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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

 Franklyn D. Owen, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Franklyn D. Owen, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile
(1930 – 1982) In April 1994, Owen Steel Company, Inc., of Columbia sold the largest contract in the company's history — 23,500 tons of structural steel for the Atlantic City Convention Center project...
 Ben R. Morris | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Ben R. Morris | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A profile of Ben Rankin Morris. Ben R. Morris (1922–2005) Ben Morris had spent 22 years working in textiles and textile machinery when he left Atlanta for Columbia in 1970 to enter the newspaper...
 Walter S. Montgomery | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Walter S. Montgomery | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A profile of Walter Scott Montgomery. Walter S. Montgomery (1900 – 1996) Spartan Mills is one of the South Carolina textile industry's most highly regarded companies, and the high esteem in which it...
 William J. Murray, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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William J. Murray, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A profile of William Jacob Murray, Jr. William J. Murray (1888 – 1972) William J. Murray of Columbia helped guide a beleaguered McKesson & Robbins through the dark days of the late 1930s and early...
 Roger Milliken | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Roger Milliken | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Roger Milliken (1915 - 2010) Through Roger Milliken's leadership and passion for innovation and research, Milliken & Company has become one of the largest and most successful textile and chemical...
 A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A. Foster McKissick (1869 – 1938) Anthony Foster McKissick was a major figure in the Southern textile industry and was also a college professor, scientist, state legislator, philanthropist, and...
 Guy F. Lipscomb, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Guy F. Lipscomb, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A profile of Guy Fleming Lipscomb, Jr. Guy Fleming Lipscomb, Jr. (1917-2009) Business owner, chemist, civic leader, philanthropist, artist, author, teacher, star collegiate athlete, club golf champion...
 John M. Hamrick | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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John M. Hamrick | Legacy of Leadership Profile
John M. Hamrick (1913-2005) Few people have a better understanding of the economics of American industry, particularly textile manufacturing, than John M. Hamrick, chairman of Hamrick Mills, Inc., of...
 John A. Warren | Legacy of Leadership Interview

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John A. Warren | Legacy of Leadership Interview
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...