By Liz Carey CENTRAL — An Upstate high school has been named one of the top schools in the country, according to Newsweek magazine. D.W. Daniel High School in the School District of Pickens County was ranked 1,294 out of 1,500 schools, according to the magazine. Twenty-two schools in South Carolina are on the 2009…
By Greg Oliver Alliance Pickens Executive Director Ray Farley said he could tell from the moment he first spoke to Tri Tech USA, Inc. owners Joe and Linda Bacigalupo about moving their Vermont industry to Pickens County that they indeed were special people. Farley and other officials were on hand Friday morning at the site…
By Rick Spruill LIBERTY — Tri Tech USA Inc. hosted a beam-signing celebration Friday to mark the near-completion of a construction project in Pickens County The company’s new 41,000-square-foot manufacturing building in the Pickens County Commerce Park in Liberty will house more than $4,000,000 worth of technology and at least 40 new employees, according to…
By Greg Oliver The Pickens County Commerce Park, site for a number of economic development celebrations in recent years, will host another one at 9:30 a.m. today when Tri Tech USA, Inc. will officially celebrate construction of its new headquarters and manufacturing facility. Last December, Tri Tech USA, Inc. announced plans to relocate its operations…
By Julie Howle A beam signing is planned for Friday at Tri Tech USA Inc., a company that is coming to Pickens County and bringing jobs and millions of dollars in investment with it. Tri Tech USA, which has been based in South Burlington, Vt., announced in December that it was relocating its headquarters and…
By. John C. Stevenson LIBERTY – Civic and political leaders came to Liberty on April 9 to get their first peek at a new manufacturing facility that could employ as many as 300 people within the next five years. St. Jude Medical Inc., which already has a plant in Liberty, celebrated the dedication of a…
By Greg Oliver LIBERTY – In an economic climate where most businesses and industries are downsizing or placing freezes on new hires, St. Jude Medical, Inc. is growing. On Thursday, local leaders gathered in the company’s 60,000 square-foot, high-tech facility that opened last month to manufacture hybrid microelectronic circuits. The circuits are critical components used…