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Manufacturing careers require specialized skills and training, making the industry both competitive and rapidly growing in South Carolina. Jobs in this field include machinists, welders, robotics technicians, quality control inspectors, production supervisors, and industrial engineers.
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O Is for Opera House | South Carolina from A to Z - Episode 18 Z is for Zentrum | South Carolina from A to Z 30

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Z is for Zentrum | South Carolina from A to Z
Episode 30
Z is for the BMW Z3 and Z4, the roadsters and coupes made exclusively here in South Carolina. Roadster Homecoming is held annually, since 1997, and owners drive thousands of miles to gather each year...
Strawberry Hill USA | ETV Shorts Embroidering Starfields | ETV Shorts

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Embroidering Starfields | ETV Shorts
Gaffney Embroidery is a unique shop that creates all of the starfield patterns that go on our American Flags. It's one of the few in the United States and they are located in Gaffney, S.C.
Reconciliation | ETV Shorts Springs Mills Acousticot Bed | ETV Shorts

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Springs Mills Acousticot Bed | ETV Shorts
The Springs Cotton Mills "Springmaid" ad campaign was an attention-getter. The Acousticot Bed was another one of those attention-getting ad campaigns. The Acousticot is a 1950s bed with lots of "space...
Cordial Churchman Bowtie Company | ETV Shorts

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Cordial Churchman Bowtie Company | ETV Shorts
The Cordial Churchman bowtie company all started when Ellie Stager made a bowtie for her husband, Andy, back in 2009. The business is booming with an office on Main Street, national and international...
Charleston Tea Plantation | ETV Shorts

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Charleston Tea Plantation | ETV Shorts
Teeming with originality and history, the Charleston Tea Plantation on Wadmalaw Island in South Carolina is busy with not only workers cultivating crop but also visitors from around the world. The tea...
Dark Corner Distillery | ETV Shorts

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Dark Corner Distillery | ETV Shorts
Nestled in the hills of the South Carolina Upcountry lies a mysterious place known as the Dark Corner. Back in the early 1900s, the Dark Corner was famous for one thing—moonshine. Decades later, two...
Oconee County Ecotourism | ETV Shorts Inside a Yarn Factory | ETV Shorts

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Inside a Yarn Factory | ETV Shorts
Parkdale in Gaffney, S.C. is one of the largest yarn factories in the world. They produce enough yarn to go to the moon and back multiple times a day and use the most up-to-date technology to make...
Indie Grits 2016: Artists Interpret the Flood's Impact | Carolina Money 16-Year Old Entrepreneur | Carolina Money

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16-Year Old Entrepreneur | Carolina Money
Jake Johnson is an eleventh-grader at River Bluff High School in Lexington, S.C., but he has been involved in business from a much earlier age. At age 8, he and his sisters came up with the idea for...
Colleton County Ecotourism | ETV Shorts Beaufort's Kazoo Factory | ETV Shorts

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Beaufort's Kazoo Factory | ETV Shorts
Kazoobie Kazoos, located in Beaufort, South Carolina, is America's only full-time kazoo factory. The company ships fun all over the world and offers folks a tour around the museum and factory. At the...
William Barnet | Legacy of Leadership

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William Barnet | Legacy of Leadership
William Barnet III (Born August 2, 1942) From loading trucks to leading a now 106-year-old family business to serving the South Carolina public, both as a volunteer and an elected official, William...
David S. Lewis | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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David S. Lewis | Legacy of Leadership Profile
David Sloan Lewis (1917 - 2003) As a boy growing up in Charleston, David Lewis was fascinated by aviation. He read everything he could find about the World War I fighter planes and their romantic...
Guy F. Lipscomb, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile George William Rogers | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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George William Rogers | Legacy of Leadership Profile
George William "Bill" Rogers (Born February 8, 1925) ​Bonitz, Inc., and Consolidated Systems, Inc., are hardly household names in Columbia, where they were established in the 1950s, but both are well...
Herman W. Lay | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Herman W. Lay | Legacy of Leadership Profile
1909 - 1982 Herman Lay's first business enterprise was selling Pepsi-Colas from a makeshift stand in his family's front yard in Greenville. He was 11 years old. He was successful, charging a nickel a...
Roger Milliken | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Roger Milliken | S.C. Hall of Fame
Roger Milliken led Milliken & Company for 71 years, during which it grew to become the world's largest privately owned textile and chemical manufacturer. Milliken was the driving force behind the...
William Gregg | S.C. Hall of Fame

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William Gregg | S.C. Hall of Fame
William Gregg (1800-1867) was born in Charleston and was a leading advocate of Southern industrialization. He founded a successful cotton mill in Graniteville, South Carolina and brought the concept...
John A. Warren | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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John A. Warren | Legacy of Leadership Profile
John A. Warren (1925-2009) John Warren retired as chairman and chief executive of SCANA Corporation in January 1990, but 18 months later he was working again, as chairman of the South Carolina State...
Arthur M. Williams, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Arthur M. Williams, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Arthur M. Williams, Jr. (1914–1990) Arthur M. Williams, Jr., was one of South Carolina's most influential businessmen during the state's profound economic changes in the 1960s and 1970s. A prudent...
Business Unit Manager | Career Aisle

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Business Unit Manager | Career Aisle
A business unit manager at Eaton Hydraulics discusses her responsibilities. She also discusses her education, what subjects are important to do well in, and the importance of working as part of a team...
John E. Swearingen | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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John E. Swearingen | Legacy of Leadership Profile
John E. Swearingen (1918–2007) John E. Swearingen retired as chairman of the board of directors of Standard Oil Company (Indiana), now BP–Amoco Corporation, on his 65th birthday anniversary, September...
James C. Self, Sr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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James C. Self, Sr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile
James C. Self, Sr. (1876–1955) James C. Self, Sr. took a rundown cotton mill and turned it into what has been called "The Greenwood Story," and his is one of the most notable success stories in South...
Company President | Career Aisle

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Company President | Career Aisle
The president of a specialty fiber company discusses his career path, education, and starting a business in the specialty synthetic fiber industry, using recycled items.