Anderson company expands and hires 50, United Community Bank, Atlantic Coast Pipeline canceled, engineering firm acquired

Anderson company to hire 50 after $9.5M expansion

Sargent Metal, an Anderson County metal fabrication company, plans to invest $9.5 million in an 80,000-square-foot expansion. When the project is complete next year, the company will grow its workforce by 50 over the next five years.

United Community Bank merges with Three Shores banks

United Community Bank plans to add Seaside National Bank’s wealth management platform and commercial and industrial lending program to its repertoire at locations across the Carolinas and Southeast.

Dominion, Duke abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline plans

Citing "increasing legal uncertainty," the companies announced the $8 billion project’s cancellation after years of legal challenges. After the cancellation was announced, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reached a $10 billion deal to buy Dominion's natural gas transmission and storage assets.

KCI Technologies acquires Piedmont-based HMW

KCI Technologies Inc., a multi-discipline engineering company with offices throughout the United States, has acquired Hulsey McCormick & Wallace, a Piedmont civil and environmental engineering company with three offices across the state.

Pro bono legal help expanded for small businesses

A Charleston pro bono organization and several law firms including Nelson Mullins and Jackson Lewis are expanding efforts to help business owners and nonprofits in South Carolina navigate economic and legal issues surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

Upstate Giving

OneSpartanburg funds college enrollment program

OneSpartanburg is putting $10,000 toward a Spartanburg Academic Movement program geared to help high school graduates reach college enrollment through mentorship and financial aid. To announce your company's giving efforts, submit news here.

Digital copy available of the June 15 GSA Business Report

While some of our readers may be back at their offices, we're still making digital copies of our latest edition available. This issue includes coverage of the first tentative steps in the comeback of tourism, a local company gearing up to make COVID-19 swabs by the millions, and an economic outlook by Upstate economists.

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