Port, attorney general file labor complaint with NLRB

The state agency and the S.C. attorney general are accusing the International Longshoremen and a maritime alliance that represents unionized labor along East and Gulf Coast states with unfair labor practices by pressuring ocean carriers.
(Charleston Regional Business Journal)

Home Depot leases 68,040 SF in Midway Logistics VI

The speculative industrial building in West Columbia’s Lexington County Industrial Park broke ground last October. The 192,780-square-foot, Class A warehouse is Magnus Development’s sixth development in the park. (Columbia Regional Business Report)

World Food Programme executive to speak at packaging summit

Clemson University alumnus and executive director of the Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme David Beasley will give a keynote presentation at Clemson's first virtual Food, Packaging and Sustainability Summit.
(GSA Business Report)

Charlotte company developing industrial building in Blythewood

The 196,560-square-foot building in the Carolina Pines Industrial Park is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter. It is Collett Industrial’s first development in Columbia. (Columbia Regional Business Report)

AFL plows ahead with high school workforce program

Fiber optic cable manufacturer AFL recently welcomed 14 students from Byrnes High School into an ongoing training program for a career on the factory floor.
(GSA Business Report)

Schaeffler upfits race cars for Indy Autonomous Challenge

Schaeffler’s patented “Space Drive” drive-by-wire technology will be taken out for a spin at the first high-speed autonomous vehicle race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this October. (GSA Business Report)