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Trident Tech offers Industry 4.0 seminars for manufacturing employees
CHARLESTON, SC, Aug. 30, 2021 – A partnership between Trident Technical College, the SC Council on Competitiveness (the Council), Bosch Rexroth and Fraunhofer USA has enabled the creation of two training seminars for manufacturing employees to learn, design and develop strategies to adapt to Industry 4.0 (i4.0) technologies for their companies. Funding for the development […]


BMW and South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance Host Inaugural Innovation Day
Manufacturing innovations were on display at the event, featuring research partnerships between industry, academia, and Fraunhofer USA (Greer, SC) On June 22nd, BMW Manufacturing and the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (the Council), with support from Clemson University, the University of South Carolina, and the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA) hosted the first “SCFUSA Innovation Day” […]


Council President & CEO Susie Shannon on ‘Buzz with Burnie’ Podcast
SC Council on Competitiveness President & CEO Susie Gerald Shannon joined The Buzz to deep-dive on the Council. Who is the Council, what it does, and who it serves – plus much more! You can view the entire episode by clicking here!


Leading Manufacturers Join South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance at Innovation Event
Disruptive Technology Expert and Industry-Leading Panel Share Best Practices in Applied Technology at In-Person and Virtual Event (Greer, SC) The South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance (SCFUSA), an initiative of the SC Council on Competitiveness, along with the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. and the Spartanburg Economic Futures Group will host a workshop […]


Governor McMaster Joined by South Carolina Officials and German Delegation for SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
(Columbia, SC) South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster commemorated the formal inauguration of the South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the state house on October 31. The Governor was joined by a German delegation that included Dr. Volker Wissing, Minister of Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viniculture Rhineland Palatinate and Dr. […]


State of South Carolina Establishes South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance
The South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (The Council), in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Commerce, and the Fraunhofer USA Center for Experimental Software Engineering CESE in Maryland announced today the establishment of the South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance (SCFUSA). The Alliance is a collaborative effort to advance applied research in engineering and technology […]