Manufacturing

Trimite Powders Inc., a powder-coating manufacturer, recently announced a $3.7 million investment to double the size of its current operations at 5680 N. Blackstock Road in Spartanburg County.

Connecticut-based Ulbrich Precision Flat Wire Inc., a division of Ulbrich Stainless Steels and Special Metals Inc., recently announced a $5 million dollar investment for the expansion of their Westminster operations.

Thursday morning, Michelin marked the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Anderson County. The opening of the facility, Michelin’s ninth in the state, was attended by Michelin executives and state officials, and comes just 17 months after ground was broken.

Proterra Inc., the leading provider of zero-emission battery electric transit solutions, recently announced the sales of 10 buses and two charging stations to The Transit Authority of River City (TARC) in Louisville, Ky.

GE announced that it has signed a nearly $700 million contract with the state-owned Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) that includes gas turbines manufactured in Greenville.

Pennsylvania-based Materials Sciences Corporation (MSC), a designer and manufacturer of composite materials and structures for government and industry, will establish a new manufacturing operation in Greenville County, investing $1 million and creating 23 new jobs.

South Carolina gained 1,967 jobs from Sept. 2012 to Sept. 2013, a 1 percent increase, according to Manufacturers’ News, which publishes industrial directories and databases.

Michelin North America chairman and president Pete Selleck says companies in the Upstate and South Carolina will find the people they need to fill today’s high-tech manufacturing jobs.

A new state-of-the-art mobile hydraulics lab opened this week at the Greenville Technical College Buck Mickel Center as part of the new Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI), otherwise known as the Enterprise Campus.

Delta Apparel filed a form S-3, a universal shelf registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week that would allow it to sell up to $100 million in various securities over the next three years.