Port of Charleston beneficiary of restructured service to Brazil

The world’s largest ocean-going cargo carrier, Maersk Line, is realigning its liner service to Brazil, resulting in weekly vessel calls for Charleston, SC. The move is designed to improve coverage for the Brazilian market, where the Port of Charleston has a strong market share. Continue reading

Key element of Dreamliner construction plan takes flight

The Boeing Co. came a step closer to solidifying the logistics chain for its 787 Dreamliner with the first test flight of its new large cargo freighter. The dramatically revamped 747 has an enlarged upper fuselage designed to carry assembly components for the 787 from Charleston, Wichita, Kan., Nagoya, Japan, and Grottaglie, Italy, to Boeing’s plant in Everett, Wash., for final assembly. Continue reading

Biotech project could launch local kidney-producing industry

Biotech researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and Clemson University believe they might have a solution for people needing kidney transplants. They call it the Bioengineered Kidney Project, and it involves printing out layers of human cells, fusing the cells to form tissue and assembling that tissue into kidneys. Continue reading

Trident Tech ‘Enterprise Campus’ to house film studios

A movie studio complex is in the works for the Lowcountry. Tentatively called Trident Studios of South Carolina, the complex is slated to occupy 10 to 15 acres of Trident Technical College’s forthcoming Enterprise Campus, a 38-acre parcel owned by the college and adjacent to the college’s main campus in North Charleston. Continue reading

City welcomes Art Institute of Charleston

The school’s decision to locate in Charleston was announced in June after months of planning between Riley and The Art Institutes, a collection of 32 schools across the nation under the umbrella of Education Management Corp. The Charleston school is expected to be a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta and will offer associate degrees in culinary arts, graphic design, interior design, interactive media design and photographic imaging. Continue reading

Inc. magazine names Digital Lifestyle Outfitters the 3rd fastest-growing private company in America

Inc. magazine recently announced its 25th annual “Inc. 500″ ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO), a consumer electronics company based in Charleston, South Carolina, ranked #3 on the list, with three-year growth of 4,385 percent. Continue reading

Skamper-Ramp named top product by pool industry magazine

Skamper-Ramp, a creation of Mount Pleasant-based Skamper Industries LLC, was selected as one of the Top 50 Products of 2006 by readers of Pool & Spa News magazine. Continue reading

Navigational Sciences Inc. honored as one of Charleston’s top innovators for 2006

Navigational Sciences Inc., an international product and services company offering robust, secure wireless platform technology that enables cargo and asset tracking, sensing and communications, has been named one of the Lowcountry’s top “innovators,” as recognition of the company’s pioneering efforts in data communications. Continue reading

Shimano American Corporation expands distribution operation

Within three years of opening its first local distribution center, Shimano American Corporation has announced an expanded presence in the Charleston region. The company recently completed construction of a 102,000-square-foot distribution facility in North Charleston’s Palmetto Commerce Park and will increase staff to 15 full-time positions. Shimano became fully operational at the new facility in early June. Continue reading

Patent approved for hybrid spread spectrum technology licensed by Navigational Sciences

Officials with the U.S. Patent Office have approved the initial patent for the new Hybrid Spread Spectrum (HSS) technology licensed and marketed by Navigational Sciences Inc. This new technology has the ability to communicate around barriers and provide enhanced levels of security in data transfer. Continue reading