State manufacturers make plans to battle pandemic

Even as they wait for the Trump administration’s enforcement of the Defense Production Act, South Carolina manufacturers PAI Pharma and QM Group are gearing up to provide critical medical supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

SCMEP releases critical needs list

Chuck Spangler, president of the non-profit S.C. Manufacturing Extension Partnership, prompted the state’s manufacturers to report their capacity for producing critical needs medical supplies in a survey and list posted Monday.

Keven Dobbs looks up and down College Avenue in Clemson and sees a few open doors and a lot that are closed. He doesn’t like the empty streets or the locked doors, but he did see an opportunity to find new customers.

Milliken boosting production of medical material

Milliken & Co. is boosting domestic production of an anti-microbial fabric technology used in scrubs, lab coats and other medical products.

Greenville validated to process COVID-19 tests

Greenville-based Premier Medical Laboratory Services has become the first commercial laboratory in the state validated to perform COVID-19 testing, the company announced today. Premier will offer test results within 24-48 hours after receiving the sample and plans to boost its current testing capacity of 1,000 tests per day to 28,000 per week.

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CBRE arranged the sale of 51,000 square feet of warehouse and industrial property in Spartanburg at 175-195 Abbott Lane, facing Interstate-85 north. Sunoco Products Co. sold the property to Diego Meseguer. CBRE’s Trey Pennington, Nick Hollstegge and Jeff Benedict partnered with Avison Young to represent the seller in the transaction. Lee & Associates represented the buyer. The property is on 12.12 acres.

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