Coronet North America bringing operation to the Charleston region

Coronet North America, a division of Germany-based Coronet-Werke GmbH, has chosen to locate a manufacturing and distribution facility in Dorchester County. Continue reading

Pilot Therapeutics moves headquarters to Charleston

Pilot Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing a portfolio of pharmaceutical and clinically validated over-the-counter products, announced today that its headquarters have moved to Charleston, S.C. Continue reading

$2 million gift given to College of Charleston to help expand business school

Real estate developer and entrepreneur Guy Beatty has given $2 million toward a $9 million complex the school is building on Liberty Street adjacent to its Tate Center for Entrepreneurship. It is the largest single gift bestowed on the college, officials said. Continue reading

Forest Technology Group expands Charleston area headquarters

Forest Technology Group, a business delivering information technologies and services internationally to help organizations manage natural resources, will expand in the Charleston region. Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler AG to open steering systems operation in Charleston

DaimlerChrysler AG (DCAG) announced today that it will launch a new steering systems manufacturing operation in the Charleston region. Continue reading

Charleston organ center receives $14 million in financing

Organ Recovery Systems has received $14 million in financing that will allow it to boost work done at its Charleston Research Center. Its Charleston operation on East Bay works on preserving cells, tissues and organs. Continue reading

Charleston hot spot for manufacturers

In its latest issue, Expansion Management ranked the Charleston-North Charleston metropolitan area as the 12th best spot in the country for widget makers in 2003. Continue reading

Charleston scientists use desktop printers to produce three-dimensional structures of living tissue

Charleston and Clemson scientists are using modified desktop printers to produce three-dimensional structures of living tissue, seen as a tiny first step toward printing entire organs and personalizing medicine. Continue reading

Charleston-based biotech firm plans new product debut

Shortly after Pilot finishes moving into the building in a week or so, it will begin test-marketing its first big product, an over-the-counter treatment for asthma called Airozin. Continue reading

Charleston’s manufacturing sector thrives despite a struggling economy

For the moment, Charleston's manufacturing sector appears to be doing a good job of defying negative trends elsewhere in the state and nation.
According to state figures, the area encompassing Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties gained 700 manufacturing jobs in 2002, while factories shed 16,300 jobs in the rest of the state. Continue reading