MOLLY HULSEY PROFILE

Hughes Investment and the city of Mauldin may have broken ground today on Phil Hughes’ vision for an expansive European-style village a leap away from Interstate 385 and the Swamp Rabbit Trail, but they have been laying the groundw... Read More

CEO Sam Konduros calls his time with SCBio a “four-year honeymoon,” but new opportunities for the life science lynchpin lie on the horizon. Starting in May, Konduros will pass the torch to COO and Vice President Erin Ford,... Read More

Thirty universities from Indiana to India will converge on the Indianapolis Speedway this October amid the simmer of hot rubber and squeal of tires in pursuit of the gold and a $1 million purse. But in this race, only a computer is in... Read More

Last year, data center DC Blox committed to the largest Greenville County investment in five years when the Atlanta company selected an 8.5-acre Global Business Park property for its next 54,000-square-foot data center. According to c... Read More

As the result of a longtime push among S.C. officials for reshoring the medical supply chain, Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order he said will strengthen the S.C. Commerce Department’s efforts to recruit and foster life s... Read More

After 18 years with Lockheed Martin Corp., Greenville Site Director Mike Fox is stepping away from the post he has held since 2018, turning the position over to Walt Lindsley, a sustainment operation director at the company. Lindsley,... Read More

After a five-year absence of what industry experts call the “largest economic impact event in the Greenville region,” the Academy Sports and Outdoors Bassmaster Classic will return to Lake Hartwell next March for its fou... Read More

Synnex Corp. and Tech Data, a Clearwater, Fla.-based Fortune 500 company, agreed to merge today in a transaction valued at approximately $7.2 billion including net debt. And to assuage all fears that the combined company, still named ... Read More

Almost a year after buying sprees in the toilet paper section of grocery stores across the country, the executives of an Anderson towel and tissue manufacturer have yet to take a breather, with plans to install an additional through-air ... Read More

Patrons of Greenville’s original sky club, in mourning after hearing their favorite haunt would close on Friday, received some hopeful news today. When Steve Craig, CEO of SC Premier Signs and a Commerce Club regular, caught win... Read More

Harvest Hope CEO Erinn Rowe may be stepping into her new role for the first time, but she’s been lending her leadership to the food bank distributor since 2015 when she joined the board of directors. Since then, Rowe became the ... Read More

It all started with shipping containers, fresh off the cargo boat, turned into concession stands. A few years later, it was medic units built to relieve Georgia’s maxed-out hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now &mdas... Read More

When the nation welcomed the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine with headlines and jubilation in December, few knew that the box keeping the vials viable at subzero temperatures came from Greenville, the site of Softbox’s growing North Americ... Read More

As the U.S. Small Business Administration continues to widen the eligibility pool for Paycheck Protection Program participants, financial advisors and tax professionals are scrambling to notify clients of new financing opportunities &mda... Read More

Tri-County Technical College's leadership saw the state’s law enforcement sector struggling to attract and retain qualified police officers — a challenge exacerbated by candidates being ill-prepared for the state’s ... Read More

As the Palmetto State arranges to roll out Phase 1b vaccine access on March 8, manufacturers across the state are navigating a workplace landscape where most employees on the floor will qualify for the vaccine while some executives may n... Read More

Wind farmers face a colossal quandary that is only growing with the size of turbine blades, some that are now almost the length of a football field. Turbine blades have a maximum life span of 25 years, according to Russell Gentry, dir... Read More

The German-owned discount grocery chain Aldi may have a smaller physical footprint than other supermarket competitors in the Upstate, but that could work in the company’s favor as it aims to become one of the most widespread grocer... Read More

Through a $20 million investment, BMW Manufacturing wants its future workforce to quite literally think outside of the box — and the classroom. BMW broke ground today on a 67,000-square-foot training center on its campus in Gree... Read More

Pall Corp. is as comfortable weaving filters for ventilators and submarines for the Department of Defense as it is with making stabilization systems for breweries. So when the company announced its intention to support the development... Read More

Even as the United States edges into the 12-month mark of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines are being deployed across the nation, job participation still remains leagues below pre-COVID levels, according to Laura Ullrich, regional econo... Read More

In anticipation of a preventative cancer test launched by Charleston-based Vikor Scientific and California company Quantgene Wednesday morning, Gov. Henry McMaster, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. William proclaimed Feb. 15-19 as South Caro... Read More

Starting this March, a South Carolina lab will become ground zero for a preventative test that can detect cancer-causing mutations, risks or tumors in advance through a quick blood sample taken at home or a physician’s office. S... Read More

After TTI put one of the state’s highest economic development investments in its Anderson County plant, at $100 million, the company’s floor care arm has set its sights on one of the largest speculative projects on the Sparta... Read More

Greenville's AC Hotel readies itself to open at the end of February. Hotel operators this week gave previews of seven dining concepts unique to the hotel, which includes 10,000 square feet of event space and 196 guest rooms and ... Read More

Samsung’s plant floor may seem to be a world away from the barn of a dairy farm in Belgium. But maybe they aren’t that different after all. Both use an ultra-wide band real-time locating system from a company that has j... Read More

This story originally appeared in the Feb. 8 edition of GSA Business Report and was updated online after publication. When The Beach Co. commissioned Australian mural artist Guido van Helten to add local flair to what would become the... Read More

Coming out of a challenging season of furloughs and COVID-19 treatment, AnMed Health prepares to launch a three-year $42 million expansion project its leaders say will enhance the health care system’s outpatient capacity. All in... Read More

While some fear that greater automation on the factory floor will replace the human employee, at Greenwood County’s biotech supplier Lonza, the company’s $53.7 million investment in an automated production line is expected to... Read More

Greenville, Spartanburg and Richland counties counted the highest numbers of COVID-19 deaths in the state since March 2020, according to a recent report from the S.C. Institute of Medicine and Public Health and the S.C. Department o... Read More

Four years after launching a penny sales tax, public construction projects in Spartanburg appear to be going strong despite potential COVID-19 interruptions, according to the Spartanburg County Council. One of the projects is the $120... Read More

Although the auto industry held its breath last spring as car sales bottomed out, Colliers International’s Dillon Swayngim says demand for nearby industrial speculative and warehousing space has been on the upswing in the Upstate. ... Read More

Timothy Bush stepped to the helm of One Spartanburg Inc.’s tourism department only a handful of months after the lifeblood of Upstate tourism — business travel, particularly through Greenville-Spartanburg International Airpor... Read More

State Education Superintendent Molly Spearman pressed for the return of safe in-class instruction and the recruitment of quality teachers during today’s announcement of the department’s 2021 legislative priorities. “... Read More

Minor League Baseball may have fielded a season of reconfiguration, but Greenville’s Fenway Park look-alike isn’t breaking ties with the Boston Red Sox anytime soon, verified Greenville Drive General Manager Eric Jarinko. ... Read More

National staffing employment reached its highest peak in 10 months last month with at least 48% of staffing companies in the American Staffing Association reporting an increase in assignments each week. According to the ASA’s la... Read More

Frontline workers at Prisma Health received the first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine last week, but to some extent, the shipment was simply returning home to the Upstate. Greenville is the North American headquarters for ... Read More

As COVID-19 cases explode in the Upstate, leaders from five Upstate health care systems addressed fears of exceeding hospital capacity at a joint press conference today. Leadership from AnMed Health, Bon Secours St. Francis, Prisma He... Read More

COVID-19 brought budget cuts and a hit of more than $53 million per month to Greenville’s hospitality economy, the financial well for the city’s 60-acre Unity Park project, this summer. In June, $250,000 was reallocated fr... Read More

Following the announcement of a $900 million U.S. Air Force contract on Friday, Lockheed Martin’s Greenville facility will become the only corporate F-16 sustainment and support depot in the country. According to a news release,... Read More

Real estate consulting company Armada Analytics Inc. has had a presence in Greenville for about 10 years, but a $1 million investment in a new facility at 104 S. Main St. will make it a national hub for employees and clients. Needing ... Read More

Since 2005, the size of South Carolina’s tech industry has doubled, leaving an economic footprint of $89 billion, according to the SC Council on Competitiveness’ first SC Tech Economic Impact Study. The study, conducted by... Read More

As Lockheed Martin and Boeing scale up operation in the Palmetto State, the aerospace giants are on the hunt for regional suppliers and vendors able to meet local needs. “I know personally that with Lockheed Martin's new pro... Read More

Just more than a year after a $13 million expansion of its Garlington Road facility, Greenville’s Accurate Brazing is doubling its capacity to serve the aerospace and medical industries. Last year’s upgrade included the in... Read More

While some businesses are just now recovering from the blows that 2020 brought their way, others were in the right place at the right time. Fitesa, a Brazilian nonwoven fabric manufacturer, plans to invest about $100 million at its Si... Read More

When Karen Alayne McCullough came into the world, the doctor told her parents she would never walk. McCullough was born with spina bifida, meaning split spine, but would be climbing trees only a few years later. Still, the idea of ... Read More

As 2020 comes to a close, Ten at the Top exchanged its annual Celebrating Successes Luncheon for a virtual Celebrating Upstate Unsung Heroes gala to honor the individuals and businesses that put their time, and sometimes lives, on the li... Read More

JP Morgan Chase and Co. may be headquartered in New York, but as the bank expands its market portfolio with a second office in the Upstate today, its bankers want to drive home the company’s commitment to establishing local roots. ... Read More

When Upstate unemployment numbers bottomed out at 2.7% during April 2019 and industries struggled to recruit enough workers to keep up with the demand, Upstate SC Alliance launched Move Upstate SC, an online nexus for professional worker... Read More

Greenville teams raise awareness for plasma drive As COVID-19 cuts into sports seasons and tickets sales, business leaders of Greenville’s professional baseball, hockey and soccer teams met last week to raise awareness for &ldqu... Read More

Vocal crowds may have stretched out the latest Anderson County Council meeting with concerns over a countywide mask ordinance and relocation of a Confederate monument, but the council made headway on the budget and several economic devel... Read More