decision also positively impacts the Dorchester community which will retain 112 local jobs as well as create 18 new positions. Continue reading

Charleston metro area ranked 2nd best place for entrepreneurs

The cities of Charleston and North Charleston have jointly been ranked as the second best place in the nation for entrepreneurial activity in a new national survey published by Entrepreneur magazine. Continue reading

FCC approval granted for Navigational Sciences data communications system

The Federal Communications Commission today granted approval of the new Impulse 1.0 data transfer system developed by Navigational Sciences, a wireless tracking and data communications company based here. The product allows utility companies to monitor, read and report information from meters to gauge and accurately bill for consumption from remote locations rather than having utility personnel on premises. Continue reading

State approves health care center for economic research

South Carolina will get a new Research Center for Economic Excellence that will focus translational research, which takes scientific discoveries and translates them into practical treatments for patients. Continue reading

Metropolis Magazine highlights schools as Innovative Centers of Learning

In its special feature, titled “Greening the Ivory Tower,” Metropolis Magazine highlights six colleges and universities that have integrated “environmental practices into design education in innovative ways.” Among the six are two local schools — the American College of Building Arts and Clemson University Restoration Institute. Continue reading

Pilot for television series shooting in Charleston

Charleston-area locations and skilled local film crew aided in attracting a new project to the region. Touchstone Television is currently shooting Army Wives, a pilot episode for a proposed television series in Charleston. Charleston is under consideration as the permanent location for the series if it is picked up by the Lifetime Network. Continue reading

North Charleston company secures vehicle armor technology license

Protected Vehicles Inc., the North Charleston-based manufacturer of mine- and ballistic-protected vehicles, has secured an exclusive license for the use of the Battelle Co.’s composite armor material. Continue reading
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