August 2020 Features

• Eaton Launches First-of-Its-Kind Capacitor Recycling Program as Part of Effort to Drive a More Circular Economy

  August 31, 2020

  Power management company Eaton today announced it has launched a new recycling program based out of its Emerald Road facility in Greenwood, South Carolina, that allows customers to responsibly dispose of aged, obsolete or damaged power capacitor units.

• New Online Ordering System Sends Clemson Ice Cream around the U.S.

  August 31, 2020

  A new online ordering system is helping the ’55 Exchange, a student-run business on Clemson University’s campus where Clemson Ice Cream and other dairy products are sold, recoup losses incurred from being shut down because of COVID-19.

• S.C. Manufacturers Alliance Looks to the Future at Annual Meeting

  August 28, 2020

  Despite challenges brought on by COVID-19, the state of South Carolina’s manufacturing economy remains strong. That was the overriding message from the first-ever virtual annual conference of the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance held on August 27, 2020.

• SC Launch, Inc. Portfolio Company EnviroMix Acquired by GEF Capital Partners

  August 27, 2020

  The South Carolina Research Authority, a public, non-profit corporation fueling South Carolina’s innovation economy, today announces that GEF Capital Partners, a private equity fund making investments in companies that promote resource efficiency and that are building a more sustainable future, has acquired a controlling interest in innovative water and wastewater solutions provider EnviroMix, Inc., an SC Launch, Inc. Portfolio Company.

• Update Mask Requirement Data Reinforces that Masks Work; Latest COVID-19 Update

  August 26, 2020

  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) shared updated data that shows communities with mask requirement ordinances in place continue to see a slower rate of disease spread compared to communities without mask requirements.

• Crawford Strategy Named One of the “Best Places to Work” in SC for 3rd Consecutive Year

  August 25, 2020

  Crawford Strategy, a full-service marketing and branding agency, is ranked 32 on the 2020 Best Places to Work in South Carolina list for thesmall/medium employer category.

• S.C. Technical College System President: A Pandemic Shouldn't Change the Trajectory of Your Education

  August 25, 2020

  COVID-19 has significantly impacted many of our day-to-day activities. It has changed how we shop, socialize, work, travel, and the list goes on. But this pandemic doesn't have to change the trajectory of your education. You can affordably and safely work towards your higher education goals and accelerate your post-pandemic life even further by attending one of South Carolina's technical colleges.

• Top SC Business Executives Share Secrets to Successfully Weathering COVID-19 in August 25th Webinar

  August 24, 2020

  Top executives from five of the Palmetto State’s leading life sciences organizations will share how they have found opportunity by pivoting, product adjustment, service expansion and partnering to overcome the global COVID pandemic and find accelerating opportunity and growth. The SCBIO webinar, free and open to the public with advance registration, will take place Tuesday, August 25 at 10 a.m. EST.

• I-85/I-385 “Gateway” Interchange Receives Transportation Award

  August 21, 2020

  The value Greenville area residents and businesses have gained from the new I-85/I-385 Interchange since it opened to traffic has just been affirmed with an award of excellence the project received from the Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO).

• Filling the Lifeboat and Helping South Carolinians Get Back to Work

  August 21, 2020

  To help support the state’s evolving workforce that’s been uprooted due to COVID-19, the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce’s (DEW) Labor Market Information (LMI) team is busy working to identify the top 29 Lifeboat jobs that can guide individuals to new employment opportunities and financial security.

• Census Bureau Adapts Operations to Ensure Everyone Is Counted

  August 21, 2020

  As the U.S. Census Bureau continues to monitor the impacts COVID-19 has on 2020 Census operations, changes to operations are being deployed to ensure the safety of staff and the public while maximizing the number of households that respond on their own to the 2020 Census.

• JIDA Industrial Solutions, Inc. and Global Trade Logistics Establishing Operations in Greenville County

  August 20, 2020

  JIDA Industrial Solutions, Inc. (JIDA), a global enterprise that specializes in intelligent material handling, and its third-party logistics (3PL) subsidiary Global Trade Logistics (GTL), announced plans to establish operations in Greenville County, South Carolina. The more than $4.5 million investment will create 78 new jobs over the next five years.

• SC Works Centers around the State Get Creative to Continue Services that Connect Jobseekers and Employers

  August 20, 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic has created both crisis and creativity. When it comes to unemployment in South Carolina, the state went from record low rates to a historically high, double-digit employment crisis within one month. However, when the need for re-employment services skyrocketed, the SC Works centers got creative.

• Employer Summit to Close Disability Employment Gap

  August 19, 2020

  South Carolina businesses and human resource professionals will be gathering online in October to learn how to close the disability employment gap and build a disability-inclusive workforce.

• Ameris Bank Expands South Carolina Team Adding New Upstate Market President and Middle Market Commercial Banking Executive

  August 18, 2020

  Ameris Bank Regional President Richard Sturm announces that Greg Clark and Ed Vaughan have joined the bank as Upstate market president and middle market commercial banking executive, respectively.

• Cyber Academy of South Carolina is Waiting for You

  August 18, 2020

  Cyber Academy of South Carolina (CASC), an online public school, invites students across the state to enroll in the interactive and engaging online learning experience they need during these unprecedented times.

• S.C. Department of Commerce: Education Today for Future Economic Success

  August 17, 2020

  "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." That powerful quote by Nelson Mandela hits home especially this time of year, as thousands of South Carolina students prepare to head back to school.

• South Carolina Unemployment Claims are Lowest Since Pandemic Began

  August 14, 2020

  Initial Claims: For claim week ending August 8, 2020, the number of South Carolinians who filed their initial claim for unemployment insurance benefits is 5,921, a decrease of 2,988 initial claims from the week prior. This brings the initial claims total to 712,449 received since mid-March.

• High Spirits Hospitality Named Greenville Chamber Small Business of the Month

  August 13, 2020

  High Spirits Hospitality -- the parent company of Liquid Catering, The Old Cigar Warehouse, Bravo1 Protection and High Spirits Events, was honored with the Greenville Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Month Thursday.

• SC INBRE Announces Almost $650,000 in Grants Funding to 2020 Project Program Grants Recipients

  August 13, 2020

  South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE), a statewide multi-million dollar, five-year renewable grant program funded by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), is pleased to announce our 2020-2021 Project Program grants recipients.

• Engenius CEO to Judge Web Awards

  August 12, 2020

  Chris Manley, the CEO and co-founder of Upstate web design and digital marketing company Engenius, has been selected to judge the Web Marketing Association’s (WMA) Web Awards for the fourth year in a row.

• South Carolina Offers Free Training to Support Teachers and Principals with Virtual Instruction

  August 12, 2020

  The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) announced a new option for teachers and principals to receive free online training that will equip them to provide effective virtual instruction. The training is available for up to 6,000 educators over the course of 2020-21 and is being funded by part the SCDE's federal CARES Act allocation.

• CEOs: Post-Covid Changes are Permanent and There are More to Come

  August 12, 2020

  The need for business leaders and policy makers to fundamentally rethink the way they plan, invest and operate in the future is underlined in a new survey of 699 global CEOs released by PwC.

• Cyber Academy of South Carolina Celebrates Class of 2020

  August 11, 2020

  Cyber Academy of South Carolina (CASC), an online public school, will celebrate the Class of 2020 during a virtual commencement ceremony on Saturday, August 15th.

• SC Banks Close $5.7 Billion in PPP Loans, Protect more than 650,000 Jobs

  August 11, 2020

  South Carolina banks participating in the Paycheck Protection Program closed $5.7 billion in loans in a little more than 90 days, assisting in the protection of better than one in four Palmetto State jobs.