Manufacturing and Supply Chain Report for July 8, 2020

Anderson company plans 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. (GSA Business Report)

Paper industry production rolls on at full tilt

South Carolinians may now have enough toilet paper for a century stored in basements, attics and bathroom closets, but at Spartanburg’s Sun Paper Co., sales haven’t faltered since March. (GSA Business Report)

Chemical company breaks ground in Richland County

The $20 million, 65,000-square-foot facility at Pineview Industrial Park will be Miwon Specialty Chemical Co. Ltd.’s first U.S. production plant. It is expected to come online in the first quarter of 2021. (GSA Business Report)

Nephron to produce diagnostic kits in new partnership

The collaboration with specialty pharmaceuticals company Methapharm will produce kits containing methacholine chloride sterile inhalation solution used in testing to diagnose conditions such as asthma. (GSA Business Report)

Former FTC director foresees endurance of Upstate economy

As economic fears escalate, Bruce Yandle, Clemson economist and former executive director of the Federal Trade Commission, believes that scars from the COVID-19 shutdown will likely heal in South Carolina faster than in other states. (GSA Business Report)