February 10, 2012

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Bread baking company to locate in Spartanburg County

February 2, 2012 By

A wholesale bread baking company announced plans Thursday to locate its new production facility in Spartanburg County.

The $9.5 million investment by Highland Baking Company is expected to create 196 new jobs over the next five years. Highland says it will locate its new bread production and distribution facility to an existing building in the county.

The Illinois-based company specializes in producing custom bread products for national restaurant chains. Highland officials say the new facility will allow them to have some additional capacity.

The state Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved the company for unspecified job development credits, which the Commerce Department says will be available once Highland meets its hiring targets.

The company says it will begin hiring for the new positions in June.

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Bose to lay off 200 at Blythewood plant

February 2, 2012 By

According to a company spokesperson, the Bose Corporation will lay off 200 people over the next 12 months at their South Carolina plant in order to reach distribution demands.

The company’s spokesperson Carolyn Cinotti says the Richland County plant makes and distributes products for North America and the Asian-Pacific market, but the company wants to meet its overseas demand more efficiently.

Cinotti said Bose needs to restructure their manufacturing operations to create a more efficient program.

“Over the next 12 months, we will be consolidating our North American manufacturing operations, transferring production of select Bose products from our Columbia, South Carolina plant to our plants in Mexico,” Cinotti said in an email.

She also said the company wants to move more of their production to Malaysia by 2013, but the Richland County plant will still continue to produce products with a smaller workforce.

Tripp Girardeau contributed to this report

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USC student accused of setting Columbia bar on fire

February 1, 2012 By

Officials have arrested a University of South Carolina student who is accused of setting fire to a popular bar near campus. USC police charged Theodore Podewil, 22, Wednesday for setting the blaze.

Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said Podewil has thrown “Molotov cocktails” at several locations in downtown Columbia over the past month, including the Salty Nut Cafe on January 6. The restaurant remains closed nearly a month later.

The Columbia Fire Department, USC Police, and the State Law Enforcement Division cooperated in the investigation.

Podewil is charged with three counts of possessing an explosive device– which carries up to a 20-year sentence. He also could face four additional charges.

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Army Corps explains how it will save time on Charleston deepening study

January 31, 2012 By

This Army Corps of Engineers graphic shows how containers ships have gotten longer, wider, and larger in the past 30 years

Trying to speed up a study needed before the deepening of the Charleston Harbor can begin, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) met last week with local harbor pilots to determine part of the study’s focus.

The harbor pilots were brought in because they know the river channels as well as anyone else, according to ACE’s Charleston District commander Col. Edward Chamberlayne.

“Instead of going through a list of hundreds of alternatives to consider, which would make our feasibility study longer, they would really narrow it down to the most productive and most feasible alternatives,” he said. “It would make the most bang for our buck.”

The Corps has partnered with the State Ports Authority to help pay the estimated $20 million the feasibility study will cost. Port officials say the channel needs to be deepened to 50 feet in order to handle the new, larger ships that will begin arriving along the East Coast once the Panama Canal expansion is complete in 2014. The overall project is expected to cost around $300 million.

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Chinese manufacturer to build new facility in Laurens County

January 31, 2012 By

A Chinese company that makes plastic films announced Tuesday that it plans to build its first American manufacturing plant in Laurens County.

The $70 million investment by Uniscite Inc., is expected to create up to 100 new jobs. Uniscite makes plastic film that is used to package food.

The company currently houses its North American offices in Greenville. The new facility is expected to be completed and operational by early 2014.

“Laurens County offered us an excellent business environment and ready and available workforce,” Uniscite general manager Fang Wang said in a statement Tuesday, ”We appreciate all the support we’ve received from state and local officials and we plan to create as many job opportunities as possible for the state.”

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