Polymer Group’s engineered blankets reach disaster victims

A lightweight, non-woven blanket engineered by a South Carolina company is keeping disaster victims dry and warm from the Gulf Coast to the mountains of Pakistan to the tsunami-ravaged areas of Southeast Asia. Continue reading

Carolina Waterworks expands operations in Charleston region

Carolina Waterworks, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of products for the marine industry, will expand its Charleston area operation to a 32,000-square-foot building located on Eagle Road in Berkeley County. Continue reading

Citadel’s business school named one of best in country

The Citadel’s School of Business Administration has been ranked among the top 237 business schools by The Princeton Review in its 2006 “Best 237 Business Schools” publication. Continue reading

Vegetable breeding moves to next level

For almost 70 years, scientists at what’s today known as ARS’s U.S. Vegetable Laboratory (USVL) in Charleston, South Carolina, have changed the way many popular vegetables are bred and used. Continue reading

SCRA’s CMTC receives Defense ManTech award

The Composites Manufacturing Technology Center has been named a co-recipient of the 2005 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award given by the U.S. Office of Naval Research at the Defense Manufacturer’s Association conference in Orlando last week. Continue reading

New company sees distribution advantages at I-95, I-26 intersection

Even though the Port of Charleston is growing considerably each year, the number of trucking companies is shrinking. It is a dilemma for businesses shipping to and receiving from the port. Containers must be removed from the port in a timely fashion to avoid fees, but many businesses can’t handle an influx of 100 shipping containers in one or two days. Continue reading

Biotech company relocating to Charleston

Apogee Biotechnology Corp., which discovers and develops new pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of chronic and life-threatening diseases, is relocating from Hershey, Pa., to Charleston. Continue reading

Benefitfocus.com designated “Fastest Growing Tech Company in South Carolina”

The South Carolina Technology Alliance has officially recognized Benefitfocus.com as the fastest growing technology company in the state. Research of the alliance's databases and technology records, as well as other state economic development databases available to SCTA, supports its top ranking of Benefitfocus. Continue reading

Charleston among the nation’s most “renter friendly” communities

Results of a new study from ApartmentRatings.com indicate that people
interested in renting will find some of the most renter-friendly communities
in the nation's fastest growing and mid-sized cities. Continue reading

MSN Money considers Charleston among the “next hot housing market”

In any boom market, true bargains get harder and harder to find. As prices rise, investors have two basic choices: Go along with the herd, or dig even deeper to find values others have (so far) missed. Continue reading