Graham speaks out against Senate healthcare plan

Graham says backroom deals on health care will end bi-partisanship

JANUARY 19, 2010 4:17 p.m. (0)

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham came back to Greenville today and urged Democrats in Washington to “stop and start over” on healthcare reform.

The Senate plan under consideration would expand Medicaid benefits to millions of Americans by raising the income level to qualify while introducing cost savings that the bill’s advocates say would allow about $480 billion in cuts to Medicare.  Continue reading...

 

Bus builder may move here

Proterra announcement expected Thursday

FEBRUARY 2, 2010 2:08 p.m. (0)

About 300 jobs – a quarter of the five-year rollout totals – could be coming to Greenville later this year as part of an expansion by an Colorado-based company that makes zero emission parts for buses and trucks.

Proterra LLC is expected to announce Thursday the creation of a manufacturing facility at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research that will make products such as hybrid and battery-electric buses that are on average 10,000 pounds lighter than traditional buses, sources told the Journal.

The company will employ 1,300 once it is up and running within five years. It will be housed in a building which will start construction later this year.  Continue reading...

 

Proterra makes it official

Bus builder confirms major investment here

FEBRUARY 4, 2010 3:31 p.m. (3)

Colorado bus maker Proterra Thursday officially announced they plan to build a state of the art research and manufacturing facility at the Clemson University ICAR campus, an investment of $68 million that should create 1,300 jobs over the next seven years.

Proterra plans to lease 25 acres at CUICAR and build a 240,000-square-foot building with the potential to expand to 50 acres. Construction is slated to begin in the spring.  Continue reading...

 

Sage motors to ICAR

Company will build headquarters at research center

FEBRUARY 24, 2010 11:51 a.m. (0)

Another company is planning to join the growing Clemson University automotive research park in Greenville.

Sage Automotive Interiors, which creates the cloth for vehicle seats and door panels, announced Wednesday morning it was moving 100 employees and its corporate headquarters to the campus in June 2011 from Spartanburg.  Continue reading...

 

Proterra makes summer plans

Production set to being in July

MAY 31, 2010 3:32 p.m. (0)

For electric bus manufacturer Proterra, July will be a big – and busy – month.

That’s when the Golden, Colo.-based company will begin assembling buses at a temporary facility in the old Orders flooring building on Whitlee Court off Interstate 85 near Laurens Road in Greenville.  Continue reading...

 

Baby Boomers: health care crisis?

JULY 21, 2010 6:26 a.m. (0)

A bottleneck in health care is coming fast as the first wave of Baby Boomers reach Medicare age next year, obesity sends more people to the emergency room and coverage is expanded to millions.

At the same time caps remain on the number of American doctors coming out of medical training each year, doctors approaching retirement will almost double in the next decade and government reform is increasing demands that hospitals deliver better care with less money.  Continue reading...

 

Textiles are thriving here

Upstate companies turn to high-tech for growth

JULY 30, 2010 6:18 a.m. (0)

Southern Weaving, a Greenville textile company that supplied cotton webbing to Ford Motor Co.’s Model T’s when it opened on Greenville’s west side, is part of the new face of the textile industry.

The company recently announced a $1.5 million expansion and 20 new jobs at its East Bramlett Road plant.  Continue reading...

 

Lab Work

CU-ICAR helps Upstate company pull off project, before deadline

FEBRUARY 10, 2011 1:46 p.m. (0)

When Sealevel Systems needed to run critical tests on a computer docking station for the military, the company turned to a lab at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research.

The Liberty company was in a bind.  It had to pass inspection by Jan. 20 to meet a production schedule, but the Upstate’s worst snow and ice storm in years was in the way.  CU-ICAR was closed.

“They opened for us and said come and go as you please,” said Ben O’Hanlan, chief operating officer.  “Not only did ICAR come to our rescue, they came to our rescue when nobody was getting out of the house.”  Continue reading...

 

Laurens Road needs cars

Verdae, ICAR has prompted renewed interest in one of Greenville’s commercial corridors

JANUARY 27, 2012 9:36 a.m. (0)

Laurens Road’s success as one of Greenville’s leading commercial corridors rests on the automotive industry.

As automotive dealerships merged and big box stores left the southern end of Laurens Road known as the Motor Mile, the state highway’s significance in Greenville’s commercial landscape plummeted.

But there’s renewed interest in the southern part of Laurens Road – and the city can thank the automotive industry once again.  Continue reading...