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April 02, 2013
Aiken County moved one step closer to becoming the world’s largest manufacturer of Bridgestone tires on Monday, according to Barry Owens, Bridgestone’s vice president of manufacturing, after the company unveiled the first set of tires produced by a recent expansion at its Graniteville plant.
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February 21, 2013
Summer 2014 will see a major new investment in Graniteville with the opening of Recleim’s new recycling facility.
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February 20, 2013
Recleim, a start-up recycler of appliances and e-waste materials, today announced that the company will establish its first recycling plant in Aiken County. During the RecyclonomicsSC event today at the Statehouse, Recleim committed to a $40.6 million investment that is expected to generate 200 new jobs.
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January 02, 2013
The City of Aiken is getting some national exposure through a show that hits airwaves across the country.
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December 11, 2012
After months of conversation and compromise, Aiken's City Council approved the plan for two new hotels. The projected economic impact of that project is $30,000,000.
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December 07, 2012
The Southern Economic Development Council is pleased to announce Will Williams, SCCED, director of the Aiken-Edgefield Economic Development Partnership, has been elected the S.C. Alternate Director of the SEDC Board of Directors. Williams will serve a one-year term on SEDC’s Board, beginning in January 2013.
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October 10, 2012
The expansion of a Graniteville diesel-engine manufacturer is on track for completion by the end of the year.
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September 27, 2012
Aiken Technical College leaders envision the new Center for Energy and Advanced Manufacturing rolling out scores of labor-ready workers skilled in nuclear maintenance, welding and mechatronics to support area industries as they rise to meet an increasing demand for modern manufacturing, nuclear and energy technology.
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September 26, 2012
Bondex Inc., a maker of thermally bonded nonwoven materials, today announced that it will expand its existing operations in Edgefield County. The $6.4 million investment is expected to generate 13 new jobs.
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August 31, 2012
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce thinks the Cytec Industries plant in North Augusta is a swell place.
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August 22, 2012
Aiken County and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions have announced a corporately-funded expansion plan at the Center for Hydrogen Research, which will result in six new laboratories to support growing energy research.
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July 26, 2012
After 19 months in office, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley said she's been blessed "to have a fighter like (S.C.) Sen. Greg Ryberg."
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July 24, 2012
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Tritium Programs recently completed a project to design, build and relocate a new system for separating and capturing helium-3.
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July 24, 2012
Jeff Howell, the former Houndslake Country Club general manager recently was named executive director of PEP - a local education foundation that supports the Aiken County School District with grants and other services.
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May 14, 2012
Savannah River Remediation was recognized by Allen University in Columbia with the Corporate Partner Presidential Award presented by the
university and its board of trustees.
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May 09, 2012
US Fibers, a recycler of PET Post Industrial and Post Consumer material, today announced plans to expand its current operations in Edgefield County. The $5.5 million investment is expected to generate 48 new jobs.
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May 03, 2012
MTU welcomed to its plant several hundred of its mining customers and distributors who were treated to manufacturing tours and demonstrations throughout the day Thursday and was later praised by Congressman Joe Wilson as being a “success story.”
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April 27, 2012
Just few weeks ago we found out a secretive economic project in Aiken County was actually an expansion. The Tognum America plant in Graniteville is growing. Now, the vice president there is being honored by Governor Nikki Haley. He's been named Aiken County's economic ambassador for this year.
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April 20, 2012
By the time the giant tires start rolling off the assembly line at Bridgestone two years from now, the new Graniteville plant will be contributing daily production that, coupled with growth at Michelin and Continental, will make South Carolina the nation’s tire capital.
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April 17, 2012
Commerce salutes business and industry and recognizes state’s economic success.
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