Corporate Vision acquires transportation technology rights

Charleston-based Corporate Vision Inc. has executed a licensing agreement for the rights to patents used in its “Jezco System” integrated transportation network. Continue reading

American LaFrance headquarters to move to South Carolina

American LaFrance Corporation announced today that its corporate headquarters and Cleveland, N.C., manufacturing operations will move to North Charleston, S.C., by 2003. The 170-year-old fire truck manufacturing company will centralize sales, engineering, purchasing, customer support and some manufacturing functions at a state-of-the-art plant owned by American LaFrance’s parent company, Freightliner LLC. Continue reading

Biotech pioneer to relocate to the Charleston region of South Carolina

CropTech Corporation, an emerging leader in biotech manufacturing, announced plans to relocate its operations from Blacksburg, VA to the Mt. Holly Business Park in Berkeley County near Charleston, South Carolina. Continue reading

Restructured trade route adds Charleston as a port of call

A restructured trade route from Asia to the United States to Europe is expected to add Charleston as a port of call. Continue reading

Carolina Heat Pipe wins federal honor

The U.S. Department of Commerce has recognized Carolina Heat Pipe as the first South Carolina business to receive an Export Achievement Certificate, citing its engineering consulting work on $400 million Italian cruise ships. Continue reading

St. George welcomes new modular home builder

Signature Building Systems, a high-tech manufacturer of modular homes, will open a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in St. George. The company will bring 80 new jobs to this community in Dorchester County, and expects to invest approximately $1.25 million in the region. Continue reading

Regeneration Technologies invests $5 million in Charleston bio-tech company

Alachua, Fla.-based Regeneration Technologies has invested $5 million in Organ Recovery Systems Inc., an East Bay Street biotech firm providing products and services helping to preserve organs and tissues for transplantation. Continue reading

BellSouth expanding its Charleston call center

BellSouth Corp. is expanding its Charleston call center and 27 others under a broad restructuring that will lead to closings and job cuts in other markets.
Locally, the company plans to add 107 positions in its consumer services operations. Continue reading

I’On named finalist for ‘Best Smart Growth Community’

Professional Builder magazine and the National Association of Home Builders recently named I’On as a finalist for the 2001 “Best in American Living” awards category for “Best Smart Growth Community” in the country. Continue reading

Titan Systems Corp. opens new office in Aviation Business Park

San Diego-based Titan Systems Corp., a government contractor providing information technology services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in Hanahan, recently opened its new 18,000-square-foot facility at the Aviation Business Park on Aviation Avenue in North Charleston. Continue reading