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Annual Reports
Oct 9, 2008 | Olympic Steel Groundbreaking Video
To see a video of the Olympic Steel groundbreaking, click here. This video was produced by The Item.
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Sep 15, 2008 | Summer 2008 Issue of Developments
Click here to read the Summer 2008 issue of Developments.
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Sep 15, 2008 | Gene Brading Selected as Ambassador of the Year
Sumter County Business Leader Honored by Gov. Sanford and DOC COLUMBIA, S.C. – September 15, 2008 – Gene Brading was honored as Ambassadors for Economic Development by Gov. Mark Sanford and the Department of Commerce as part of South Carolina’s 18th Annual Industry Appreciation Week. The ceremony took place in Columbia on
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Sep 15, 2008 | Fighting Gamecock Spirit Lives on in Sumter
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Aug 21, 2008 | Monti to Double its Sumter Operations
By JOE PERRY Item Staff Writer Electrical insulation fabricator Monti Inc. announced in a Thursday release a planned $1 million expansion to make room for new machinery and equipment at its 15,000-square-foot Live Oak Industrial Park facility located at 1 Red Bay Road.The privately held Ohio-headquartered concern expects to double its
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Aug 7, 2008 | The Challenges of Economic Development (Audio Link)
Click here to listen as Donna London, director of the Jim Self Center on the Future talks with Jay Schwedler, President and CEO of the Sumter Development Board. The topic of the dicussion is the challenges faced by economic developers.
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Aug 3, 2008 | Kaydon expansion moves along
By JOE PERRY Item Staff Writer Five days a week at a roughly 200,000-square-foot plant in Live Oak Industrial Park off U.S. 15 South, about 100 employees in three shifts manufacture bearings that primarily end up in windmills and wind farms or M-1 tanks.Michigan-based Kaydon Corp. opened its first Sumter
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Jun 24, 2008 | Olympic Steel kicks into high gear
By JAMIE HUDSON Item Staff Writer Hot, metallic sparks shot from the side grinder of a worker at Olympic Steel — Sumter’s newest manufacturing facility — on Tuesday. The company has been in production since last week. Sumter learned of the new industry addition in mid-April. The $10 million facility is slated
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Jun 19, 2008 | Another mission to Mars for Kaydon’s REALI-SLIM bearings
The Phoenix Mars Lander that began scooping up samples of Martian soil June 4 depends on REALI-SLIM thin-section bearings to position its robotic arm for digging in the permafrost.This is the second Mars mission for REALI-SLIM bearings, manufactured by KAYDON Corporation Bearings Division of Muskegon, Mich.They were also used
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May 27, 2008 | PhibroWood Announces $10M Expansion
SUMTER, S.C. – The Sumter Development Board and PhibroWood, LLC are pleased to announce the expansion of the local company, the retention of 5-10 existing jobs, and the creation of an undetermined amount of new jobs. The expansion is due to the introduction of a new wood preservative called Sustain 2
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