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RealOp sells three properties in Spartanburg County totaling $6.27M

Greenville-based RealOp Investments recently sold three of its commercial real estate assets located in Spartanburg County. Sikes Properties purchased 100 Fortis Drive in Duncan for $1.65 million. This was a…

New bill proposes congressional review of tariffs; SC manufacturers disagree

Amid a flurry of national reports naming everything from model trains to Bibles as casualties of the White House’s trade war with China, Joe Cunningham, a Democratic representative from South…

ZF secures deal with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Series production will start in Germany in 2022 and eventually move to Gray Court facility Less than 90 days after announcing the largest order in their company’s history in a…

ZF and BMW ink deal worth billions

By Joe Toppe In what ZF is calling the largest single order in their company’s history, the manufacturer’s new deal to supply BMW with an 8-speed automatic transmission is worth…

Year in Review: The top 6 manufacturing stories of 2018

BMW unveils next-generation X4 built in Upstate In February, BMW introduced the second generation of the popular X4 crossover, one of four models produced exclusively at its Spartanburg plant. The…

Tech and Innovation

Branding outside the box on a budget: A new Greenville agency fills the void in the experiential design market

Sports fans have enjoyed environmental design for years, as teams bathe their stadiums and coliseums in larger-than-life murals, mascots, and color to pump up the crowd. But what about smaller…

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…

Economic Development

Upstate opposition to tariffs remains strong despite a thaw in relations with the European Union

Opposition to the Trump administration’s threatened use of automotive tariffs remains firm in the Upstate as speculation mounts concerning their potential use.

Manufacturing

Platter will lead ROFA North America in move to new facility

Currently, ROFA’s Greer operation — the company’s only U.S. office — works with BMW in Spartanburg, Daimler Mercedes-Benz in Alabama, and Volkswagen in Tennessee.

Magna celebrates grand opening of $37M seating plant in Moore

Gov. Henry McMaster joined with company and local officials to cut the ribbon for the facility, which sits at 3042 Highway 290 in Moore on more than 20 acres at Greenville-based Pacolet Milliken Enterprises' Tyger River Industrial Park.