Raegan Loftis, Author at UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL

Manufacturing

Greenville County Schools considers applied math course to help graduates pass hiring tests

Only 10-30 percent of applicants pass the math portion of Michelin’s hiring test for reliability technicians, according to David Stafford, chief human resources officer with Michelin.

Clemson forum brings together top industry leaders to talk manufacturing

Skilled labor shortage. Software programming. Artificial intelligence. Digital twins. Some of South Carolina’s top leaders in manufacturing tossed around these ideas during a forum on advanced manufacturing hosted by Clemson…

Manufacturing

Greenville Tech Foundation honors local industries at Workforce Development Salute

The honorees — Bosch Rexroth, Greenville Health System, and Michelin North America — have given more than $2.9 million in combined gifts to the college over the years.

Clemson receives $1.8M grant for robotics virtual reality curriculum

A team at Clemson University will receive $1.8 million over the next three years to develop virtual reality-based curriculum for robotics courses. Clemson is one of three agencies in the…

KUKA Robotics partners with Greenville Tech

Greenville Tech’s Center for Manufacturing Innovation already had some KUKA robots, but the partnership gives them four new, larger ones to keep during the duration of its partnership with KUKA. In return, KUKA now has a trainer based at the center to teach the company’s clients how to use the robots.

Clemson gets $3 million grant to study simulated factory with Greenville Tech

THINKER places more than 20 graduate students a year at the Clemson Vehicle Assembly Center housed in Greenville Tech’s Center for Manufacturing Innovation to research human interaction with technology on the assembly line, as well as ways to enhance the work environment.

Manufacturing

Not your father’s workforce

After the drawn-out demise of textile industries in the United States, shell-shocked baby boomers have been reluctant to encourage their children to pursue jobs they deemed unstable, instead ushering them to more concrete college degrees — to become doctors, nurses or experts in computer science.

Fujifilm announces $3.9M expansion in Greenwood County

Fujifilm will invest $3.9 million in its production plant in Greenwood County and add 67 new jobs to the area, the company announced Monday.