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When it comes to a career in Manufacturing, it doesn’t get much better than South Carolina. Almost 5,000 Manufacturing and Manufacturing-related businesses are in the state in fields ranging from plastics to technology, and pharmaceuticals to minerals. In fact, 97% of all South Carolina’s total merchandise exports are manufactured goods. 

Pathways to Success: Manufacturing Edition. Accessed October 1, 2015. ed.sc.gov

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Pathways to Success: Manufacturing Edition. Accessed October 1, 2015. ed.sc.gov

 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...
James C. "Jim" Self | Legacy of Leadership 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...
Edwin Wales Robertson | 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...
James C. "Jim" Self | Legacy of Leadership 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...
James C. "Jim" Self | Legacy of Leadership 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...
Hugh McColl | S.C. Hall of Fame 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...
Robert Mills | S.C. Hall of Fame 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...
James C. "Jim" Self | Legacy of Leadership 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...