Continental Tire Breaks Ground on New Sumter Building
•Production and management team members celebrate the occasion • Over 126,000 square feet to be added to existing manufacturing facility Sumter, SC, August 29, 2022 – Continental Tire broke ground earlier this month in Sumter, South Carolina on a new building which...
HGTC Partnership Secures Internship at Georgia-Pacific
Horry-Georgetown Technical College (HGTC) is proud to announce that an electronics engineering student has secured a summer internship at Georgia-Pacific, Clarendon. Cameron Feagin has accepted a summer internship position in the Electrical and Instrumentation...
CCTC STUDENT ACCEPTS SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT GEORGIA-PACIFIC
Adam Howard, a recent graduate from Sumter High School and first-year student in Central Carolina Technical College’s mechatronics program has accepted a summer internship at Georgia-Pacific in Clarendon. “The partnership with CCTC was established as students in the...
Improving on the ‘BD Way’: Leading local manufacturer wins company’s most prestigious honor
BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com One of Sumter's leading manufacturers was recently recognized with its company's most prestigious award. BD, a medical device manufacturer of blood tubes and needles for the health care industry, won the 2021 Bronze H.P. Becton Quality...
The South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs has partnered with Ping by Tallo, SC Future Makers, and Sumter Economic Development to host the first South Carolina Military Community Hiring
The hiring fair will be divided into a two-day event. A statewide virtual hiring event will be held on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Attendees can register by visiting the Ping by Tallo event website. An onsite hiring fair will be hosted at the Sumter...
EMS-GRIVORY takes four awards at the SPE Automotive Award Night!
EMS-GRIVORY takes four awards at the SPE Automotive Award Night! At the 20th SPE Automotive Award Night of the «Society of Plastics Engineers», EMS-GRIVORY was once again among the prize winners taking a total of four awards! This year again, innovative applications...
Rauschenbach Graduates from the Advanced Economic Development Leadership (AEDL) Program
Brian Rauschenbach, Project Manager with Sumter Economic Development and TheLINK Alliance recently completed the two-week Advanced Economic Development Leadership executive education program and was awarded the Master Economic Development Practitioner (MEDP)...
South Atlantic Canners and Santa Cruz Nutritionals Honored During Statewide Conference
Two industries in TheLINK Region were recognized during the 2021 SC Manufacturing Conference and Expo in Greenville. The anchor event for the conference is the SC Manufacturing Extension Partnership Manufacturing Excellence Awards Luncheon that was held Friday,...
Graduate in to Greatness Initiative
More than 20 representatives from local industries and the Sumter School District met to discuss current and future workforce and talent development initiatives. “Graduate in to Greatness” is a new initiative to provide High School seniors with a solid career path as...
We continue to grow and expand our industrial portfolio
Business is great HERE! We continue to grow and expand our industrial portfolio. Nova Molecular Technologies is building a new facility with plans to invest $14.9 million and create 25 new jobs. BD is currently under construction for a major expansion investing $150...