Local company takes on food service distribution worldwide

A new Charleston technology company has launched its software in the global market, with a product designed to standardize the food service distribution industry by improving efficiency and increasing margins. Continue reading

North Charleston selected for 7E7 fuselage assembly

Governor Mark Sanford today announced North Charleston has been selected as the home for two leading international aerostructures manufacturers that will supply Boeing with integrated fuselage structures for its new 7E7 Dreamliner passenger jet, launching South Carolina into the global aeronautics industry. Continue reading

Hollings Marine Lab gets funding for oyster experiments

The Hollings Marine Laboratory "is up and running" with a $2.05 million federal "Oceans and Human Health Initiative" grant announced in August, said Director Fred Holland. The money will pay for experiments in Lowcountry tidal creeks of the technology used in the tests, "to validate in the field what we found in the lab." Continue reading

Charleston region lands truck component assembly operation

A fast-growing company that provides component assembly services to truck and heavy equipment manufacturers has selected the Charleston region for a new operation. Summerville Preferred Partners (SPP), which is headquartered in Salem, Virginia, today announced the location of its assembly operation in Dorchester County’s McQueen Industrial Park. The company’s new Charleston area operation will assemble fire and refuge truck chassis for North Charleston-based American LaFrance. Continue reading

Food industry veterans select Charleston region for new venture

Easy Tray, LLC, a company employing the latest technology to provide retail and institutional customers with pre-cut produce, has selected the Charleston region for its corporate headquarters and state-of-the-art processing plant. Continue reading

New companies set sights on Summerville

Two companies that work with wood are investing more than $10 million and bringing about 110 new jobs to the Summerville area. Continue reading

Charleston area poised for 3% job growth in 2005

A “vibrant” economy will place the Charleston area in the forefront of South Carolina job growth during 2005, according to researchers at the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business. Continue reading

Building arts college receives federal grant

Officials of the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration recently announced a significant grant in support of the American College of the Building Arts. Continue reading

Company sees rapid growth after September 11

One of the nation's oldest and largest consulting companies, quietly plying its trade in Charleston over the past 10 years, has expanded rapidly here since the Sept. 11 attacks to meet the demand for homeland security and defense contracting work. Continue reading

Charleston’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center hails launch of electrical engineering curriculum

On Monday, the University of South Carolina and the Lowcountry Graduate Center announced an agreement to begin a graduate-level course in electrical engineering in Charleston next month, the first class in a program aimed largely at SPAWAR -- the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center -- and local defense contractors. Continue reading