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Location Focus: The Carolinas – Growth Climate Warms In The Carolinas

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In its inaugural round of innovation-related grants, the South Carolina Department of Commerce is awarding $2.4 As part of its efforts to support and grow an innovative, technology-based and entrepreneurial business environment, the Department of Commerce launched the state’s first Office of Innovation in the fall of 2013.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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ElectriCities service area. Photo: ElectriCities.). In April, South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped to 8 percent, its lowest in five years. That same month saw North Carolina’s unemployment rate fall to 8.9 A number of companies have announced expansions and/or relocations to the Carolinas in the recent past.

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SK Siltron Investing $302M In Michigan Semiconductor Wafer Plant

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The new semiconductor wafer manufacturing and R&D operation will help meet the demand for electric vehicle components and is supported by a $1.5 The company plans to expand its Michigan operations to increase production of these wafers, which can be used in power system components for electric vehicles.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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Locations are bringing higher ed resources and high-tech businesses together to plant the seeds for market-ready advanced technology at incubators and innovation institutes, and to create the STEM-savvy workforce that will fill these new jobs. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation.

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FEATURE STORY: Washington Is Aiming Higher

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Most notably, we carved out a new Office of Economic Development and Competitiveness that included pulling in the State Energy Office team from their stand-alone position within the agency.”. They made headlines by committing to hire 2,000 workers in South Carolina by 2020. DEFENDING THE AEROSPACE CROWN.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Regional Utilities Are Busy Powering Growth In The Carolinas

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The department has until April 1, 2014 to report its progress to two legislative committees and a state office: the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources and the state’s fiscal research division. Pee Dee Electricom Inc.,

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Meet the most innovative precast floor system in the U.S.

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Meet the most innovative precast floor system in the U.S. When combined, these capabilities make T-SLAB a cost-effective and schedule-friendly system that is ideal for mixed-use buildings, dormitories, multi-family residential structures, office buildings, hotels, and more. in 2020, the U.S. UNCC testing. Acoustical test.