News and Reports

Apr 27, 2023  |  SEM Wafertech Inc. and Solar4America Technology, Inc. establishing first South Carolina operations in Sumter County
COLUMBIA, S.C. –  SEM Wafertech Inc. (SEM Wafertech) and Solar4America Technology, Inc. (Solar4America), both 100% owned by SPI Energy Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SPI), a global renewable energy company, today announced plans to establish their first South Carolina operations in Sumter County. The $65.9 million investment will create 300 new
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Nov 4, 2022  |  Sumter makes Forbes 2022 top 10 ‘Best Places to Live’ in S.C.
BY SHELBIE GOULDING shelbie@theitem.com The City of Sumter was recognized as one of the best places to live in the state along with major cities along the coast and Upstate. Forbes Advisor released an article on Oct. 22 on the best places to live in South Carolina as of 2022.
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Oct 27, 2022  |  Our own Yanet Lopez graduates from OUEDI
Yanet Lopez graduated from the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute (OU EDI) on October 20, 2022 at the OU EDI Fall session. OU EDI is an intensive 117-hour certificate program which provides a broad spectrum of advanced education for the economic development professional.  Barry Matherly, CEcD and Dean for
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Aug 31, 2022  |  Continental Tire Breaks Ground on New Sumter Building
•Production and management team members celebrate the occasion • Over 126,000 square feet to be added to existing manufacturing facility Sumter, SC, August 29, 2022 – Continental Tire broke ground earlier this month in Sumter, South Carolina on a new building which will add an additional 126,000 square feet to the existing two
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Jun 15, 2022  |  HGTC Partnership Secures Internship at Georgia-Pacific
Horry-Georgetown Technical College (HGTC) is proud to announce that an electronics engineering student has secured a summer internship at Georgia-Pacific, Clarendon. Cameron Feagin has accepted a summer internship position in the Electrical and Instrumentation Department to provide a high-quality work experience prior to his second year in the Electronics Engineering
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Jun 15, 2022  |  CCTC STUDENT ACCEPTS SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT GEORGIA-PACIFIC
Adam Howard, a recent graduate from Sumter High School and first-year student in Central Carolina Technical College’s mechatronics program has accepted a summer internship at Georgia-Pacific in Clarendon.  “The partnership with CCTC was established as students in the mechatronics program are working with so many power
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Mar 30, 2022  |  Improving on the ‘BD Way’: Leading local manufacturer wins company’s most prestigious honor
BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com One of Sumter's leading manufacturers was recently recognized with its company's most prestigious award. BD, a medical device manufacturer of blood tubes and needles for the health care industry, won the 2021 Bronze H.P. Becton Quality Award among the corporation's 83 facilities,
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Mar 2, 2022  |  The South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs has partnered with Ping by Tallo, SC Future Makers, and Sumter Economic Development to host the first South Carolina Military Community Hiring
The hiring fair will be divided into a two-day event. A statewide virtual hiring event will be held on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Attendees can register by visiting the Ping by Tallo event website. An onsite hiring fair will be hosted at the Sumter Civic Center
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Dec 17, 2021  |  EMS-GRIVORY Takes Four Awards At The SPE Automotive Award Night!
EMS-GRIVORY takes four awards at the SPE Automotive Award Night! At the 20th SPE Automotive Award Night of the «Society of Plastics Engineers», EMS-GRIVORY was once again among the prize winners taking a total of four awards! This year again, innovative applications made using EMS high-performance polymers were
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Nov 29, 2021  |  Rauschenbach Graduates from the Advanced Economic Development Leadership (AEDL) Program
Brian Rauschenbach, Project Manager with Sumter Economic Development and TheLINK Economic Development Alliance recently completed the two-week Advanced Economic Development Leadership executive education program and was awarded the Master Economic Development Practitioner (MEDP) certificate. Brian has more than 9 years of economic development experience. AEDL is a collaboration of four universities
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