Manufacturing
Utilities prep for potential power outages Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 September 2008
CHARLESTON -- As Tropical Storm Hanna snakes toward the East Coast, the area’s utilities are preparing for the worst by securing emergency provisions and contacting neighboring states to have restoration support standing by.
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BIC USA to close Fountain Inn plant Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 September 2008

FOUNTAIN INN -- BIC USA Inc. said Wednesday that it plans to close its manufacturing plant in Fountain Inn in June 2010, which would affect the 29 people that work there. The company would begin reductions in March and would be completed when the plant closes.

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Strike avoided at ArcelorMittal Georgetown Print E-mail
Tuesday, 02 September 2008
GEORGETOWN -- A tentative agreement was reached Saturday to develop a new union contract that will govern thousands of employees at ArcelorMittal Steel, including the plant in Georgetown. The issues had involved retiree health care and investment in the plants, said James Sanderson, president of Union Local 7898 in Georgetown. The details of the agreement were not given.

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Freightliner to lay off another 225 workers Print E-mail
Friday, 29 August 2008

GAFFNEY -- Freightliner Chassis Corp., one of the top 10 employers in Cherokee County, announced Wednesday an additional 225 layoffs effective Sept. 15. The cutbacks are the second round in recent weeks, and both are in addition to a curtailing of work hours for many employees that came earlier in the year.

Read more at The (Spartanburg) Herald-Journal...

 
Myrtle Beach considers forcing AVX to close Print E-mail
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
MYRTLE BEACH -- The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution stating the city's opposition to a permit that would let AVX Corp. emit hazardous pollutants into the air near its headquarters on 17th Avenue South. Some council members also said they will consider zoning changes and other laws that would make it impossible for AVX to continue operating at the site.

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