News and Reports

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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Apr 17, 2008  |  Olympic Steel Announces Facility in Sumter County
COLUMBIA, S.C. – April 18, 2008 – The South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Sumter Development Board today joined Olympic Steel, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZEUS) in announcing the company’s decision to locate a facility in Sumter, South Carolina.  The approximately $10 million investment is expected to create 65 jobs when fully operational.“We
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Apr 3, 2008  |  Kaydon Corp. Expands
By JOE PERRY Item Staff WriterLooking to capitalize on a growing wind energy market, Kaydon Corp. announced Thursday a $4.5 million expansion, its third in Sumter in three years.Ten new jobs will be created as part of the expansion, and Kaydon Plant No. 4 Manager Randy Newman said the company will
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Feb 14, 2008  |  Safe Rack Chooses Sumter for Headquarters
(Sumter, S.C.) − A company that manufactures steel loading racks for trucks and railcars has chosen Sumter as the location for its new headquarters. Safe Rack, LLC, Loading Rack Technologies, has purchased land adjacent to the Black River Airport Industrial Park and plans to construct an 8,000 square foot headquarters facility
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Feb 2, 2008  |  Sumter Development Board Announces 2007 Manufacturers of the Year
Eaton, Kaydon and G&G Metal Fabrication A world-class manufacturer of electrical distribution and control equipment joins a global maker of motion control products and a familiar emergency vehicles manufacturing and service company as the 2007 Manufacturers of the Year.The Manufacturers of the Year are judged by a panel
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Dec 18, 2007  |  Jemison Demsey Metals Expands
Business adds new precision equipment at Sumter locationBy JOE PERRYItem Staff WriterJemison Demsey Metals announced on Thursday an expansion of its 80,000-square-foot Sumter facility, which amounts to an investment of roughly $4 million.Jemison Demsey is a privately held Birmingham, Ala.-based company with facilities in Gadsen, Ala., and Cleveland, Ohio,
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Dec 14, 2007  |  Tuomey Named one of Best in S.C.
Tuomey Healthcare System was recently named as one of the 2007 Best Places to Work in South Carolina. This second annual program was created by SCBIZ in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – South Carolina State Council, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, SCJobnetwork.com, and Best Companies
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