Continental Tire, The Americas (CTA) has integrated Inland Port Greer into its supply chain, generating significant economic and environmental benefits to the company and region. The Fort Mill, S.C.-based company, which has operations in Fort Mill, Sumter and Fountain Inn, employs more than 1,600 South Carolinians to produce passenger, light truck and commercial tires for […]
Susie Shannon, President and CEO of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, has been recognized by Columbia Business Monthly as one of its 50 Most Influential People for 2017. This annual list honors individuals from throughout the Midlands region who have been identified as leaders in industry, government, and business. As President and CEO of […]
TransformSC has appointed Columbia business leader Tim Arnold to the initiative’s executive committee. Arnold currently serves as President and CEO of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. He joined Colonial Life in 2011, following a 27-year career with Unum, where he held leadership roles in its Chattanooga, Tenn., Worcester, Mass., and Portland, Maine, offices. Arnold […]
Earlier this month, members of the Council’s staff had the opportunity to be on-hand as the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner took its inaugural flight in North Charleston. The flight marked a significant milestone for South Carolina –the 787-10 is the first Boeing aircraft to be manufactured entirely at Boeing’s North Charleston facility. SC Aerospace Director Adrianne […]
South Carolina is currently experiencing a teacher shortage. But one school district thinks they’ve found a way to help get more teachers into classrooms. Greenville County Schools launched its GATE program – the Greenville Alternative Teacher Education Program – last fall. The three-year training program is designed to train people new to teaching, often those […]
South Carolina’s aerospace industry cluster accounts for 17,000 private sector jobs with an average total compensation rate of $71,000 per year. Greenville Technical College offers training to provide the necessary workforce through its aircraft maintenance technology program, located at the S.C. Technology and Aviation Center (SCTAC). Students may pursue one of three certificates, an associate’s […]
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce and the S.C. Department of Corrections has expanded the state’s Second Chance job training program to include the Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution for women. Started in November 2014 at the Manning Reentry/Work Release Center in Columbia, the program is designed to help inmates successfully transition to employment […]
Volvo wants to close the skills gap between South Carolina’s workers and the companies that want to, but can’t, hire them. The Sweden-based, Chinese-owned company is working with readySC, Trident Technical College and the South Carolina Department of Commerce to develop a curriculum outlining the training and education residents need before applying for employment with […]
The SC Department of Commerce recently released the second edition of the South Carolina Innovation Plan which includes recommendations for how the state can better support the advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and technology industries. The SC Council on Competitiveness was one of 17 organizations asked to serve on an Innovation Steering Committee that had the […]
Cherokee County School District, one of five entire TransformSC districts, is the recipient of a $300,000 gift from BMW Manufacturing Co. to fund Project Lead the Way at its four middle schools to provide science, engineering, technology and math education to students. BMW joins Boeing as a corporate partner to help fund Project Lead the […]
Research partnership between USC, Benedict College, The Citadel, and South Carolina State University Last month, Clemson University announced the development of the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility. Clemson was one of 19 universities in the nation chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation to lead a transportation center. Clemson was awarded a $1.4 million grant […]
Workforce development and external and internal promotion have been identified as two major areas where South Carolina can help advance its innovation economy in the South Carolina Innovation Plan, recently released by the South Carolina Department of Commerce. The plan concludes that aggressively marketing the state’s technological and innovation successes will help bolster South Carolina’s […]
EngenuitySC recently released its third-annual Midlands Regional Competitiveness Report, ranking the Columbia metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in relation to nine other Southeastern metropolitan regions. The report ranks MSAs in five economically competitive indicators: talent, entrepreneurial/business environment, innovation, industry clusters and livability. The Midlands Business Leadership Group has announced that it will form working groups of the […]
President & CEO Ann Marie Stieritz was recently interviewed by Midlands Anchor in reference to the announcement of a $1.7 million expansion from TCube Solutions in Columbia. The Midlands’ Insurance Technology cluster (iTs|SC) is an industry cluster supported by the Council, and Stieritz points to the TCube as an example of robust industry cluster activity leading to […]
SC Biz Magazine featured the Council’s research on the aerospace industry cluster in the Fall issue, highlighting the initiative’s recently released research on the cluster’s development, involvement in July’s Farnborough Air Show and a letter from the editor, Licia Jackson, discussing the importance of aerospace to the state.
This month’s Columbia Business Monthly featured a story on SC’s logistics industry and how the Council is working map the industry through its SC Logistics initiative. Click the photo to read the article.
TransformSC is offering South Carolina educators the opportunity to participate in hands-on workshops led by national experts through its series of institutes. In its second year, this event series focuses on TransformSC’s four innovative practices: blended learning, project-based learning, continuous assessment and competency-based progression. TransformSC hosted its first 2016-2017 institute focused on blended learning at […]
South Carolina was awarded a 2016 Gold Shovel Award by Area Development for its continued employment and investment growth in 2015. The state’s 3.3 percent growth in employment and increased output from key industry sectors, particularly the aviation and automotive sectors, were two key factors in earning this award for the 3+ to 5 million […]
The Riley Institute announced its selections for its Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI) 9th Class of Fellows on Feb. 10, 2016. Among the 41 leaders selected from the Midlands were three members of TransformSC’s Steering Committee. Bernadette Hampton of the South Carolina Education Association, Beth Phibbs of the South Carolina Association of School Administrators and Scott […]
